Assistant Director, Technology Finance & Procurement (CIO Office)

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU Singapore's CIO Office within the Centre for IT Services is seeking a senior finance professional to steward technology budgets and provide financial insight to the CIO and senior management.

You will lead annual planning, forecasting, and reporting, ensure audit-ready controls, oversee procurement governance, and develop workforce dashboards with the Directors across central and school IT teams.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in accountancy, Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in finance, including ownership of annual and multi-year capital and operating budgets, financial controls and executive reporting.
• Experience supervising staff.
• Strong analytical judgement, problem-solving, executive communication, facilitation, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• High integrity and sound judgement; meticulous, proactive and collaborative, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in an unstructured environment.
• Strong plus Practical knowledge of procurement, tendering, contract lifecycle management, commercial evaluation and supplier performance management.
• Experience in technology or IT finance, ideally in a large enterprise, public-sector or institutional setting.
• Knowledge of workforce capability planning. This can be developed on the job.
• Experience using AI and automation to improve process efficiency and effectiveness.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification or professional certification (e.g. CA, CPA, CIPS, TBM or FinOps).

Responsibilities

• Lead yearly financial planning, forecasting, budget consolidation and management reporting across central, departmental and school-based IT teams.
• Provide monthly budget and financial reporting with trend analysis to CITS Management.
• Work with Divisional Directors and teams to present the financial utilisation to date and projections for the year.
• Establish key controls and ensure all IT financial transactions, assets, and accounting practices, including prepayments and accruals, adhere to NTU’s policies and are audit-ready at all times.
• Lead CITS technology procurement planning and governance, working with Procurement and business owners to coordinate sourcing timelines, commercial evaluations, approvals, contract milestones and renewals.
• Maintain visibility of the procurement pipeline and escalated material commercial, compliance or service-continuity risks.
• With the CITS Directors, develop the IT competency matrix, skills-gap analysis and annual learning roadmap, support role and organisation design, and workforce dashboards for permanent and contract resources.
• Supervise assigned staff and contribute to continuous improvement of CIO Office governance and reporting practices.

Skills

Financial analysis

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in accountancy, Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline

Postgraduate qualification or professional certification (e.g. CA, CPA, CIPS, TBM or FinOps)

Job description

About NTU Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a research-intensive university in Singapore, supported by more than 8,000 staff across its colleges, schools, research institutes and administrative units. The Centre for IT Services enables the University’s digital, technology, audiovisual and infrastructure capabilities.

About the role The position resides in the CIO Office within the Centre for IT Services (CITS). The CIO Office supports the Chief Information Officer and CITS Management with integrated oversight of technology finance, procurement and workforce capability.

In this role you will steward annual technology budgets of about S$80 million in capital and operating expenditure and give the Chief Information Officer and senior management the financial insight behind major technology decisions.

The role reports directly to the Head, CIO Office and works closely with the CIO, CITS Divisional Directors, Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Schools, Colleges, Research Centres and administrative units.

Key responsibilities

• Lead yearly financial planning, forecasting, budget consolidation and management reporting across central, departmental and school-based IT teams.
• Provide monthly budget and financial reporting with trend analysis to CITS Management.
• Work with Divisional Directors and teams to present the financial utilisation to date and projections for the year.
• Establish key controls and ensure all IT financial transactions, assets, and accounting practices, including prepayments and accruals, adhere to NTU’s policies and are audit-ready at all times.
• Lead CITS technology procurement planning and governance, working with Procurement and business owners to coordinate sourcing timelines, commercial evaluations, approvals, contract milestones and renewals.
• Maintain visibility of the procurement pipeline and escalated material commercial, compliance or service-continuity risks.
• With the CITS Directors, develop the IT competency matrix, skills-gap analysis and annual learning roadmap, support role and organisation design, and workforce dashboards for permanent and contract resources.
• Supervise assigned staff and contribute to continuous improvement of CIO Office governance and reporting practices.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in accountancy, Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in finance, including ownership of annual and multi-year capital and operating budgets, financial controls and executive reporting.
• Experience supervising staff.
• Strong analytical judgement, problem-solving, executive communication, facilitation, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• High integrity and sound judgement; meticulous, proactive and collaborative, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in an unstructured environment.
• Strong plus Practical knowledge of procurement, tendering, contract lifecycle management, commercial evaluation and supplier performance management.
• Experience in technology or IT finance, ideally in a large enterprise, public-sector or institutional setting.
• Good to have Knowledge of workforce capability planning. This can be developed on the job.
• Experience using AI and automation to improve process efficiency and effectiveness.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification or professional certification (e.g. CA, CPA, CIPS, TBM or FinOps).

Why join us

You will shape how a major research university plans, funds and governs its technology investment, working directly with the Chief Information Officer and senior leaders across the University. NTU offers structured learning and development, career progression and a comprehensive staff welfare programme. We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution:

NTU A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world‑class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). Ranked amongst the world’s top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world’s top young university for the past seven years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district. Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources. For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg

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