227 Chief Financial Officer jobs in Singapore

Company Overview

A well-established and reputable company listed on the Singapore Exchange is looking for a Chief Financial Officer. The candidate must be passionate about developing oneself professionally and must be familiar with the SGX Listing Rules.

Key Responsibilities

1. Oversee the full spectrum of accounting and finance functions, including financial and management reporting, treasury, compliance, taxation, budgeting, and forecasting.
2. Work closely with the Chairman and CEO, providing reporting and advisory support on the Group’s financial performance.
3. Manage audit, tax, and corporate secretarial matters across all Group companies.
4. Ensure timely compliance with statutory, SGX, accounting, tax reporting, and disclosure requirements.
5. Oversee the treasury function, including cash flow management, treasury operations, and investment activities.
6. Provide tax planning advice and lead all tax-related matters for the Group.
7. Advise on financial system enhancements and recommend improvements.
8. Review internal controls and suggest process enhancements to strengthen governance.
9. Collaborate with senior management on corporate transactions, such as acquisitions and divestments.
10. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of finance professionals.
11. Undertake ad-hoc duties and special projects as assigned.

Requirements

1. Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy or other professional accounting qualifications.
2. Professional certification such as Chartered Accountant (CA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is required.
3. Minimum 15 years of experience in a broad range of finance and accounting activities within a large organization with overseas subsidiaries.
4. Proven track record in senior finance leadership roles, such as Financial Controller or Finance Director.
5. Experience with SGX-listed companies is preferred.
6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders.
7. Strong leadership and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive strategic initiatives.
8. High energy, resilience, and a strong drive for success, pushing self and others to deliver exceptional results.
9. Positive attitude with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.

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Our client is looking with for an individual with experience within a PE-backed environment, demonstrating an understanding of the unique financial and operational demands of such organizations.

