Finance Intern, Finance, Procurement & Administration

National Library Board

Internship

Closing on 22 Jan 2025

What the role is

The National Library Board (NLB) nurtures Readers for Life, Learning Communities and a Knowledgeable Nation by promoting reading, learning and history through our network of 28 libraries across Singapore, the National Library and the National Archives of Singapore.

At NLB, you can look forward to a flexible, hybrid work environment with rewarding, impactful deliverables that improve the lives of the community. With caring colleagues, you will be in an ideal environment for professional development, innovation and impact.
We can offer you:
• A chance to Impact the Community, bridge gaps and empower everyone with the opportunity for learning and discovery.
• An opportunity to Innovate and Push Boundaries. We value ideas, curiosity and a passion for innovation to transform our libraries and archives.
An organisation that Cares for your Growth and Wellbeing through investment in staff development and wellbeing in a supportive and collaborative environment.

You will be working on the budget and project enhancement for NLB as a Finance Intern under the Finance, Procurement & Administration Division.

What you will be working on

Support Finance Business Partners to deactivate inactive projects, create database to forecast budgets for new funding requests, evaluate project application papers and draft project summary emails for approval.
Support Finance Budget Team to conduct data gathering and analytics of expenditure to secure funding from parent ministry, create automatic emails to extract data for reporting and assist to map strategic dimensions to budget templates for Resource Allocation Dashboard.
Design electronic direct mails (EDMs) for project applications and budget and assist with trainings and engagements with divisions on budget and project knowledge sharing.
Hands-on experience in budget and project operations.

What we are looking for

Students from data analytics, project management, business, accountancy, or information technology related courses preferred.
Good communication and writing skills, a keen sense of resourcefulness.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office software.
Ability to use advance Excel and Access tools such as Power Query, Power Pivot or Power BI to extract, transform and analyse data to create visualisations and reports would be advantageous.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Duration: min 20 weeks

About National Library Board

To each reader, the library is a window to a vibrant imagination and exciting possibilities. For families, the library experience occupies a special in their hearts and of memories collected over generations. Libraries hold a special and familiar place in each of our hearts. NLB seeks to provide a trusted, accessible and globally-connected library and information service so as to promote a knowledgeable and engaged society. If you share our passion to create memorable library experiences for all our readers, we invite you to join the NLB family.