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Finance Business Partner

  • Hybrid
    • Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore
  • Corporate

Job description

Who We Are

Open Government Products (OGP) operates like a startup within the government; We are a fast-paced, dynamic team of engineers, designers, and product managers dedicated to public good. We autonomously identify opportunities to solve public problems using tech, rapidly prototype, and launch solutions—from citizen apps to automating public agency operations. Embracing an open-sourced and flat hierarchy, we cut through bureaucracy to focus on real-world, user-centric innovations that drive change.

The Team

The Corporate team is in charge of creating the right environment for OGP teams to make as much impact on public good as they can, as quickly as possible. The Finance team ensures that the team is resourced and enabled to get what they need quickly and efficiently while concurrently ensuring accountability via radical cost and outcomes transparency to the public.

About the Role

As a Finance Partner, you will work closely with the Finance team to track, allocate and move resources and processes to ensure product teams get what they need to achieve the best outcomes. You will help keep finance and procurement processes running day-to-day, and will also be setting and monitoring usage behaviours, partnering with stakeholders so as to identify gaps and areas for process and system improvements. You will be doing this not just for the organisation, but also for Whole-of-Government (WOG). You will be working with key stakeholders to rebuild the way government does finance, procurement and accountability.

On a day to day basis, this means that you will:

  • Build ways of working, processes, and systems to revamp the way government does finance, procurement and accountability.

  • Develop and implement methodologies to continually measure finance / procurement user behaviours and process / tool usage to identify opportunities to improve the finance & procurement experience across the organisation.

  • Plan and run initiatives to improve finance & procurement tools, policies, and practices to help teams run more effectively in OGP.

  • Partner with product teams and management to derive and provide key data and insights for decision-making

  • Manage and continually improve end-to-end procurement and finance operations

  • Directly troubleshoot user finance / procurement-related help requests and issues to solve root causes and improve employee experience.

We’re looking for people who:

  • Can think strategically, and implement operationally. You must be able to identify key things to solve in ambiguous situations, figure out how to measure success, and translate that into actual plans, policies, and processes for implementation end-to-end.

  • Works like an entrepreneur in getting problems solved. You must be proactive in scoping problems, doing whatever it takes to solve them, and taking different approaches to find what works best. We are looking for go-getters who seek out opportunities themselves and not wait for instruction.

  • Wants to build better organisations for public good. You must care about wanting to build better organisations to make an impact on public good. You will be joining a team that is pushing ourselves and the government to do better for Singapore, and must have a passion for wanting to be a part of this work.

  • Have experience in related domains: Experience in finance, procurement, budgeting, treasury, audit, accounting, planning, strategy, etc.

  • Having experience in building up systems / processes / organisations is a plus!

  • Having experience in RPA, coding, scripting or automation tools is also a plus!

We value how willing and able you are to learn whatever is needed to solve problems, more than years of experience in a given field.

Working at OGP

Ownership and Autonomy — Beyond technical tasks, this means having autonomy to voice opinions and suggest future directions. Building what you believe in drives the creation of great solutions.

Rapid Prototyping — We prioritize testing ideas over debating them, allowing us to identify problems quickly and convey possibilities to others. This fail-fast approach accelerates innovation.

Flexibility — We provide flexible work arrangements based on what works best for our team and its members, fostering a productive and supportive environment.

Continuous Learning — Drive professional growth by exploring new architectures, frameworks, and technologies. With dedicated yearly learning months and hackathons, continuous learning is essential as we tackle innovative ideas and challenges.

Mission-Driven — Our work is dedicated to the public good, aiming to improve the lives of Singapore citizens. We focus on creating impactful solutions that enhance the community and the place we call home.

Projects OGP has worked on include:

ScamShield — iOS and Android mobile apps, enhanced in August 2024, help users check and report suspicious communications. The apps automatically filter known scams using an AI-powered machine learning classifier. An Admin Dashboard also allows police to verify reported scams.

ParkingSG — A mobile app alternative to parking coupons. It lets users pay, extend, and refund their parking sessions just using their phones.

RedeemSG — Helps the Singapore Government to create, send and track redemptions of digital vouchers easily.

COVID-19 Vaccination — A suite of systems built to enable Singapore's national vaccination campaign for COVID-19. This includes informational sites, appointment booking systems, and records management systems.

data.gov.sg — An open repository of all the Singapore Government's public data. It helps people understand the data using visualizations and articles, and provides real-time APIs for developers to use.

Isomer — Provides government agencies with an easy-to-deploy static website building and hosting service to create usable, secure and faster informational websites quickly.

FormSG — A form builder tool for agencies to self-service and create online forms that capture classified data, with the goal of replacing paper forms.

PaySG — Was developed to enable digital payments for government services, and was initially used for payments for COVID-19 swab tests and Stay-Home Notices for incoming travellers to Singapore.

An overview of other OGP products can be found on our website https://open.gov.sg

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