About the Role

The CFO is responsible for leading the global Finance function, providing strategic financial leadership and ensuring the development and implementation of finance strategies, policies, and procedures to support the organization's business plans. This role oversees financial reporting, budgeting, treasury management, and audit processes across all geographies, ensuring compliance with financial regulations and maintaining operational efficiency. Additionally, the CFO plays a key role in driving the group's financial growth trajectory by raising funds, securing investments, and optimizing capital allocation to support expansion initiatives and future opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Leadership:
• Lead the Finance department globally, overseeing corporate office, shared services, and country Finance teams.
• Provide direction and guidance on key financial operations, including cash flow systems, treasury management, loans, claims & reimbursements, grants, and scholarships.
• Raise funds and secure financing for the group's growth initiatives, including obtaining capital for new ventures, mergers, and other expansion projects.
• Identify and evaluate investment opportunities that align with the group's strategic growth plans, ensuring that financial resources are optimized for long-term sustainability.
• Guide the group's growth trajectory, providing financial leadership and insight into the feasibility of new ventures, acquisitions, and market expansion opportunities.
• Responsible for the organization's financial reporting.
• Advises the leadership team on the financial implications of management decisions and strategies, providing ongoing financial advice regularly.
• Designs and delivers Finance priorities and organizational strategies in line with the organization's business plans.
• Oversees the development and implementation of Finance policies and practices and ensure compliance across all geographies.
• Implements, manages, and updates the various finance systems to improve efficiency as the organization grows (e.g. Accounting, Budgeting, Statutory Audit).
• Budgeting & Budgetary Control:
• Develop and implement the global budgeting process, maintaining standardization across all geographies and working closely with CEO, COO, Country Directors, Finance Controllers & other senior leaders to finalize budgets; develops the robust budget calendar annually.
• Monitor budgetary control throughout the year, ensuring all entities, locations & departments function within their allocated budgets and provide monthly updates on budget adherence.
• Reviews and approves the annual budgets together with the CEO, COO & Chairman.
• Assigns approved budgets to the Finance Controllers (FCs) in various geographies and ensure budgetary alignment across the organization.
• Oversee the monthly MIS & financial reporting process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting across all geographies.
• Conduct regular cost analysis and ensure insights are integrated into monthly financial reports to provide detailed cost control measures and recommendations.
• Ensure smooth functioning of accounting systems globally, ensuring uniformity and compatibility of the systems in each geography.
• Investments & Growth Strategy:
• Drive the group's growth strategy by identifying investment opportunities, mergers, and acquisitions that align with the organization's vision and mission.
• Lead the process of raising capital for new ventures and expansion initiatives, ensuring that investments are financially viable and sustainable.
• Optimize asset management and investment portfolios to maximize returns while minimizing risks.
• Operations & Financial Forecasting:
• Reviews the monthly financials and business performance of the various geographies and highlight key insights to the leadership team.
• Reviews business plans and conducts finance forecasting for big projects and mergers & acquisitions (M&A), highlights potential funding issues from banks and treasury, and provides financial advice ensuring accurate financial projections are provided.
• Provide guidance on potential funding issues from banks and treasuries, advising on financial strategy for projects and expansions.
• Statutory Audits & Compliance:
• Manages the statutory audits and statutory controls, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Ensure all audit observations are addressed and closed in a timely manner, both for internal and external audits.
• Ensure the organization is compliant with all local financial regulations and statutory reporting requirements globally.
• Funding & Stakeholder Management:
• Manage all funding-related issues from banks and treasuries, ensuring the organization has access to the necessary financial resources for growth.
• Develops and reviews internal controls and mitigates risk to the organization.
• Provides guidance to the local Finance teams in the respective geographies with regards to cash flow system, treasury, loans, claims reimbursement, grants and scholarships, procurement, taxes, budgeting and other processes.
• Interaction:
• Work closely with other functions and country leadership to develop relevant financial measures and align budgeting processes with overall business objectives.
• Build and maintain a strong network with internal and external stakeholders, including financial institutions, banks, and external auditors.
• People Focus:
• Collaborates proactively with Human Resources to continuously increase competency within the function to meet future organizations needs through the development and recruitment of talent.
• Leads the recruitment, selection, orientation, and training of employees in the function.
• Builds and manages high performing teams within the function by providing leadership, role clarity, training and career development.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration (MBA).
• Professional finance certification (e.g., CPA, CFA, ACCA).
• 20+ years of experience in finance leadership, with a strong background in managing global finance functions, including budgeting, audits, and financial forecasting.
• Demonstrable experience working within a PE-backed organization is essential.
• Extensive experience in treasury management, cash flow systems, and funding from financial institutions

• Seniority level Director

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Finance
• Industries Consumer Services and Education

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Job Description:

Our client is a cryptocurrency exchange specializing in binary options trading with offices and presence across Asia.

Responsibilities

1. Oversee all financial operations of all entities
2. General and managerial accounting operations and department management, including consolidated closing operations
3. Tax filing
4. Profit and loss management, financial analysis, proposal and implementation of profit improvement
5. Business planning and forecast management
6. Financial institution support
7. Correspondence with audit firms and certified public accountants in preparation for IPO in the U.S.
8. Establishment of accounting and financial structure (identification of current status, identification of issues, and formulation and implementation of improvement plans)
9. Financial planning
10. Fund procurement
11. Management strategy formulation and implementation
12. M&A related operations
13. Management of Administration Department
14. Any other tasks as assigned by the company

1. Experience in fundraising, especially in the crypto space
2. At least 8 years of financial accounting experience of which 1 year as CFO.
3. Native level of English (Japanese language proficiency would be an advantage)

1. A competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing

About the job Chief Financial Officer

About The Client

Our client headquartered in Singapore, is the overseas procurement arm for our groups refinery. Each of our 2 refineries comes with a 5 million tons per year crude oil refining capacity, with a comprehensive processing capacity of 10 million tons per year. As the overseas procurement arm, our client source crude worldwide from oil majors and national oil companies/producers. Over the years, we have built up good relationships with these oil majors and producers where partnerships were forged and trust were built. Crude purchases were made where we arranged the logistics to transport the cargo to our refineries or it is delivered to our refineries. All these purchases were made by structure financing via international first class financial institutions. Along with logistics, related services such as marine cargo insurance, lost control and risk management were executed.

