Assistant Director, Technology Finance & Procurement (CIO Office)

About NTU

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a research-intensive university in Singapore, supported by more than 8,000 staff across its colleges, schools, research institutes and administrative units. The Centre for IT Services enables the University’s digital, technology, audiovisual and infrastructure capabilities.

About the role

The position resides in the CIO Office within the Centre for IT Services (CITS). The CIO Office supports the Chief Information Officer and CITS Management with integrated oversight of technology finance, procurement and workforce capability. In this role you will steward annual technology budgets of about S$80 million in capital and operating expenditure and give the Chief Information Officer and senior management the financial insight behind major technology decisions. The role reports directly to the Head, CIO Office and works closely with the CIO, CITS Divisional Directors, Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Schools, Colleges, Research Centres and administrative units.

Key responsibilities

• Lead yearly financial planning, forecasting, budget consolidation and management reporting across central, departmental and school-based IT teams.
• Provide monthly budget and financial reporting with trend analysis to CITS Management. Work with Divisional Directors and teams to present the financial utilisation to date and projections for the year.
• Establish key controls and ensure all IT financial transactions, assets, and accounting practices, including prepayments and accruals, adhere to NTU’s policies and are audit-ready at all times.
• Lead CITS technology procurement planning and governance, working with Procurement and business owners to coordinate sourcing timelines, commercial evaluations, approvals, contract milestones and renewals. Maintain visibility of the procurement pipeline and escalate material commercial, compliance or service-continuity risks.
• With the CITS Directors, develop the IT competency matrix, skills-gap analysis and annual learning roadmap, support role and organisation design, and workforce dashboards for permanent and contract resources.
• Supervise assigned staff and contribute to continuous improvement of CIO Office governance and reporting practices.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in accountancy, Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in finance, including ownership of annual and multi-year capital and operating budgets, financial controls and executive reporting.
• Experience supervising staff.
• Strong analytical judgement, problem-solving, executive communication, facilitation, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• High integrity and sound judgement; meticulous, proactive and collaborative, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in an unstructured environment.

Strong plus

• Practical knowledge of procurement, tendering, contract lifecycle management, commercial evaluation and supplier performance management.
• Experience in technology or IT finance, ideally in a large enterprise, public-sector or institutional setting.

Good to have

• Knowledge of workforce capability planning. This can be developed on the job.
• Experience using AI and automation to improve process efficiency and effectiveness.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification or professional certification (e.g. CA, CPA, CIPS, TBM or FinOps).

Why join us

You will shape how a major research university plans, funds and governs its technology investment, working directly with the Chief Information Officer and senior leaders across the University. NTU offers structured learning and development, career progression and a comprehensive staff welfare programme.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.