Assistant Director, Enterprise Risk Management [Internal Audit & Risk Advisory Division]

Agency: SkillsFuture Singapore
Job no.: 544726
Work type: Permanent/Contract
Location: Singapore
Categories: Accounting, Audit, Finance, Others

SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE). It will drive and coordinate the implementation of the national SkillsFuture movement, promote a culture and holistic system of lifelong learning through the pursuit of skills mastery, and strengthen the ecosystem of quality education and training in Singapore.

SSG will strengthen the adult training infrastructure by taking on all existing functions of the Committee for Private Education (CPE) and guide the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL) to enhance the capabilities and professionalism of adult educators. SSG will play a key role in the quality assurance for private education institutions and adult training centres. Together with educational institutions and training partners, SSG will ensure that students and working adults have access to high quality, industry-relevant training throughout life. SSG will also bring together synergies in continuing education and training (CET) and pre-employment training (PET), so skills requirements will continue to meet the demands of different sectors of the economy.

Responsibilities:

• Heads the Risk Advisory Unit under the Internal Audit & Risk Advisory Division
• Lead Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and implementation of new initiatives for continual improvements to SSG's ERM Framework
• Communicate risk management policies and processes and work with various stakeholders to effectively drive risk culture across SSG
• Engage with risk owners to facilitate the identification, assessment and management of risks at the strategic/entity-level and process/division-level including divisional-level risk & control self-assessment
• Assess the effectiveness of controls/risk mitigating measures including provision of advisory support to Management to proactively identify and effectively respond to emerging/evolving risks arising from internal or external changes, incidents or events
• Document, track and provide risk reporting to Management and the Audit & Risk Committee/Board
• Conduct training for staff to improve risk awareness and culture

Responsibilities

• Tertiary qualification
• Relevant certifications in risk management and internal audit will be advantageous
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience, with a minimum of 6 years of proven track record in risk management with an established organisation. Exposure to different functional areas of work and some overseas experience will be considered favourably
• Strong technical skills and strategic minded to be able to consider the potential implications of issues at a detailed level and from a broad level perspective
• Good interpersonal skills to be able to connect and build good working relationship with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong negotiation skills with ability to influence and be resourceful to think creatively for effective resolution of diverse issues
• Meticulous, analytical, driven and self-motivated, with ability to stay focus and remain resilient
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a lean team
• Candidates without the required qualifications but with relevant experience are welcome to apply

Advertised: 20 Sep 2020
Applications close: 17 Oct 2020