Governance & Grants Manager for Defence Agencies

Ministry of Defence of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Defence of Singapore is seeking a governance and finance professional to establish and review policies guiding expenditures across MINDEF-related agencies, and to provide finance assessments for strategic reporting on performance.

You will lead a desk head for a group of agencies, monitor compliance, review grant funding, maintain the governance framework, assess requests and disburse funds, and support management and partners in analytics initiatives.

Qualifications

• Education in Accountancy or related field preferred.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience in financial reporting, audit, governance or risk.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to produce high-quality written work.
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple projects and work independently.
• Ability to maintain good working relationships with agencies and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as desk head for a group of agencies and advise stakeholders on the MRO Corporate Governance Framework.
• Track and monitor MRO compliance with the MRO Corporate Governance Framework.
• Review MRO financials and conduct a review of the MRO grant funding framework.
• Maintain and update the corporate governance framework to adequately resource MROs in fulfilling MINDEF's objectives.
• Assess and recommend grant requests put up for approval by MROs and Sponsoring Agencies and disburse approved grant amounts in a timely manner.
• Assess financial statements in accordance with the latest Financial Reporting Standards.
• Provide staff support to Management as well as MROs, Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and DSO National Laboratories (DSO).
• Support digital-related or data analytics projects and assist in organising the annual MRO Community of Practice.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written communication

Independent work

Stakeholder management

Education

Accountancy education

Job description

Ministry of Defence of Singapore is seeking a governance and finance professional to establish and review policies guiding expenditures across MINDEF-related agencies, and to provide finance assessments for strategic reporting on performance.

You will lead a desk head for a group of agencies, monitor compliance, review grant funding, maintain the governance framework, assess requests and disburse funds, and support management and partners in analytics initiatives.