• Contribute to ADB-wide budget process by coordinating, compiling, reviewing and analyzing budget submissions from different departments/offices in discretionary expense items such as business travel, staff consultant, representation and overtime. Ensure data accuracy, integrity and completeness; prepare different types of statistical tables, summaries, analyses, appendices and other support documents for timely completion of budget document.
• Undertake trend and budget growth analyses, determine parameters and bases in the formulation of ADB-wide discretionary expense items and estimate budgetary resource requirements after taking into consideration departments/offices’ requests and work programs.
• Conduct detailed review and analysis of proposals for annual capital expenditures (capex)
• Monitor implementation and utilization of Internal administrative expense budget and annual capex budget.
• Support monthly and quarterly budget utilization report by budget category
• Prepare comprehensive year-end budget utilization report with detailed review and analysis of budget utilization with detailed analysis over and underruns.
• Support in the continuous engineering and re-engineering of related business processes, procedures and related systems. Analyse the current budget process and suggest improvements with potential for realizing efficiency gains and work process streamlining.
• Provide budget data as required by client departments and offices.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports and data required by the Management and Board.

Qualifications

You will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, major in Management and/or Accounting preferably with advanced training; professional qualification as a Certified Public Accountant would be an added advantage.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in planning and budget analysis, or financial/cost accounting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English is required
• Thorough understanding of the role and function of the Division and a good general understanding of the organization’s purpose
• Good working knowledge of ADB procedures, formats and standards
• Proven ability to work independently on assigned transactions, areas of analysis and research, which have well-defined scope and steps
• Skills in conducting cost-benefit analysis to support decision-making
• Advance computer skills in word-processing, spreadsheets and graphics
• Ability to deal and manage large sets of data with high level of accuracy and reliability
• Proficiency in ADB standard software programs and information technologies
• Ability to analyze relationships among problems or situations
• Ability to work with individuals from different cultural/national backgrounds
• Ability to work independently on his/her own initiative with minimal guidance from supervisors.
• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for Technical Local Staff level 4.