Assistant Head/senior Officer, Finance (resource Personnel) (3 Years Contract)
Job Description
The Research Entity (RE) receives competitive grant awards as part of its overall funding.
The role of the Resource Personnel is to support the Research Entity / Principal Investigators (PIs) in managing the processes related to the management of the grant including budgeting, proper cost allocation and charging, making quarterly projections, making grants requisition, liaising with auditor of the grant, and submitting the requisite reports as required within the terms and conditions of the grants and reporting on the utilisation.
Key job scope includes
1. Grant Management
- Budgeting of required manpower cost (EOM) based on the inputs by the PIs and ensuring the usage of correct EOM rate for grant proposals
? Monthly checks with PI on the names of staff and percentage of time spent on a project
? Update SAP to ensure that specific staff cost is right charged after checking against the budget and headcount items specified in the grants award
? Monitor and track the actual FTE headcount hired/EOM spent vs budget for each project
? Review charging information to ensure postings are done correctly and make corrective action in event of wrong charging
? Ensure proper allocation of bonuses to projects
- Monitor the actual grant usage, alert PI when grant balance runs low and take necessary action
- To make accurate and timely submission of required Fund Requisitions and Final Statement of Accounts
- Project manpower utilisation in Fund Requisitions
- Ensure that the financial accounts are reconciled with the fund requisitions
- Explain the variances, reclassifications made
? Support the audit of the grants such as providing documentary evidence to the auditor support the manpower expenditure, explain variances, address the auditor?s queries
4. Other duties as may be assigned
Job requirements:
- Educational background in Business Administration/Finance
- 1 to 2 years of experience in resource or grant management would be advantages
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to work independently and as a team
- Strong Excel skills with a keen eye for details
- Experience in SAP will be an advantage
Type of Employment : Full-Time
Work Location : Biopolis
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Job IdJD1314518
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationBuona Vista, Singapore
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EducationNot mentioned