Experience

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  Income

  Mar 2016 - May 2016

  Temporary administrative assistant

  • Conducted independent medical searches for insured on a case-by-case basis• Processed approximately 100 claims and checks daily with proper referencing to files and updating in systems• Tracked the claim process of insured and coordinate archiving of documents to warehouse

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  Nus asia centre for social entrepreneurship and philanthropy

  Dec 2016 - Jul 2017

  Student assistant

  • Assisted in figuring out a CRM platform (Salesforce) for better stakeholders’ management• Designed publicity collaterals and communicate with various external stakeholders for workshops to be launched successfully with around 100% sign-up rate.• Collated information from Social Enterprises for brief write-up about their organization and needs, so as to publish on website for students taking part in a competition to browse through.

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  Singapore land authority

  Dec 2017 - Jan 2018

  Finance & procurement intern

  • Reviewed procurement documents such as requirements specifications, price proposal within a tight timeline and communicated with requestors to identify grey areas, increasing procurement process efficiency by 50%• Assisted in identifying areas for learning on Integrated Reporting, coming up with suggestions to potentially better communicate value creation with stakeholders

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  Pwc

  May 2018 - Jul 2018

  Risk assurance intern

  • Part of a 20-member team involved in Grant Certification services, liaising with members for different aspects of the audit as well as client for retrieving data• Set up audit working files using data from client’s accounts and designed test procedures for projects• Performed audit testing and documentation on client’s projects

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  Pwc

  May 2019 - Jul 2019

  Risk consulting - risk & regulatory intern

  • Developed dashboards for Management Reporting on SAP adoption monitoring through detailed discussion with clients and analysis of data with team members, followed by creating a user guide for incumbent employees to support the monitoring process• Drafted data quality procedure for client in compliance with BCBS 239, involving the illustration of data quality framework through process flow diagrams• Partnered with another intern in creating a proposal deck using storyboarding concepts to bid for a project Show less

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  A*star - agency for science, technology and research

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

  Associate

  (Secondment)Management Reporting; Business Transformation; System & Data Management -• Drove and supported the Research Institutes (RIs) overall budget, revenue and expenditure reporting by various parameters such as fund source, grantor, fund tranche, fund category, and programme type• Advised finance business partners of RIs on using analytics to monitor performance and derive expenditure trends• Ensured ETL processes and systems daily batch jobs are operational• Collaborated with technical experts to perform financial data validation for over 30 RIs and identified root causes of data issues between Management Reporting System (MRS) (software used: Tableau) and Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) with the help of Structured Query Language (SQL)• Conducted assessment with stakeholders to understand operation workflow and identify underlying people/process/system issues in response to errors discovered during data checks and proposed solutions to improve data quality and timelinessTechnical standards -• Assessed the impact of changes to IFRS (Accounting for Depreciation of Statutory Board-Owned Assets; Sale and Leaseback Transaction) on A*STAR’s financials Show less

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  Accountant-general's department

  Jul 2021 - now

  Part of AGD's Finance Associate ProgrammeBudget Management; Business Partner -• Achieved budget marksmanship through partnering stakeholders in their budget requirements and key milestones• Monitored and analysed operating revenue, expenses and capital expenditure utilisation against budget and funding source• Presented financial performance, full year forecasts and budget variances to stakeholders including recommendations and area of improvements where necessary• Ensured compliance with company policies, Government policies and instruction manuals• Reviewed funding and procurement proposals and provided input on financial related mattersProcurement; Data Management - • Managed procurement operations and developed dashboards for Procure-to-Pay process to facilitate contract management and risk management at the 2nd line of defence (software used: Microstrategy)• Refreshed procurement guide with updated evaluation methodologies and service level agreements to facilitate procurement planning by directorates• Drafted standard operating processes for governance of official records facilitating consistency in knowledge management• Collaborated with senior management and presented organisation workplan as part of the secretariat team Show less Business Transformation; Systems & Data Management - • Developed a central risk and governance system, participating in system development lifecycle activities with the adoption of Scrum methodology• Communicated strategic goals to stakeholders from agencies (including senior management) while driving harmonisation and streamlining processes• Converted stakeholders' workflow and management reporting needs to suitable data taxonomy and reports/dashboards to improve efficiency while engaging in change management for users based on user journey• Established feedback loop to gather user needs, ensuring product is fit for purpose• Supported the development of functional documents and master data governanceBudget Management; Business Partner; Funding/Resource Allocation -• Managed and forecast the annual directorate budget, ensuring alignment with overall business requirements and achieve budget marksmanship• Monitored budget performance using budget utilisation dashboard and explained variances• Drafted business case with cost-benefit analysis and secured resources for scaling product to the Whole-of-Government• Performed cost modelling to determine revenue and coordinated with HQ-finance and leadership team to ensure compliance with policies• Established key metrics for project evaluation, communicating analysis results to senior management and provided recommendationsProcurement; Governance & Risk -• Performed due diligence on vendors' proposals, financial background, made recommendations and managed contract• Collaborated with legal team to establish governance agreements defining parties' responsibilities and obligations, including on data confidentialityInternal Audit; Business Analysis -• Evaluated effectiveness of clients’ controls and communicated risks, impact, and recommendations to audit committee• Optimised the audit sample selection process by understanding risk areas and created a Python script to facilitate selection Show less

  • Associate

    Jun 2020 - now

  • Assistant Director

    Jul 2021 - Feb 2024
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  Public service division

  Jan 2024 - now

  (Secondment) (Secondment)Financial PlanningFinance Business PartneringFinance Operations and ControlManagement ReportingGovernance and Risk Management

  • Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Senior Executive

    Jan 2024 - Apr 2024