Mgr, External Funding Management - PMO

Typical Accountabilities, Experience & Behaviours

• Support routine external funding project review report development including application progress update, project type/cost type analysis and risk finding/mitigation. 
• Provide insight and recommendation to management team on external funding management.
• Support external funding system development including project application & approval, budget & accrual management, execution monitoring, audit module, payment management and Power BI reporting.
• Lead external funding system implementation including UAT, pilot, training, user feedback with the key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with EFM internally (COC team, operation excellence, HCO management) and externally (IT, business team) to make sure the management principles and process are effectively and timely reflected via EFM system development or configuration.
• Resolve system and process related issues to ensure EFM system operation excellence and business requirements
• Lead EFM system BAU work including master data management, yearly version management and etc.

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or above

Experience & Skill:

• More than 3-5 years working experience in project management and implementation, optimization process.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen, able to link project delivery to overall organizational objectives and support decision-making with relevant data and insights.
• Strong Analytical and reporting capabilities, including proficiency in project data analysis, dashboarding, and performance measurement.
• Good stakeholder management and communication abilities, with confidence to engage senior executive levels as well as with working teams, facilitating alignment and conflict resolution.
• Good project, program and portfolio management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, often under tight deadlines, are needed.
• Change management expertise, enabling successful transformation initiatives, adoption of new methodologies, and continuous improvement within the PMO and wider business.
• Good knowledge of company operating principles and metrics and previous experience in relevant roles
• Good command in English both oral and written.
• Experience of managing and controlling a budget

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