As Senior Manager or Manager (Budget) of the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA), you will support Assistant Director (Budget) in the management of the budgeting function.

The CDA is a new government agency that is established by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to oversee Singapore’s communicable disease preparedness, prevention and control, surveillance, risk assessment and outbreak response. The public health functions under MOH, the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, and the Health Promotion Board had been consolidated under the CDA.

You will be working in a fast-paced and highly volatile environment that will require you to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities concurrently.

What you will be working on

Your key responsibilities include the following:

• Set up and implement the relevant budgeting policies, processes and approving authorities for the CDA

• Work with key stakeholders to secure funding support for CDA from parent Ministry and/or external funding agencies e.g. Ministry of Finance, including ensuring optimal budget allocation to the CDA divisions

• Be involved in CDA’s annual budget exercises

• Work with CDA divisions to ensure optimal utilisation of CDA’s budget

• Perform financial analysis, budget planning and forecasts

• Review funding papers put up by CDA divisions and provide inputs from the budgeting perspective

• Be involved in the set up and subsequent implementation of CDA’s financial and budgeting systems

What we are looking for

Job Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in Accountancy or Business and/or is a Chartered Accountant/Certified Public Accountant

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in budget management in the public sector

• Good working knowledge in the various types of public sector funding sources e.g. block budget, Reinvestment Fund, etc

• Familiar with prevailing Finance Government Instruction Manuals as well as best practices in financial governance and control

• Meticulous with numbers

• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Effective stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills to co-create solutions

• Good team player

• Independent and self-driven with the ability to multi-task in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

• Effective writing and presentation skills with a good command of English are preferred

• Prior experience in Workday will be an added advantage

Note: Your appointment designation will commensurate with your relevant work experience. Successful candidates will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance, and may be considered for placement on a permanent tenure or subsequent contract renewal.