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Business Support Specialist with Finance Competence, Singapore

  • Application Deadline: Feb. 25, 2025
  • On-site
  • Application Deadline: Feb. 25, 2025
  • On-site

Are you interested in supporting Swedish companies to grow in Asia? Do you have experience from finance and accounting role? We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Business Support Specialist to join our team at Business Sweden’s Singapore office.

This position is entirely on-site and located 100% in the office in Singapore. It requires that you currently hold a work permit in Singapore.

Business Sweden is an organization that is 50% owned by the Swedish state and 50% by the Swedish business sector. It supports and promotes Swedish exports and investments. Our office in Singapore focuses not only on the Singaporean market but also on the wider South and Southeast Asia region, with additional offices in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

As a Business Support Specialist with Finance Competence at Business Sweden your job will encompass a diverse range of tasks primary related to accounting, and ensuring employees and clients have adequate support to work effectively and efficiently. You are competent in prioritizing work, have ability to work hands-on, are self-motivated and works with little supervision.

The role includes operational responsibilities such as:

    • Manage banking, cash flow, accounts, supplier invoices, invoicing, and support year-end audits
    • Prepare of full sets of client’s accounts using different software
    • Periodic (monthly, quarterly, yearly) reporting based on clients’ requirements, reporting package and timeline
    • GST registration and reporting
    • Tax computation and liaising with tax agent
    • Administration of employees’ expense claims and contracts/agreements
    • Greets and usher visitors to the office and our conference rooms, manages conference room bookings, manage physical mails and incoming telephone calls
    • Ad-hoc and practical and administrative tasks

The role is based in Singapore (on-site and 100% in the office).

It is a local contract employment and you need to have a work permit in Singapore. We apply probationary employment in all applicable positions.

Work with great people

Vlad Månsson
Trade Commissioner, USA
"This is a great place for rapid career development because of the opportunities to learn from colleagues all over the world"
Samiksha Jalan
Project Manager, London
"I love working at Business Sweden because every hour and every day always brings different opportunities"
Bong-Soon Park
Senior Project Manager, South Korea
"My greatest motivation is seeing the positive impact our job has on our clients"

Skills & Requirements

Core Competencies and Collaborative Skills:

  • Demonstrate commitment, honesty, and accountability in tasks.
  • Provide support and take ownership to ensure high-quality delivery on time.
  • Collaborate effectively to achieve positive results with a can-do attitude.
  • Contribute to team spirit and transparent communication.
  • Adapt easily to new ways of working and solve problems efficiently.
  • Voice your ideas and share opinions, appreciating different perspectives.

Formal Requirements:

  • Degree/Diploma
  • 3-5 years of relevant work experience, in accounting and administrative tasks.
  • Solid knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
  • Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively (verbal and in written)
  • Excellent command of business English, both in writing and speaking.
  • You need to have a work permit in Singapore

Application:

Please submit your CV and cover letter in English as soon as possible, as we will be screening applications on a rolling basis. Your application will be handled confidentially.

Join us at Business Sweden and take the next step in your career in a supportive and dynamic environment!

Great Place to Work

  • Global exchanges and career opportunities

  • Exclusive focus on our client’s growth agenda

  • Extensive responsibility

  • Diversified teams with world class colleagues

  • Training academy for continuous development

  • Entrepreneurial environment

About the company

Diversity powering global growth

At Business Sweden we value and encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We strive for a workplace where all colleagues can explore their full potential and contribute with their unique experiences. By embracing a wide range perspective, we can better drive sustainable growth and customer-centric excellence.

About Business Sweden

Business Sweden helps Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden. With a unique mandate from the Swedish government and the business sector, we offer strategic advice and practical support in more than 40 markets worldwide.

Our mission is to help lay the foundation for sustainable, inclusive, and digital growth – in Sweden and around the world. We do this by providing startups, small- and medium sized companies and multinationals with tailored services, coupled with access to key stakeholders in the public and private spheres.

We help our clients build relationships, accelerate time-to-market, and comply with local standards and regulations. Visit business-sweden.com for more information.


OUR VALUESOur high performance culture rests on that all our employees live our core values. We will never have guidelines for every situation we will meet, but if all of us are guided by a strong sense of our values, we will always navigate in the right direction.

RESPONSIBILITYThis is the foundation of our culture. Taking responsibility is a way to show commitment to our work. We take ownership of the relationships with our clients and stay true to our word.

COLLABORATIONAlone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Collaboration knows no geographical borders. At Business Sweden, we act as one global team to create the best possible value for our clients.

IMPACTBy monitoring the world around us and identifying possibilities , we make a difference by helping companies to seize new, sustainable business opportunities. We create impact both for our clients and for Sweden.

Rickard Levin | Contact Person

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