Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a power brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process or design, or even a song or story that moves one’s soul. Housing Singapore’s largest community of intellectual property (IP) experts, IPOS understands better than anyone how important it is to protect ideas and creations for now and the future. We leverage on our deep technical, legal and business expertise to help innovative enterprises grow, through their intangible assets, including IP, from Singapore, through Singapore. We catalyse the ideas today, into assets tomorrow. The Finance Department ensures IPOS' financial resources are efficiently managed through proper allocation of resources and funds management. The Department is looking for a new team member to execute activities for budget planning and administration to support the business operations and strategic outcomes of the organisation.

Responsibilities Reporting to the Senior Assistant Director, Finance, you will: Budget Management and Analysis: 1. Oversee the annual budgeting/forecasting exercise and operational budgeting process in the WorkDay system to ensure optimal resource allocation to achieve strategic outcomes. 2. Work with budget representatives to evaluate and review budget submissions by using appropriate financial indicators and benchmarks for reasonableness. 3. Prepare the budget presentation and make suitable recommendations on budget implications for Board’s approval. 4. Review actual budget utilisation, investigate the underlying reasons for the variances and recommend appropriate actions to improve budget markmanship. 5. Provide business partnering to departments and offer sound advice on financial planning and analysis. 6. Review and update policies and procedures as required, including leading IT-related implementation and enhancement projects. 7. Take on other ad-hoc finance duties as assigned.

Are you the one? Please write to us if you have/are: 1. The energy, curiosity, and ambition to make a difference in an innovation agency. 2. Proactive and resilient, with excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and the confidence to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels of seniority 3. Meticulous and adaptable, with strong critical and lateral thinking skills. 4. Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities to deliver within stipulated deadlines. 5. Working experience with data analytics and visualisation tools, along with hands-on experience with WorkDay system, would be an advantage. 6. A Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant functional experience.

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is the national authority that registers and is responsible for the administration of IP rights in Singapore. IPOS helps businesses use intangible assets (IA) and IP to grow and is committed to building Singapore into an international IA/IP hub. We help to catalyse a future driven by life-enhancing, commercially successful ideas created by businesses, professionals and everyday people. We help to turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s assets. IPOS is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law.