Job Description

• Provides leadership in the development for the continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives

• Maintains market awareness of oil and gas industry trends, opportunities and turns

• Demonstrate strong understanding and up-to-date knowledge of market trend in oil ang gas industry especially in Asia and China, best financial & accounting practices, taxation requirement and local regulations.

• Evaluate business performance KPIs and implement strategic objectives into achievable plans, drive strategic planning process and play a key role in supporting company's rapid growth plans.

• Protect the companys revenues and profits to achieve full financial control and sustainable growth.

• Drives operational accuracy, efficiency and scalability through systems and process enhancements and IT infrastructure

• Ensures timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts

• Develops budgets for new business growth and strategy

• Analyses business processes to ensure compliance with laws, internal and external policies and regulations.

• Responsible for ensuring effective and efficient management of the company's financial resources and ensure that all the goals and objectives set by the Board of Directors for the business is achieved.

• Collaborate and maintain strong relationships with external parties.

• Any other financial duties and ad-hoc duties as assigned.

• Reports to Managing Director.

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance, Auditing or related discipline,

• At least 15 years of financial and strategic experience in oil and gas industry, of which 8 years of successful experience in managerial positions from management consulting or business management, corporate leadership, and financial decision-making

• Experience in fund management (Raising money or investing) and doing busineses in China region

• Good grasp of global oil and gas market, especially in Asia and China

• Good understanding / perspective of Finance operating model and corporate finance management

• Knowledgeable in technical accounting and investment operation, high sense of business acumen.

• Strong in budget-control, financial planning and risk management

• Strong leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses

• Strong proficiency with Excel and Microsoft Office

• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation

• With good interpersonal, communications skills

• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese

• Committed to deadlines and tasks assigned

A semi-conductor MNC is currently looking for a CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER to join their Singapore office to bring in strategic insight, leadership acumen and advanced financial expertise to guide the company through growth and transformation

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute financial strategies aligned with the company's long term objectives.
• Lead and manage all aspects of the IPO process, including financial modeling, compliance and investor relations. Collaborate with external advisors, regulatory bodies, and stakeholders to ensure successful IPO execution.
  
• Oversee financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting to meet regulatory and organizational requirements.
• Optimize financial systems, controls and procedures to enhance performance and mitigate risks.
• Partner with cross functional teams to drive profitability and operational improvements
• Act as a key liaison for investors, board members, and external auditors
• Present financial insights and performance metrics to the executive leadership team

Requirements

• Min. 15 years of financial leadership experience, preferably in semi conductor industry
• Demonstrated success in leading a company through IPO processes, including regulatory compliance and investor engagement
• Master degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business Administrator or related field (MBA, CFA or CPA)
• Proven ability to lead high performing teams and drive organizational change
• Strong knowledge of financial management systems, regulatory frameworks, and capital market dynamics
• Strategic thinking and financial acumen
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
• Integrity, resilience and results driven mindset

Reports To:

The job holder reports to the Chief Executive Officer and the Finance and Audit Committee (FAC)

Job Overview:

Responsible for organisation’s financial operations and corporate functions covering:

• Strategic financial leadership planning, budgeting, financial health and sustainability, risk management and compliance management.
• Governance and compliance oversight
• Enterprise risk management
• Strategic human capital management, facilities management and procurement
• Corporate planning and corporate secretariat

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Strategic Financial Leadership

• Develop and implement long-term financial strategies that align with the Federation’s mission, objectives, and evolving external landscape.
• Oversight of finance and accounting operations, including financial performance monitoring, management reporting, budgeting, cash flow management, analysis, forecasting, statutory reporting, and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Manage internal and external audits and present annual statement of accounts to the Finance & Audit Committee, EXCO, Council and Annual General Meeting.
• Establish practices to minimize financial risks and organizational liabilities, and protect and optimize the financial assets to ensure long-term sustainability and value creation.

