Finance Lead

Join the National University of Singapore (NUS) Finance Team – Where Innovation Meets Excellence
At NUS, the Office of Finance stands as a dynamic and strategic partner, driving financial sustainability and operational excellence. Our team plays a crucial role in overseeing financial planning, optimising resources, and enabling the University’s ambition and innovation.
We are at the forefront of formulating, reviewing, and analysing the University’s strategic, operating, and capital budgets. Through strong governance, robust financial processes, and cutting-edge systems, we ensure every dollar is put to its best use, fueling research, education, and transformation.
Why Join Us?
Make an Impact: Play a key role in shaping financial strategies that influence the University’s growth and global standing.
Growth & Development: We believe in continuous learning, offering mentorship, career development, and upskilling opportunities.
Collaborative Culture: Join a high-performing team that values trust, innovation, and excellence.
Finance Transformation: Be part of initiatives leveraging SAP S4 Hana, AI-driven analytics, and digital finance solutions to drive efficiency and future-ready finance operations.
If you are passionate about finance, thrive in a dynamic environment, and want to be part of a team that drives meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you
Join us and be a part of shaping the future of finance at NUS
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Job Purpose
The BTC Cluster Finance Lead serves as the key financial leader supporting the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the Centre for International Law, the East Asian Institute, and the Singapore International Mediation Institute. This role is responsible for leading a team in resource planning and financial analysis, providing insightful data to support school and central leadership in decision-making, and driving operational efficiency and cost-benefit evaluations.
In addition to strengthening finance business partnering with faculties, the role includes enhancing internal controls, managing gift funds, and ensuring the effective integration and continuous improvement of financial systems and processes. The Finance Lead will collaborate closely with faculty and central management to promote financial excellence, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and maintain the accuracy and integrity of financial records and reporting.
Duties and Responsibilities
Resource Planning, Analysis, and Reporting:
Serve as the management liaison to the Governing board and Finance committee; effectively communicate and present critical financial matters at select board of directors and committee meetings.
Contribute to the development of strategic goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the organization.
Advise the Senior Management and other key members of senior management on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow, investment priorities, and policy matters.
Gain commitment across the departments to the development and implementation of forward looking finance strategies in fund management and reporting systems that support the school and provide best value in the use of the resources available to the departments.
Ensure financial probity and control in a complex environment, whilst providing leadership and support to transformation and change throughout the environment.
Provide regular risk assessments on the financial health of the departments.
Plan annual budgets and prepare financial forecasts and variance reports.
Prepare cost-benefit and profitability analysis and simulations for programmes/projects.
Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics for cost/overall performance tracking.
Allocate the budget to faculties and departments. Prepare the Faculty/Department’s annual/quarterly/monthly financial positions for management review.
Devise and monitor cost-effective and efficient data accumulation systems/processes to provide appropriate costing information to management.
Support long-term financial projection to aid in strategic planning.
Finance Business Partnering Support to Faculties:
Provide finance business partnering support to faculty. Enhance finance business partnering capabilities within faculties.
Represent the organization externally, as necessary, particularly in audit, funding agencies and corporate clients or donors.
Assist faculty and central management in reviewing faculty budgets and resource allocation.
Drive finance functional synergies across faculties.
Provide support on financial matters that are not centralized (e.g., assisting with withholding tax matters).
Internal Controls:
Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in workflows to achieve greater efficiency.
Review business processes and accounting frameworks to strengthen internal controls and accountability.
Ensure quality control over financial transactions and reporting.
Gift Finance:
Ensure timely receipt and recording of donations and matching grants.
Plan for the utilization of donated funds in accordance with donors’ specifications.
Ensure timely and accurate reporting as needed.
Systems and Processes:
Maintain and ensure that the Faculty/Department’s satellite sub-systems (if any) are properly integrated with the University’s ERP systems.
Continuously provide insights and requirements, and actively participate in or drive projects to support the central team in improving systems and processes.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and above in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field. MBA, CPA, CFA is a plus.
Over 15 years of progressive experience in finance with a focus in financial planning, strategy development and business partnership experience
Experience in people management is preferred.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving abilities. Communicates in a clear, succinct, organized and convincing manner.
Independent, resourceful, and able to work collaboratively with business stakeholders.
Strong project and change management skillsets, including the ability to coordinate and balance multiple workstreams in time-sensitive environment, under pressure and meeting deadlines.
Experience in using data analytics and technology tools to deliver FP&A outcomes.
Good working knowledge of IFRS, business processes and controls.
Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Employment type Full-time
Job function
Job function Administrative, Accounting/Auditing, and Finance
Industries Higher Education, Government Administration, and Accounting
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