Assistant Manager, Accounts Payable (6k, Education, Central-East)

Location: Singapore
Discipline: Financial Services
Job type: Permanent
Salary: Negotiable
Published: Posted about 14 hours ago

Atomic Recruitment – Assistant Manager, Accounts Payable (6k, Education, Central-East)

Location: Singapore

Employment Type: Full-Time, 5 days in office


Salary: Up to SGD 6,000 × 12 months + Bonus


About the Role

This is a hands-on supervisory role responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoices and payments, managing the AP team and outsourced service providers, and supporting month-end closing, cash flow management, reporting, compliance and fixed asset accounting.

The role operates in a relatively high-volume environment, processing approximately 1,000 invoices and 900 payments per month.


Key Responsibilities

Accounts Payable & Team Management

  • Manage the full spectrum of Accounts Payable operations and supervise the AP team.
  • Ensure invoices, purchasing documents and payments are properly approved, accurately recorded and processed on time.
  • Oversee withholding tax, commissions and other payment-related records.
  • Manage month-end and year-end AP closing, including reconciliations and coordination with the General Ledger team.
  • Review and approve vendor creation and maintenance and support users on relevant accounting system processes.

Cash Flow & Reporting

  • Prepare monthly cash flow projections and monitor funding requirements.
  • Prepare AP-related reports, expense variance analysis and audit schedules.
  • Support management reporting, budgeting and forecasting activities where required.

Vendor & Process Management

  • Manage outsourced service providers, ensuring agreed service levels, timelines and deliverables are met.
  • Monitor vendor performance, resolve operational issues and maintain accurate process documentation and SOPs.
  • Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy and effectiveness of AP processes.

Compliance & Fixed Assets

  • Ensure AP activities comply with internal policies, controls, regulatory requirements and audit standards.
  • Support internal and external audits and prepare relevant schedules and documentation.
  • Maintain accurate fixed asset records, including additions, disposals and asset tagging.

Stakeholder Management

  • Resolve AP-related queries and work closely with internal stakeholders, external vendors and service providers.
  • Provide guidance to business users on AP processes, documentation and system requirements.
  • Undertake other finance-related responsibilities and projects as required.


Job Requirements

  • Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
  • Approximately 5–7 years of relevant accounting / Accounts Payable experience, preferably within a high-volume environment.
  • Prior direct supervisory experience is mandatory.
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of end-to-end Accounts Payable operations and month-end closing.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with accounting / ERP systems.
  • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Navision would be an advantage.
  • Meticulous, organised and able to manage high transaction volumes and tight deadlines.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience managing internal teams and outsourced vendors.
  • Proactive, independent and comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.


Interested Candidates, please apply.