Assistant Director/Senior Assistant Director, Procurement Policy(Transformation)

Ministry of National Development; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of National Development is seeking a finance team member to provide procurement and revenue contracting services. The role covers transforming procurement strategies and ensuring compliance with policies.

Ideal candidates will have a degree in Accountancy or Business Administration, alongside good public sector finance knowledge. Strong communication skills and meticulousness with data are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Public Sector finance and procurement.
• Prior experience in public agencies preferred.
• Ability to interpret policy changes.

Responsibilities

• Provide procurement and revenue contracting advisory.
• Engage with divisions for compliance.
• Perform procurement analytics and operations.
• Support procurement transformation processes.

Skills

Public Sector finance understanding

Procurement knowledge

Revenue contracting knowledge

Meticulousness with data

Good communication skills

Education

Degree in Accountancy or Business Administration

Job description

What the role is:

You will be part of MND’s Finance team and play an important role in providing procurement and revenue contracting advisory, and support to HQ Divisions within the Ministry.

You will also be required to liaise with MND’s Statutory Boards and Central Agencies on procurement and revenue contracting related matters.

What you will be working on:

• Procurement Transformation & Strategy:
  • Undertake review of internal procurement and revenue contracting policies and develop appropriate approaches, based on best practices, to achieve effective and efficient procurement and revenue contracting strategies.
  • Lead and support the transformation of the Ministry’s procurement and revenue contracting processes, policies and systems. This includes using data driven analytics to support the areas of transformation and coming up with frameworks to balance efficiency and governance/controls.
  • Drive the adoption of digital procurement tools, software, platforms and any available central IT solutions to improve the procurement and revenue contracting processes and data collection.
  • Change management preparation for onboard of any new system or revised work processes, e.g., engage relevant stakeholder, prepare training brief and user guides.
• Procurement Operations & Policy:
  • Pro-actively engage and provide professional procurement and revenue contracting advice to divisions to ensure compliance with policies and processes.
  • Involve in preparing and conducting training, and providing user guides relating to procurement and revenue contracting matters.
  • Perform procurement or revenue contracting analytics for management updates, audit requirements and/or improvement on operations.
  • Perform procurement and revenue contacting operations (including the review the procurement / revenue contracting submissions).
• Others:

  You will also need to perform other ad-hoc matters, e.g. secretariat for key meetings or be part of the Finance transformation team.

What we are looking for:

• Functional Skills:
  • Good understanding of Public Sector finance (from budget to pay), procurement and/or revenue contracting knowledge would be an advantage.
  • Prior working experience in public agencies would be an added advantage.
  • Meticulous and sensitive to figures and data.
  • Ability to translate & operationalise policy changes introduced by Central Agencies.
• Qualifications & Others:
  • Degree in Accountancy, Business Administration or equivalent.
  • Confident communicator with good writing and presentation skills.
  • Positive attitude and self-motivated.
  • Good interpersonal skills and is able to communicate requirement clearly with the relevant stakeholders, able to work independently and as a team.