Manager, Governance & Financial Sustainability

Singapore Business Federation; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Singapore Business Federation is seeking a Manager, Governance & Financial Sustainability to support the TAC Sector Transformation Office's governance capability and sustainability portfolio. The role scopes upcoming FY2028 initiatives and collaborates with TACs, government agencies and partners to design measurable interventions across governance, financial stability and member value.

You will translate diagnostics into actionable programmes, lead key stakeholder relationships including with

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Governance, Law, Public Administration or related discipline.
• 5–8 years of relevant working experience.
• Experience with boards, committees, government-funded programmes or professional-services partners.
• Familiarity with Singapore’s TAC, society, charity or membership organisations.
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking capabilities.
• Excellent executive writing, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Highly organised, detail-conscious and outcome-oriented.
• Professional qualifications or training in governance, accounting, audit, project management, programme evaluation or change management are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Operationalise the governance capability roadmap and annual workplan, aligned with strategic outcomes.
• Maintain alignment across different requirements and expectations.
• Translate diagnostic findings, ground sensing and programme evidence into prioritised intervention pathways, strategies and measurable action plans.
• Plan and manage public runs that equip and independently manage TAC Council and senior secretariat leaders in governance frameworks and compliance requirements.
• Handle participant recruitment, eligibility, communications, scheduling, attendance, assessment, recognition, claims, satisfaction and outcome tracking.
• Serve as TSTO’s relationship lead with the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), establishing clear scopes, service levels, delivery protocols, performance expectations and issue-escalation routes.
• Manage procurement, contracting, budgets, co-funding, invoicing and vendor performance.
• Recruit, assess and prioritise TAC boards based on governance need, readiness, leadership commitment, conflict considerations and potential for measurable improvement.
• Track agreed governance actions and pre/post evidence across grant management and operations, procurement and payments, and financial controls.
• Lead discovery and design for the FY2028–FY2030 initiative, drawing on market research, international practice and lessons from existing programmes.
• Assess practical options such as revenue-model redesign, sponsor conversion, productisation, service innovation and market validation.
• Develop the business case partner and delivery model, funding model, risk controls, evaluation design and scale.
• Maintain reliable programme records and dashboards such as pipeline, participation, delivery milestones, budget, and outcomes.
• Prepare audit-ready reports and executive recommendations decision making.
• Convert programme learning into anonymised case studies, practical governance resources, playbooks, Communities of Practice content and tools.
• Coordinate with TSTO colleagues across stewardship, engagement, digitalization and human-capital to deliver coherent support to TACs and incorporatr governance insights into wider account and capability plans.
• Represent the portfolio in stakeholder engagements, facilitate governance peer learning, manage assigned resources and undertake related sector-transformation assignments.

Skills

Governance

Analytics

Writing & Communication

Facilitation

Organised / Detail-oriented

Stakeholder Management

Education

Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Governance, Law, Public Administration or related discipline

Job description

Manager, Governance & Financial Sustainability

This position plays a key role to support SBF’s TAC Sector Transformation Office (TSTO) governance capability and financial sustainability portfolio.

The incumbent also scopes and develops the next-bound financial sustainability and/or member value-proposition initiative for launch from FY2028. Working with Trade Associations & Chambers (TACs), government agencies, advisers and delivery partners, the role converts diagnostics and market evidence into programme designs, interventions, tools and measurable improvements across governance, financial stability and value proposition.

Job Responsibilities:

• Suport the operationalisation of the governance capability roadmap and annual workplan, aligned with strategic outcomes.
• Maintain alignment across different requirements and expectations.
• Translate diagnostic findings, ground sensing and programme evidence into prioritised intervention pathways, strategies and measurable action plans.

2. Qualified TAC Director Pathway & Public Governance Training

• Plan and manage public runs that equip and independently manage TAC Council and senior secretariat leaders in governance frameworks and compliance requirements.
• Handle participant recruitment, eligibility, communications, scheduling, attendance, assessment, recognition, claims, satisfaction and outcome tracking.

3. SID Partnership, Commercial Management & Quality Assurance

• Serve as TSTO’s relationship lead with the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), establishing clear scopes, service levels, delivery protocols, performance expectations and issue-escalation routes.
• Manage procurement, contracting, budgets, co-funding, invoicing and vendor performance.
• Recruit, assess and prioritise TAC boards based on governance need, readiness, leadership commitment, conflict considerations and potential for measurable improvement.
• Track agreed governance actions and pre/post evidence across grant management and operations, procurement and payments, and financial controls.

5. Confidentiality, Ethics, Conflicts & Information Governance

• Establish and enforce data protocols covering non-disclosure, informed participation, access controls, records, retention and permitted use of board-level information.
• Conduct and document conflict-of-interest checks for advisers, partners and participating TACs; maintain appropriate information barriers and escalation procedures.

6. Financial Sustainability & Value-Proposition Initiative

• Lead discovery and design for the FY2028–FY2030 initiative, drawing on market research, international practice and lessons from existing programmes.
• Assess practical options such as revenue-model redesign, sponsor conversion, productisation, service innovation and market validation.
• Develop the business case partner and delivery model, funding model, risk controls, evaluation design and scale.

7. Performance Measurement, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain reliable programme records and dashboards such as pipeline, participation, delivery milestones, budget, and outcomes.
• Prepare audit-ready reports and executive recommendations decision making.

8. Knowledge, Diffusion & Cross-TSTO Coordination

• Convert programme learning into anonymised case studies, practical governance resources, playbooks, Communities of Practice content and tools.
• Coordinate with TSTO colleagues across stewardship, engagement, digitalization and human-capital to deliver coherent support to TACs and incorporatr governance insights into wider account and capability plans.
• Represent the portfolio in stakeholder engagements, facilitate governance peer learning, manage assigned resources and undertake related sector-transformation assignments.

Job Requirements:

Core Competencies

• Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Governance, Law, Public Administration or a related discipline with 5–8 years of relevant working experience.
• Experience working with boards, committees, industry associations, government-funded programmes or professional-services partners is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with Singapore’s TAC, society, charity or membership-organisations.
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking capabilities.
• Excellent executive writing, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Highly organised, detail-conscious and outcome-oriented.
• Professional qualifications or relevant training in governance, accounting, audit, project management, programme evaluation or change management are advantageous.

Other Competencies

• Knowledge of governance frameworks and able to interpret governance diagnostics and distinguish gaps in policies.
• Ability to translate evidence into cohort strategies, intervention pathways, outputs and outcomes, and evaluation measures.
• Able to manage diagnostic, advisory and capability-building journeys from recruitment and contracting through delivery.
• Comfortable using qualitative and quantitative evidence to assess programme efficacy and recommend improvement.
• Able to analyse revenue models, cost structures, funding models and financial-sustainability risks.
• Capable of building defensible business cases with realistic assumptions, budgets, and risk controls.
• Able to build constructive senior relationships while holding partners accountable for delivery quality and outcomes.
• Able to manage sensitive board-level, financial, control and diagnostic information.
• Strong ethical judgement and practical understanding of confidentiality, consent, conflict-of-interest management and records.