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Lee Kim Voon

Singapore

Summary

  • SEMI-RETIRED ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL with over 20 years of experience in project & financial accounting in the construction and engineering industry (oil & gas, automation, design, manufacturing and consultancy) gained from working in SMEs and MNCs
  • Currently only seeking for contract / temporary work assignments with duration of 03 to 06 months

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

SURVEY EXPERIENCE OFFICER (CONTRACT POSITION)

MINISTRY OF MANPOWER
12.2023 - 03.2024
  • Assist respondents to complete selected surveys online or via manual collection.
  • For field visits, provide the necessary guidance to respondents for completion of surveys
  • Ensure submission of the completed survey data into the MOM-MRSD system
  • Perform daily updates of call outcomes using Excel files assigned to them
  • Work closely with fellow team-mates on assigned respondents to attain surveys completion
  • Update accurately on daily reports to account for productivity & performance
  • Perform necessary admin work and support duties especially rectifying data errors/ambiguity committed during survey data collection.
  • Adhere to key in concise case notes in MOM-MRSD system for each survey respondents provided for each case with each call outcome / updates on assigned cases
  • Adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

SENIOR EXECUTIVE - FINANCE (CONTRACT POSITION)

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (HAWKERS CENTRES GROUP)
10.2021 - 09.2023
  • Review of submitted vendor invoices for approval and payment in NFS
  • Review and submission of payment and journals request into VITAL
  • Review and submission of vendor details for account creation and / or update into VITAL
  • Prepare and review supporting schedules and documents for vendor invoices for upload into NFS
  • Create and process credit notes for refund of fees in HCMS
  • Review of cash advance balances in HCMS to ensure refund is done correctly (no over- or under- refunds)
  • Assist manager track and monitor status of Live and Ex Arrears cases (debts owing by stallholders) and liaise with external lawyers to initiate legal action

PROJECT FINANCE ANALYST (CONTRACT POSITION)

BAKER HUGHES
04.2020 - 08.2021
  • Project accounting, Cost Control: Approval of Sales order, liaising with Project Management teams for driving profitability, improving cash flow, tracking / reducing costs and risk analysis
  • Ensure best cost estimate for assigned projects and continuous monitoring of cost performance vs budget
  • Support Finance manager in Operating plan cycle
  • Monitor revenue recognition trigger for weekly QMI estimate
  • Monitor Cash, Past Due, Variable and Base cost management
  • Supporting monthly and quarterly closing activities
  • Supporting audit queries
  • Attend to general ad-hoc queries and projects
  • Identifying areas for simplification and alignment, working with manager to find solutions

GROUP ACCOUNTANT

ENVIROSOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING PTE LTD
04.2018 - 10.2018
  • Manage and oversee day-to-day financial accounting for the group (SG, MY, IDN & HK)
  • Manage timely month-end closing of group accounts
  • Preparation & presentation of accurate financial & management reports to Group MD
  • Work with other offices to understand results & help improve the business performance
  • Maintain & update group project listing for sales & backlog reporting
  • Monitor and prepare monthly group cash flow & cash flow forecast
  • Prepare quarterly group P&L forecast and yearly group budget
  • Review monthly payroll computation and of quarterly GST submission to IRAS
  • Liaise with various external parties (company secretary, tax agent, auditor, bankers etc.)
  • Review financial procedures and policies to enhance corporate governance
  • Any ad-hoc tasks as assigned by Group MD

LEAD PROJECT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT & ADMINISTRATOR

AURECON SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD
10.2011 - 03.2018

At Singapore Office level:

  • The “Go To” person for provision of commercial & administrative advice & assistance across the project lifecycle from project assessment, setup, administration, timesheets, review to closure in accordance with establish operating rules & current business model
  • Provide assistance & advise to project directors & leaders in their determination of monthly project revenue recognition
  • Provide support to office management in the financial analysis of monthly project performance reports
  • Drive WIP reduction via regular follow-up with project directors & leaders for timely project billings to be issued out to clients
  • Provide regular training to project staffs in project finance & in the use of BST ERP system

At Regional Office level:

  • In charge of improving & maintaining the technical & commercial competency of the Project Financial Accountant (PFA) team (of 06) across Asia & ME regions
  • Drive accuracy in monthly revenue recognition on projects across the region
  • Drive project financial performance improvement across the region via review & analysis of poor performing projects with unit managers and where applicable provide solutions and / or corrective measures
  • Drive WIP (& of working capital) improvement across the region by means of monthly review of project WIP with various offices
  • Drive commercial acumen awareness via conducting regular project finance training sessions to newly appointed project leaders from the various offices
  • Preparation of various reports for monthly regional management meeting (e.g. New sales, WIP, workshare & staff utilization reports)
  • In charge of quality assurance of PFA team output across the region via cascading corporate best practice and performing periodic audits to ensure compliance with company policies and standard processes

ACCOUNTANT

ATS AUTOMATION ASIA PTE LTD
03.2010 - 08.2011
  • Carried out full spectrum of company & project accounting / costing role
  • Timely preparation of various financial & management reports for submission to Canadian HQ office
  • Responsible for project costing and liaising with Project Managers on project billing, project setup & closure and project costs / expenses
  • Monitor & analyze project costing and profit margins and highlight project costs over-runs
  • Interpret & communicate financial results in a meaningful manner to management
  • Prepare & review weekly cash flow forecast & AR collections for corporate treasury
  • Prepare monthly / quarterly forecast (to within a target accuracy of +/- 5% from actual results reported for the month)
  • Support and assist in preparing yearly budget / plan
  • Liaise with various external parties (company secretary, tax agent, auditor, bankers etc.)
  • Supervision of 02 accounting staffs (under functions AP & AR / Fixed assets)

SENIOR PROJECT ACCOUNTANT

SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES KINETICS LTD
07.2008 - 11.2009

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT

ROTARY ENGINEERING LTD
03.2005 - 05.2008

Education

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (MAJORING IN ACCOUNTING) -

THE FLINDERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
07.1993

YEAR 12 MATRICULATION CERTIFICATE -

CONCORDIA HIGH SCHOOL
AUSTRALIA
12.1989

Skills

  • Perform project variance tracking, analysis & reporting of actual against budgeted numbers
  • Carry out project revenue recognition assessment & determination (using POC & Cost-to-complete methods)
  • Provision of financial analysis of project performance
  • Carry out timely analysis & management of project billings, WIP and AR
  • Provision of project finance & system training
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook, BST ERP System, Oracle, NFS and HCMS

Timeline

SURVEY EXPERIENCE OFFICER (CONTRACT POSITION)

MINISTRY OF MANPOWER
12.2023 - 03.2024

SENIOR EXECUTIVE - FINANCE (CONTRACT POSITION)

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (HAWKERS CENTRES GROUP)
10.2021 - 09.2023

PROJECT FINANCE ANALYST (CONTRACT POSITION)

BAKER HUGHES
04.2020 - 08.2021

GROUP ACCOUNTANT

ENVIROSOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING PTE LTD
04.2018 - 10.2018

LEAD PROJECT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT & ADMINISTRATOR

AURECON SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD
10.2011 - 03.2018

ACCOUNTANT

ATS AUTOMATION ASIA PTE LTD
03.2010 - 08.2011

SENIOR PROJECT ACCOUNTANT

SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES KINETICS LTD
07.2008 - 11.2009

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT

ROTARY ENGINEERING LTD
03.2005 - 05.2008

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (MAJORING IN ACCOUNTING) -

THE FLINDERS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

YEAR 12 MATRICULATION CERTIFICATE -

CONCORDIA HIGH SCHOOL
Lee Kim Voon