About the role
AI summarisedThis role is for an Associate or Senior Associate in Financial Management (Corporate Reporting) at Temasek, a global investment company. The position involves ensuring accurate financial and management reporting, including group consolidation, statutory reporting, and support for board and regulatory requirements. The role also includes managing books and records for investment holding companies, driving process improvements and automation, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
BusinessFull-timeCorporate Group
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate books and records for a portfolio of investment holdings companies, including more complex structures, ensuring transactions are properly recorded and supported.
- Support tax reporting by providing source documentation and explanations for transactions to facilitate tax assessments and compliance.
- Manage lifecycle events such as setting up new investment vehicles, restructuring or domiciliation exercises and closure of investment vehicles.
- Coordinate and review audits under your remit, including preparation, review and filing of audited financial statements.
- Support group consolidation and preparation of consolidated group financial statements in accordance with IFRS accounting standards (including new standards such as IFRS 18 & 19).
- Prepare, review and analyze group financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness for management and statutory reporting.
- Assist in the preparation of board reports, annual report disclosures and other key reporting deliverables for senior stakeholders.
- Participate in and/or lead projects and new initiatives (e.g. domiciliation, cash management projects, tax automation), including setting up internal SOPs and guiding colleagues on process changes.
- Drive continuous improvement of financial close and reporting processes through use of automation and technology such as AI, analytics, dashboard and workflow tools.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, design and implement system enhancements, including system testing (such as Workday, Hyperion, SCD) and process automation.
- Plan and coordinate annual financial audits, managing timelines and deliverables.
- Respond to internal and external auditors on audit requests, data queries, variances and audit findings.
Requirements
- Degree in Accountancy, Finance or an equivalent professional qualification.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in financial reporting, with strong digital fluency and comfort working with financial systems and tools.
- Prior experience in an investment house, fund management or private equity firm will be highly regarded.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; able to see both detail and big picture.
- Hands‑on, meticulous, with a keen eye for detail and strong documentation discipline.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills; able to work with diverse stakeholders.
- Fast learner, adaptable and comfortable working in a dynamic environment.
- Strong understanding of systems, processes, controls and data flows.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint; familiarity with consolidation/ reporting systems (e.g. Workday, SCD and Hyperion) and automation/analytics tools (e.g. Power Query, Power BI, Power Automate, Tableau, Ms Co-Lab, Copilot) is an advantage.