What the role is:The Accountant-General's Department (AGD) plays an important role in making Singapore a better place through Finance. At AGD, we aim to be a future-ready leader in transforming Public Sector finance by putting finance at the heart of our decision-making. We do this through building a strong foundation in providing robust financial systems and processes that serve key stakeholders including our pensioners, vendors and the public sector. Our team of accounting professionals work at AGD and are deployed to the public agencies to deliver a wide range of financial and accounting-related services to the Public Service. Together we play a critical role in helping the Government achieve its fiscal and economic objectives through sound stewardship and governance. You will join AGD's Finance Data and Analytics Branch, under the Treasury, Technical & Analytics Directorate. This branch spearheads the development and administration of business intelligence systems and data analytics projects.What you will be working on:
Participate in prototyping and validation of data science/machine learning projects to support finance use cases, through the use of tools or leveraging on AI; • Participate in on-going data science/machine learning Proof-of-Concept (POC) projects, including code review, maintenance and recommendation on enhancements; • Curate and prepare data products meeting the requirements for data science/machine learning projects; and • Use Business Intelligence (BI) to present data insights, including, but not limited to, supporting data science/machine learning work.
What we are looking for:
Hands-on experience with Python programming and libraries for data science and machine learning, including data manipulation, analysis and modelling; • Prior experience with any data science/machine learning tools in the market (e.g. AWS SageMaker, Datarobot) is advantageous; • Prior knowledge on big data tools and concepts (e.g. Hadoop, Spark) is advantageous; • Prior experience with any of the leading BI tools in the market (e.g. MicroStrategy, Tableau, Qliksense, Qlikview, Power BI) is advantageous; • Organised individual with good interpersonal and communication skills (presentation and writing); • Proficiency in basic office productivity tools, such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint; • Meticulous in ensuring data/information accuracy; and • Willingness to learn and adapt to new tools and technologies to accomplish assigned tasks.
About Accountant-General's Department:The Accountant-General's Department (AGD) plays an important role in making Singapore a better place through Finance. At AGD, we aim to be a future-ready leader in transforming Public Sector finance by putting finance at the heart of our decision-making. We do this through building a strong foundation in providing robust financial systems and processes that serve key stakeholders including our pensioners, vendors and the public sector. Our team of accounting professionals work at AGD and are deployed to the public agencies to deliver a wide range of financial and accounting-related services to the Public Service. Together we play a critical role in helping the Government achieve its fiscal and economic objectives through sound stewardship and governance.
