Jobs in this role are responsible for managing the Technology Department’s annual budget planning, tracking and reporting, and for monitoring maintenance and support renewals, so that technology spend is properly governed, tracked and reported. The role also tracks BAU project progress and milestones to support accurate budget and payment utilisation reporting, and maintains the department’s policies, procedures and governance framework in line with SC’s policies and relevant laws.

Planning, Policy & Governance
Planning (Budget & Renewals)

• Prepare and maintain the Department’s annual CAPEX/OPEX budget submission and Annual Plan, in line with SC’s financial planning cycle
• Monitor and report budget utilisation against the approved plan, reconciling actual spend at project and department level with Finance and flagging over/under-utilisation
• Coordinate provision-for-expenses submissions and budget reallocations
• Maintain the register of maintenance, support, licence and subscription contracts, and initiate early renewal engagement with owners to confirm continued need and avoid support lapses; report renewal status and escalate contracts at risk

Project Tracking & Reporting (BAU)

• Maintain the BAU project tracker (status, milestones, timelines, owners), gathering updates from project managers on an agreed schedule
• Monitor progress against approved scope, schedule and budget across procurement, implementation, go-live, payment and closure
• Link milestone achievement to budget and payment utilisation, initiating and highlighting drawdowns, provisions and reallocations at the right time
• Report BAU progress to management, escalating delays, risks and decisions required

Policy & Governance

• Maintain TD policies, procedures and standards in line with SC’s policies; perform internal review and risk assessment under Enterprise Risk and Internal Compliance; act as TD committee secretariat and support Computer Disaster Recovery activities
• Maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and oversee and coach team members to achieve KPIs and departmental goals

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
• Effective influencing as well as project management skills, Budget and Business planning, executing and maintaining
• Familiarity with industry standards
• IT governance
• 4-5 years of working experience
• Experienced in audit controls and/or systems
• Experienced in strategising, business planning and budgeting
  

To deliver application solutions that meet business needs, leading requirements definition, delivery and release of assigned initiatives within Application Product Delivery, managing vendors, contracts, procurement and budget, and safeguarding application resilience, working through cross functional and vendor teams.

Application Project

• Delivery plan and baselined schedule/cost per initiative; release plan; UAT sign-off; go-live and post-implementation review; signed handover pack to Application Support
• URS baselined and signed off; solution option paper with cost, risk and architecture comparison; requirement-to-test traceability matrix
• Contract control checklist cleared with Legal and Procurement; vendor performance review records (VPR); SLA and issue register; variation and exit documentation
• Project team structure and RACI per initiative; resource commitments agreed with resource owners; engagement plan, and decision log; onboarding and direction setting for vendor resources
• Current BIA and DRP per owned application; availability requirements documented against the BCM framework; DR test participation and results; risk register with dated mitigations
• Procurement papers, specifications and evaluation records for packages up to RM1.5 million; award recommendation and justification
• Annual budget submission for owned initiatives; monthly utilisation and variance reports; reforecast and accrual input
• Identify areas of improvement for capacity building, considering SC’s competency framework and the demand of the capital market
• Technology evaluation and option papers; obsolescence and lifecycle input for owned applications; management and committee reporting pack
  

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Business Administrations or Computer Science/ Information Technology
• Bachelor's Degree in any other relevant from an accredited institution
• Effective project management skills – contracting, negotiating, planning, executing, and maintaining
• Familiarity with software development methodology
• IT governance
• 4-5 years of working experience