2912 Resource Manager

Resource Management
- Finance Management
- Finance Audit and Reporting

**Duties and Role**:
NCI Agency Resource Portfolio Management (RPM) Offices are implemented across its Business and Functional Areas. In support of Head of the Organisational Element, the RPM Office primary role is to lead planning, monitoring and reporting activities at Level 1 over the financial and resource, portfolio (projects and services), and workforce management in Organisational Entities, and functionally towards the Corporate Functional Areas (Finance, COO, CPO) with respect to Corporate Planning and Execution Monitoring processes.
The Resource Manager (Finance) works in close coordination with the Head RPM Office and Finance and is responsible for the budget and finance related duties of the RPM Office.

Financial management
- Monitors and maintains financial records to agreed requirements for compliance and audit.
- Assists with identifying and calculating process, service, project and component costs for financial planning and budgeting.
- Collates required financial data and reports for analysis and to facilitate decision-making.

Budget Management
- Explains the functions and features of budgeting tools.
- Implements the organization's budget cycle and process.
- Participates in developing and monitoring a budget for a specific work group or department.
- Assists in the collection and preparation of required budget information.
- Detects and interprets budget variances and overruns.

Financial Reporting
- Follows organizational practices and guidelines for product profitability reporting.
- Analyzes errors or inaccuracies in financial reports.
- Uses basic tools to create simple financial reports.
- Monitors compliance with organizational standards for financial report writing.
- Implements organizational methods and procedures for financial report writing.

Managing Expenses and Finances
- Evaluates differing expense management alternatives and makes recommendations.
- Facilitates proper documentation and compliance with established standards and regulations.
- Anticipates the relative positive and negative impact of each and every aspect of financial management.
- Utilizes a number of diverse expense management tools and methods.
- Oversees an organization's expense management processes and units.
- Designs, prepares, summarizes and presents expense management reports.

Internal Controls
- Studies and evaluates the audit trails of various operational processes.
- Participates in the testing, review and analysis of existing internal controls.
- Applies new technology-based solutions to specific internal control processes.
- Completes, files and maintains forms used for internal control documentation.
- Makes recommendations for the enhancement of certain internal controls.

**Skill, Knowledge & Experience**:

- Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 2 years post-related experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 4 years post-related experience.
- Experience in financial management within a customer funding environment;
- Experience in planning, preparation and production of budget submissions;
- Experience in budget execution and resource management;
- Experience in preparing/conducting statistical sampling methods and reporting;
- Knowledge of and experience with enterprise resource planning systems, project management processes, procedures and tools;
- Good written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Experience and Education:

- Experience in using Oracle Financial;
- Prior experience of working in an international environment, comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.