Associate Director/senior Manager, Scale

**Location**
- Singapore, Central Singapore**Job Type**
- Permanent**Date Posted**
- 1 hour agoAdditional Details

**Job ID**
- 96259**Job Views**
- 3- Job Description
- The School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (SCALE) was established to drive the expansion of NUS’ lifelong learning offerings in a concerted and strategic way that furthers our mission to be a leading global university, as well as fulfil our role as a public university of Singapore, shaping the future.
- Through SCALE, working adults (i.e. professionals, managers and executives) who aspire to stay relevant and ahead of competition, companies looking to up-skill/re-skill their workforce, and even youths exploring quality tertiary education options, have access to NUS’ suite of innovative, world-class continuing and lifelong education offerings.
- Drawing on unparalleled access to the multi-disciplinary expertise of 16 other NUS Faculties/Schools, SCALE offers youth, executive and professional development/education programmes, part-time and full-time degree programmes, as well as modular courses that may be taken singly or stacked towards certificates/diplomas/degrees that meet the lifelong learning needs of individuals. All programmes are designed and developed in consultation with the industry to ensure relevance and currency.
- About the Role- Reporting to Deputy Director (Operations, Grant Management, Quality Assurance & Compliance), the incumbent shall support and coordinate all SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) - related activities in NUS in securing and administering the SSG Block Grant.-
- The incumbent will be emplaced at an appropriate appointment grade based on his/her individual merits.Key Duties & Responsibilities:

- Grant and Finance Management- Monitor financial reports and expenditures of current grants and contracts
- Identify trends associated with over/under expenditure and make recommendations to resolve them
- Grants monitoring with close follow up and communication with NUS Faculties/Schools
- Assess new opportunities/contracts in detail to ensure adequate cost recovery
- Prepare financial statements for audit, and prepare reports to relevant authorities
- Liaison between government authorities and NUS Faculties/Schools in providing advice and guidance on grant related issues

Data Analysis, Automation and Reporting- Build, develop and maintain reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards and performance metrics that support key business decisions
- Generate insights that analyze the unit’s functions and key operations and performance metrics and make recommendations
- Oversee the design and delivery of relevant reports
- Oversee the data/report requests process: tracking requests submitted, prioritization, approval, etc.

General Management- Oversee and manage the day-to-day activities of Grant Management team
- Ensure accuracy of data and deliverables of reporting employees, with comprehensive quality controls, checks, policies and processes
- Ensure the fulfilment of University’s obligations under current grants and contracts
- Oversee cross-team projects for operational effectiveness and efficiencyQualifications

**Requirements**:

- Academic & Professional Certification- At least a good bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or Accountancy

Experience & Attributes- At least 8 years of relevant work experience where there is demonstrated experience in handling and understanding large datasets and relational databases for management reporting or strategic insights or in grant management
- Experience in training administration, including training grants administration, is an advantage
- Proven ability in financial analysis and reporting
- Experience working with and creating databases and dashboards
- Strong decision-making capabilities
- Strong problem solving and quantitative and analytical abilities
- Excellent communication, collaboration and presentation skills
- High level of initiative and creativity
- Resilient, resourceful, and work well under pressure

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