Analyst, Financial

Requisition ID: 198075 Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture. **_ Purpose _**: Contributes to the overall success of the Financial Reporting team in Singapore ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.**_ _** **_Accountabilities_**: - Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge. - Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions. - Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk. - Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment. **_Financial Reporting_**_ _**: - Responsible for entries in Peoplesoft General Ledger and ensure timely and accurate month-end and quarter-end closing. - Responsible for timely and accurate preparation of regulatory reports. - Responsible for timely and accurate preparation and attestation to BNS Singapore Branch’s monthly management information, with investigation and commentary on P&L and Balance Sheet variances. - Demonstrates strong understanding of revenue and expenses drivers to provide timely and accurate MIS to support business units’ activities. - Analysis and reconcile of GST Accounts for the Singapore entities monthly; ensure that booking is correctly recorded in the book. Responsible for timely and accurate preparation of GST returns for Singapore entities quarterly. - Maintenance of the BM+ general ledger system. This includes setting up new general ledger accounts when required. - Assist in department’s ad-hoc projects implementation and departmental matters when required. - Contribute to the ongoing review and assessment of Finance EUC files and provide inputs to new initiative requests impacting Finance. - Ensure key process documentation is kept and timely updated. - Provides support to the department by: - Maintains a sound knowledge of all approved operating/accounting procedures of BNS and ensuring compliance thereof; - Identifies and contributes to the implementation of changes in the department to meet Bank / local regulations and / or increase efficiency / accuracy of workflows; - Responsible for the creation and maintenance of procedures and strong controls to ensure financial records/submissions internally and externally are accurate and timely (e.g GL maintenance, MAS/IRAS and MTB submission to Head Office). - Support any other regulatory or financial reporting related responsibilities for APAC countries as required. *** **_Projects_**_ _**: - Participate and contribute to various initiatives impacting Finance - e.g. GL or source system implementation. - Support and contribute to closures of all external audit and internal audit issues and matters regarding Finance - Work closely with manager to identify process improvement opportunities and contribute to the achievement of Target Operating Model **_ - ** **_APAC_**_ _**: - GL Maintenance Mapping - Intercompany Expenses and Revenue for Singapore **Experience/Other Information** - Degree in Accounting/Finance - CPA qualification - More than 2 years of working experience in the banking sector with strong academic background focusing on business management reporting area - Good problem-solving skills and strong communication skills with key stakeholders (Business, Senior Management, Regional Finance) - Proficient in MS Office (e.g. Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and VBA - Independent, well-organised, self-motivated and a team player Location(s): Singapore : Singapore : Singapore Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.