Senior Manager, Grant Compliance & Management (9-month contract), OFIN

• Operation
• Contract
• Employment Type
• Manager
• Experience Level
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Education Level
• Singapore | Closing On 11 Mar 2026
• Country
• Hybrid
• Working Arrangement

About Us

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

Job Description

• This position is for Office of Finance (OFIN).
• Grants Administration:
• Actively participate in the pre-award and post closure stages in the grants administration cycle, to rein higher level of efficiency at post award stages.
• Active business partnering with Office of Research and Faculty.
• Involved in review of T&Cs of grant agreements.
• Increase overhead recovery from grantors.
• Cover duty for the grant compliance role: learn the end to end process for claim submission template and format, act as cover/backup team.
• Grant Reporting and Business Partnering:
• Design appropriate reports for PI and School administrators.
• Prepare budget & forecast for all grant activities.
• Examine different financial scenarios to support analysis for planning and projections.
• Increase utilisation of grants awarded.
• Actively participate in design and implementation of new ERP system.
• Grants Governance:
• Establish policies and processes, renew existing ones (where appropriate) and communicate to relevant parties.
• Draft policy documents.
• Support on queries on policy matters.
• Monitor to ensure compliance.
• Building SMU Grants Team:
• Support Senior Associate Director to achieve an integrated team, towards synergies equivalent of a shared service department or alternate grouping.
• Increasing competency of team through knowledge sharing.
• Benchmarking with External Parties:
• Carry out relevant benchmarking exercises for purpose of improving efficiency.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy, Business or a related discipline with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written skills are essential).
• Fast worker with ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Able to work well with people at different levels of the organisation.
• Committed, meticulous, organised and resourceful with positive work attitude.
• Good Microsoft Office application skills.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience in S4 HANA; Experience is system set up with working knowledge of grants module, project module and fund module will be added advantage.
• Familiar with BI tools (e.g. Qlik sense, Power BI, Tableau) will be an added advantage.

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Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary.

Posted On 09 Feb 2026