Assistant Director, Technology Finance & Procurement (CIO Office)

About the role

The position sits in the CIO Office within the Centre for IT Services (CITS) at Nanyang Technological University, a research-intensive university in Singapore. The CIO Office supports the Chief Information Officer and CITS Management with oversight of technology finance, procurement and workforce capability. You will steward annual technology budgets of capital and operating expenditure and give the CIO and senior management the financial insight behind major technology decisions. The role reports directly to the Head, CIO Office.

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, and present financial utilisation and year-end projections with Divisional Directors.
• Establish key controls so that IT financial transactions, assets and accounting practices, including prepayments and accruals, comply with NTU policy and remain audit-ready.
• Lead CITS technology procurement planning and governance, coordinating sourcing timelines, commercial evaluations, approvals, contract milestones and renewals, and escalating commercial, compliance or service-continuity risks.
• Develop the IT competency matrix, skills-gap analysis and annual learning roadmap, and workforce dashboards for permanent and contract resources.
• Supervise assigned staff and help improve CIO Office governance and reporting.

Required profile

• 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 finance experience, 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, meticulous and proactive, able to manage multiple priorities and work independently in an unstructured environment.

Required skills

• Strong plus: practical knowledge of procurement, tendering, contract lifecycle management, commercial evaluation and supplier performance management.
• Good to have: experience in technology or IT finance in a large enterprise, public-sector or institutional setting; knowledge of workforce capability planning; experience using AI and automation to improve process efficiency; a postgraduate qualification or professional certification such as CA, CPA, CIPS, TBM or FinOps.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. NTU offers structured learning and development, career progression and a comprehensive staff welfare programme.