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.