2. Risk Management, Governance and Compliance Oversight

• Lead cross-departmental reviews to enhance governance in operations and project management, especially in managing grants and programmes involving public funds,
• Ensure compliance with the Trade Unions Act and other relevant legislations and embed a culture of financial integrity and compliance throughout the Federation.
• Lead scenario analysis and broader enterprise risk management efforts to ensure strategic preparedness, organizational resilience and financial/business continuity.

3. Strategic Human Capital Management

• Ensure human resource strategy is align with the Federation’s goals and focus areas.
• Manage development of human capital to ensure sustainability and success.
• Oversight of human resource policies and compliance with relevant legislations and manage manpower cost and optimisation of resources to support strategic initiatives.

4. Corporate Planning and Corporate Secretariat

• Lead development and execution of the Federation’s corporate strategy and workplan and performance monitoring.
• Oversight of corporate secretariat functions and council affairs.
• Manage Council, Council Committees and Management meetings.
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications:

• Chartered Accountant or Certified Public Accountant with at least 10 years of relevant experience in leadership position.
• Ability to develop and implement strategic plans and drive financial health and business growth.
• Strong personal integrity and a commitment to good governance.
• Strong leadership, excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Job Description

This role is responsible for finance, treasury, accounting, and tax management for the overseas entities. The incumbent is expected to optimize short-term capital allocation and ensure smooth trading operations for the overseas offices, which include optimizing banking facilities and ensuring sufficient funding, while ensuring alignment with Way of Conduct provided by CFO of PTT.

Finance

• Develop financial planning, funding, and budgeting policies, standard, and guidelines for the company to ensure standardization of finance related work.
• Manage and control over company loan to manage long-term liability as well as ensure compliance with loan agreement conditions.
• Manage and control over financial plan development and execution for the company to ensure alignment with company’s direction and accomplishment of financial plan.
• Manage and control over capital structure in order to timely achieve target capital structure at the lowest cost.
• Manage and control over fund raising activities in order to obtain low cost and right amount of fund in a timely manner.
• Manage and control over financing activities in order to ensure efficiency of international trade activities / transactions.
• Suggest in new financial tools which could support company’s business growth.
• New investment / transaction advisory.

Treasury

• Develop credit policies to be guidelines for appropriate credit management.
• Manage and control credit management, financial liquidity management, and financial risk management to ensure compliance with financial policies and standards.
• Manage and control trade credit management and negotiating with commercial banks in terms of credit limit, fees, agreement to ensure appropriateness and sufficiency of credit line e.g. Letter of Credit, Standby Letter of Credit and Bank Guarantee.
• Manage and control risk related to credit line to ensure effectiveness in credit management.
• Manage short term and medium term investment management to gain optimal profits and ensure optimal cash and liquidity of the company.
• Manage and control over payment, receipt, and transfer of money to ensure accuracy of transaction in a timely manner.
• Manage and control financial risk of the company e.g. foreign exchange, interest rate and conduct hedging activities when needed in order to enhance financial stability.
• Manage and control liquidity management to ensure sufficient liquidity to support margin call with optimum cost of fund.
• Manage overall liquidity portfolio to ensure optimal cash and liquidity with optimal profits for the company.
• Manage and control Payment Undertaking (PU)/ Parent Company Guarantee (PCG) to ensure alignment to the PTT’s criteria and to optimize benefit to PTT and the Company.

