About the role
AI summarisedThe Senior Manager/Manager will oversee a small team managing research development funds (RDF) for A*STAR, handling budgeting, reporting, operations, and audit compliance. This finance role involves business partnering with stakeholders and driving digitalization initiatives.
ResearchFull-timeFinance
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the annual budgeting exercise, medium term expenditure budget review for submission to parent Ministry and or to be tabled at A*STAR Management meetings, Board-EXCO and Board.
- Review and query submitted budget requests from divisions, consolidate the budget requests and present the annual operating budget to management for approval.
- Follow up with respective stakeholders to address budget queries raised by management.
- Ensure timely reporting of monthly budget utilisation status to Councils and Divisions.
- Support the MTI's 5-year Research Innovation and Enterprise tranche budget exercise including preparation of data, liaising with divisions and preparing budget submission through Joint Planning Hub/Policy and Planning Division.
- Provide finance inputs to project funding papers to grants funding agencies.
- Prepare the grants management monitoring reports monthly and present regularly at management meetings.
- Ensure timely preparation and submission of internal and external stakeholders reporting including presentation slides.
- Act as effective business partner to management and other stakeholders in providing financial insights/ advice to achieve business objectives.
- Review and approve payment, billing and receipts journals raised by Senior Associates / Associates.
- Prepare fund requisitions (FRs) and final statement of accounts (FSOAs) of projects grants for submission to grantor.
- Review FRs and FSOAs submitted by grantees.
Requirements
- Supervise a small team of Senior Associates/ Associates on the management and administration of research development funds (RDF) for A*STAR.