A brief about the Youth Crisis Facility
The Youth Crisis Facility is a first-of-its-kind, short-term 24/7 residential crisis care service designed to provide immediate and intensive psychosocial support for youths at risk of suicide. The facility offers a safe, stabilising environment where multidisciplinary care and community linkages come together to help youths regain safety, build coping skills, and transition smoothly back to their home or community settings.
The Finance Manager oversees the organisation’s finance function, ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and effective financial stewardship. In addition to financial reporting and controls, the role acts as a finance business partner to departments and project teams, providing financial insights, costing, and sustainability assessment to support operational and strategic decision-making.
The position engages key stakeholders, including management, programme heads, auditors, regulators, funders, and the Finance Committee. Contributes to organisational sustainability through sound financial planning and advisory.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Working closely with the Deputy Director, Corporate Finance & Compliance, the Finance Manager drives financial governance, business partnering, and sustainability across the following areas:
Financial Reporting & Oversight:
- Oversee finance operations and review monthly management accounts and financial statements for accuracy and completeness.
- Oversee year-end closing and preparation of statutory financial statements.
- Analyse financial performance, identify trends and risks, and provide recommendations to management.
- Present financial information to management and committees where required.
Budgeting & Stakeholder Business Partnering:
- Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting process across departments.
- Monitor performance against budget and highlight key variances.
- Work closely with department heads and project teams to provide costing, financial feasibility, and sustainability advice.
- Support grant applications, funding proposals, and new initiatives with financial analysis.
- Communicate financial information clearly and practically to non-finance stakeholders and guide them on financial policies and funding requirements.
Treasury, Banking & Fund Management:
- Oversee organisational cashflow and liquidity management.
- Review cashflow forecasts and approve fixed deposit placements and excess fund placements in accordance with approved financial policies.
- Monitor restricted funds, designated funds, and grant utilisation.
- Liaise with bankers and administer bank accounts, mandates, authorised signatories, and e-banking controls.
Donations, Tax & Regulatory Compliance:
- Oversee donation accounting and reconciliation with the donation management system and donor receipting processes.
- Ensure compliance with tax-deductible donation reporting and IPC requirements.
- Manage tax compliance matters including withholding tax and statutory submissions to IRAS and ACRA.
- Review funder financial reports and regulatory filings prior to submission.
Governance, Audit & Risk Management:
- Maintain and strengthen financial policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Act as the main finance liaison with auditors, regulators, funders and relevant external stakeholders.
- Coordinate audits and ensure timely closure of audit findings.
- Support enterprise risk management, Annual Report and prepare financial information and papers for the Finance Committee/Board.
Operations:
- Ensure timely completion of finance operations and reporting activities.
- Promote financial discipline and knowledge sharing across the organisation through guidance and support to stakeholders.
Systems & Process Improvement:
- Oversee finance systems and ensure data integrity and proper usage.
- Lead finance digitalisation and automation initiatives and work with IT on system integration.
- Implement process improvements to enhance productivity and reporting quality.
Educational Qualification:
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
- Professional qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent).
Relevant Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of relevant finance/accounting experience with 3–5 years of managerial experience.
- Experience in charity, non-profit, healthcare or grant-funded environment.
- Experience dealing with auditors, regulators and committees.
Behaviour Traits & Attitude:
- Strategic thinking
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- Governance and risk awareness mindset
- Stakeholder and communication skills
- Leadership and people management