Accounting & Tax

• Manage policy, guideline, standard, and plan development of Managerial Accounting and Financial Accounting functions to ensure alignment across functions and alignment to business direction.
• Supervise, provide advice/ recommendation, and make decision related to managerial and financial accounting to ensure functions’ goals and targets accomplishment and corporate optimal benefit.
• Oversee and control Managerial Accounting and Financial Accounting to ensure accuracy, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of key tasks.
• Manage the development of consolidated financial statements for the company in order to ensure alignment with accounting standard and policy.
• Manage and control over tax planning and management in order to ensure compliance with PTT Policy , laws and regulations related to tax.
• Manage and control over performing all tax payments, reimbursements, and tax reporting in order to ensure accuracy, efficiency and compliance with law and regulations.
• New investment / transaction advisory.

Job Requirements

• MBA or Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting, or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 10 to 15 years of relevant experience, preferably in Oil and Gas industry.
• Extensive knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, cost control and cash management.
• Experience of being a part of Senior Management and interacting with the Board.
• Ability to interpret, communicate and present financial information in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong numeracy skills, detailed and meticulous.
• Motivated and taking initiatives in problem solving.
• Good communication skills and team player.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office skills.
• Knowledge in SAP preferred.
• Proficiency in Thai language will be an advantage as the incumbent needs to work closely with Thai-speaking parties.
• Willingness to travel periodically.

About Us:

At our core, we are a digital health startup with a bold vision: we believe in a future where healthcare is personalised, accessible, and affordable for everyone. Over the past four years, we’ve built a telehealth platform that has transformed healthcare in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. But this is just the beginning.

We are looking for someone who shares our vision and is ready to join us on this journey towards reshaping healthcare in Asia. If you’re ready to do something truly impactful, this is the opportunity to create a legacy that will define the next generation of healthcare.

The Role
As CFO, you’ll play a critical role in steering the company’s financial strategy, fundraising efforts, and commercial insights. You’ll lead our finance function with a strong focus on investor engagement, business analytics, and strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

1. Fundraising Leadership

• Lead and manage the company’s equity fundraising process from preparation to execution
• Craft compelling investor narratives and improve the positioning of investor materials
• Collaborate closely with the CEO and leadership team to drive strategic storytelling and board presentations

2. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

• Drive deeper analysis of product mix and revenue streams
• Develop and track core business metrics that inform operational and commercial decisions
• Build robust financial models and scenario planning tools for growth and risk assessment

3. Strategic Commercial Support

• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and business unit leaders in driving growth and profitability
• Strengthen commercial decision-making by providing clear financial insights and forecasts
• Support internal leaders in building their commercial understanding and business acumen

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in a CFO or senior finance leadership role, preferably in high-growth startups or venture-backed companies
• Strong fundraising track record with VCs or strategic investors
• Deep understanding of FP&A, financial modeling, and SaaS or digital health business metrics
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence both internally and externally
• Strategic mindset with hands-on execution capabilities

As the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at our client, a leading IT Consulting Services and Technology Firm based in Kolkata, India, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the financial operations and driving strategic financial planning. Our client is renowned for its innovative solutions and strategic guidance provided to clients worldwide, and they are now seeking a dynamic and experienced CFO to join their leadership team.In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing financial strategies aligned with the company's growth objectives. You will oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes while ensuring compliance with international financial regulations and cross-border financial practices. Managing relationships with external stakeholders such as auditors, investors, and regulatory bodies will also be a key part of your responsibilities.The ideal candidate for this position will have a strong background in the IT consulting and technology sectors, with in-depth knowledge of international financial regulations and cross-border compliance. You should possess proven experience as a CFO or senior financial executive, along with strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and leadership abilities are essential for success in this role.As the CFO, you will provide strategic financial guidance and insights to the executive team and board of directors. You will also be responsible for implementing and monitoring financial controls and risk management procedures. Additionally, you will lead and mentor the finance team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.Qualifications for this position include being a Chartered Accountant or MBA in Finance, with an MBA/CA/CPA preferred. The successful candidate will have a track record of success in the IT consulting and technology sector.In return for your expertise and dedication, our client offers a competitive salary and benefits package, along with the opportunity to lead a high-impact finance team in a leading global firm. You will work in a collaborative and innovative work environment, where your skills and leadership will contribute to the continued success of the organization.,

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