Senior Executive, Budget Management & Control 2

SMRT Trains Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

SMRT Trains Ltd invites applications for a Budget & Financial Control role. You will instill financial discipline, monitor budgets across cost centres for the Trains division, and ensure sustainable usage of resources.

The position involves coordinating the Trains Funding Forum, reconciling expenditures, and validating forum forms. You will also support capability development for rail operations and maintenance, and handle reimbursement-related documentation with LTA.

Qualifications

• Accounting, Quantity Surveyor or Engineering degree required.
• Experience in budget management and familiarity with SAP, Anaplan and Ariba is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage budgets for Cost Centres in Trains to ensure adherence.
• Administer the Trains' Funding Forum, validate details, and minute discussions.
• Support Capability Development for Rail Operations & Maintenance and related committees by checking budget details.
• Coordinate reimbursement claims with LTA and prepare required documents.

Skills

Numerical ability

Computer skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Analytical

Team player

Education

Accounting/QS/Engineering degree

Tools

SAP

Anaplan

Ariba

Job description

Company description:

SMRT Trains Ltd was incorporated in 1987 and operates Singapore's first mass rapid transit system. Today, we manage and operate train services on the North-South Line, East-West Line, the Circle Line, the Thomson-East Coast Line, and the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit. With over 5,000 employees, more than 250 trains, and 141 km of rail tracks across 108 stations, we serve millions of commuters daily.

We have set our core values to be Integrity, Service & Safety and Excellence. SMRT is committed to provide safe, reliable and comfortable service for our commuters.

Job description:

Job Purpose

Instill financial discipline and prudence on BUs / COEs that spend on SMRT Trains' budget. Monitor and analyze budget of Cost Centres. Ensure financial sustainability of SMRT Trains.

Responsibilities

1) Budget Management

• Monitor and analyse budget for the Cost Centres in Trains to ensure budget adherence andfi nancial discipline.


• Track the assigned Cost Centres' expenditures, monitoring and reporting on budgetvariance.


• Understand in greater detail the Budget Management Policy and work with the COEs onthe implications of such policy on the line units.

2) Trains Funding Forum

• Administer Trains' Funding Forum


• Check and validate the details in the Funding Forum Form


• Minutes the discussion in Funding Forum


• Follow up with the action list


• Track all expenditures submitted in Funding Forum


• Update and e-sign the Funding Forum Form

3) Capability Development for Rail Operations & Rail Maintenance; and Maintenance & Material Requirement Committee

• Attend the meeting chaired by SVP


• Check and validate budget details submitted in the form

4) Reimbursement Claim from LTA

• Work with COEs on documents required by LTA


• Front queries from LTA


• Compile documents require by LTA


• Issue invoice to LTA

Qualifications & Work Experience

• Accounting, Quantity Surveyor or Engineering Degree.


• Experience in budget management / SAP / Anaplan / Ariba will be added advantage.

Skills

• Strong numerical ability - overseeing financial information so an excellent capacity foranalyzing data and numbers, with attention to budget management is necessary


• Computer skills - from data mining to creating reports and spreadsheets, use computerprograms for a large proportion of their work


• Communication skills - deal with various members of the organization, so an ability toeff ectively explain complex fi nancial information in plain terms is essential


• Attention to detail - an ability to spot discrepancies in information or interpreting cash fl owproblems is benefi cial


• Analytical approach - have an investigative nature and enjoy mining information for specifi cdata or trends


• Others: Team player