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What is one word or phrase that best describes the state of budgeting in your agency? Fill in the boards below! (double-click boards of the same color to fill them in)

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#2 What does a good budgeting officer look like ?

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#2 What does a good budgeting officer look like ?

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Imagine an exemplary budgeting officer; how will he/she look like? Describe the officer in terms of knowledge, skills, attitude and other characteristics.

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1. Verbal sharing: describe a typical workday as a budgeting officer (3min)

2. Fill a board in: Based on your experiences working with junior budgeting officers, what do you think they excel in? What are some points for improvement? (7min + 5min sharing)

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They excel in:

1. Timely submission of work

2. Good stakeholder management

Points for improvement:

1. Proficiency in Workday

2. Lack of business acumen and sectorial awareness

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What are some interventions (existing or otherwise) that can equip budget officers with the key knowledge and skills necessary for their role?

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Typical day:

1. Advise divisions on funds availability or funds issues.

2. Do virements, source funds.

3. Manage RF submissions, annual budget exercises.

4. Report budget utilisation.

They excel in:

1. Timely submission.

2. Able to give advice to divisions if clear guidelines are provided.

Points for improvements:

1. Understand budgeting concepts.

2. How to help divisions better estimate their budgets

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Excel in checking with Finance on the budgeting requirements

Can improve on getting more realistic budget figures from their colleagues

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Excel in:

1. Managing deadlines.

2. Consolidation of figures.

Points for improvement:

1. To partner closer with business units to understand the spends required. (Lack of business acumen).

2. To have a continuous approach in reviewing the utilisation of budgets and think about the potential impact.

3. To see numbers not just as static figures but find out the stories behind the numbers.

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Pretty straightforward.

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Basic

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each PMO agency has its own finance team. My agency is doing block budget review now

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Finance Business Partnering to their assigned Groups

POC for all Finance Matters and financial advisory role on Groups business requirements

AORs (Procurement and Revenue), Budget virements

Reporting on budget utilisation

Financial experience is key but more importantly their personalities in people engagements are crucial as well.

We are also building our finance staff to be proficient in using tools to perform reporting so that they can use their time more efficiently to be more customer centric

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Factual or procedural infomation

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1. Understanding WOG Budget Framework

2. Understanding own agency's budget process

3. Ability to comprehend how own agency's budget process is still aligned with WOG Budget Framework

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1) Budget Mgt Framework

2) Nature of business

3) IMs

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Good understanding of IM, budget framework, financial & claims systems, strategic goals and directorates, work

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Understand the Government budget functions are, including the IMs and FCMs in place

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Emotions or opinions towards something which influence behaviour

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A demonstration of expertise, applied in a specific context.

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Values, beliefs and experiences which are difficult to train or learn but yet affect outcomes.

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People skills and understanding the business

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Excel, data analytics and visualisation, time and stakeholder management

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1) Presentation skills

2) Analytical and thinking skills

3) Able to question

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Business acumen - Ability to think creatively on how to achieve both business & finance's objectives.

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Past budgeting or work experiences

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Professionalism - able to stand firm on what is ethical and compliant to governance.

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1) Be open-minded, always looking to improve

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Dare to take risk and make decision

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Strong EQ and yet must be able to ensure governance is in place

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Remain open to different perspectives.