Key Responsibilities
- Manage the full lifecycle of external partner engagements, including contract structuring, performance management, renewal planning, and exit arrangements.
- Establish and maintain partner governance frameworks to ensure service delivery, accountability, and alignment with programme objectives.
- Monitor delivery performance using defined KPIs, service reviews, and structured evaluation processes.
- Collaborate with internal advisory teams to ensure commercial arrangements adequately address operational needs and risk considerations.
- Develop management dashboards to track partner performance, contractual obligations, and cost utilisation.
- Oversee programme and operational budgeting activities, including forecasting, expenditure tracking, and variance analysis.
- Ensure timely, accurate financial reporting in line with internal governance and control requirements.
- Support senior leadership in annual planning cycles, budget submissions, and audit engagements.
- Identify cost optimisation opportunities and recommend improvements to financial processes and payment workflows.
- Oversee logistics and facilities coordination with service providers to support operations across multiple sites.
- Ensure business continuity and operational resilience planning for programme activities.
- Design and maintain internal governance frameworks covering risk management, process integrity, and compliance controls.
- Conduct regular reviews of contractual, financial, and operational processes to identify gaps and strengthen controls.
- Prepare management reports on governance indicators, risk exposures, and mitigation actions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance transparency, data accuracy, and operational accountability.
- Act as a key coordination point between internal teams (e.g. finance, commercial advisory, legal) and external partners on governance and operational matters.
- Provide guidance to programme teams on compliance, budgeting discipline, and partner engagement best practices.
- Support cross-functional or multi-stakeholder initiatives
- Leverage operational and financial data insights to support evidence-based decision-making and partner evaluations.
- Establish data governance practices to improve reporting accuracy, traceability, and audit readiness.
- Work with enterprise systems teams to ensure accurate capture of contract, financial, and performance data in management dashboards.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in operations, commercial management, governance, finance, or related roles within large enterprises or regulated environments.
- Working knowledge of contract management, vendor governance, and commercial frameworks.
- Proven experience managing complex service contracts with multiple performance metrics and stakeholders.
- Solid competence in budgeting, financial reporting, expenditure tracking, and variance analysis.
- Familiarity with risk management, internal controls, and audit processes.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret operational and financial data into actionable insights.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at different seniority levels.
- Experience supporting large-scale programmes or multi-partner operations will be a plus.
Nearest MRT: Labrador Park
Working Schedule: Mon - Fri, Office Hour
Basic Salary up $9000 + Permannent Staff benefits
Lee Wan Jinn, Yuni EA License No.: 02C3423 Personnel Registration No.: R21102995
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