Manager, Graduate Career Development

Nanyang Business School competes with top business schools worldwide to attract senior professionals from diverse backgrounds to join its graduate programmes. The key purpose of the role is to provide world-class career services to NBS’s graduate students, and manage employer relationships in key sectors, and source for suitable positions for NBS’s graduate students.

The position holder is responsible for providing career services to students in the Master of Science in Accountancy and Master of Science in Financial Engineering programmes. Additionally, the position holder is also responsible for managing employer relations with key players in the financial services, audit/accounting, and consulting sectors, and source for suitable jobs and internship roles for all graduate students interested in these sectors.

**Responsibilities**:
1. Career office strategy and implementation:
- Develop and implement a suite of career offerings for MSc Accountancy and MSc Financial Engineering programmes;- Be the key thought partner and coach to students in the programmes;- Deliver careers workshops for students in the programmes.

2. Lead & launch careers offerings:
- Engage with leadership to drive and operationalize strategic initiatives to keep career services at the forefront of providing optimal and efficient services;- Engage with the careers team in providing multi-faceted career workshops, networking events, company presentations, etc.

3. Drive business development and employer engagement to secure full-time jobs and internship opportunities for all graduate students in the financial services, audit/ accounting and consulting sectors:
- Develop a strategy to engage employers within these sectors to increase placement rates of students into these sectors;- Establish and manage key employer relationships in these sectors by building partnerships with senior corporate leaders (CEO, CHRO, Head of Talent Development);- Maintain a deep understanding of market factors (national & global) relative to employer organisations;- Initiate and build strong partnerships with companies that can provide full-time jobs and internships/industry project opportunities for students.

4. Provide counselling in the financial services, audit/accounting and consulting sectors to GS students:
- Understand student’s full-time jobs and internship goals and provide guidance in their job search;- Coach and counsel students interested in the relevant sectors to ensure readiness for career-related interactions with employers;- Place students in their desired roles in identified sectors.

**Requirements**:
- Degree from a top-tier global business school is required.- At least 7 years’ experience, with significant front-line and sales/business development experience.- Proven track record of business development in past working experiences including successfully building internal and external collaborations.- Experience in any of financial services, auditing/ accounting, or consulting is preferred.- Experience in career services and/or working with post-graduate students with an Institute of Higher Learning, preferably within a business school, is advantageous.- Possesses strong and deep networks with companies in the auditing/ accounting, financial services, professional services, commodities and energy sectors.- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability in working with people from diverse and multi-cultural backgrounds.- Outstanding presentation skills, including ability to deliver high impact presentations to senior executives.- Meticulousness with good eye for details, and able to work under tight deadlines.- Team-player with a pleasant disposition and outgoing personality.

Hiring Institution: NTU