15 Kpmg jobs in Singapore

JOB DESCRIPTION

• To profile clients' needs and provide them with purposeful financial advice.
• To acquire new clients through your own means or through our dynamic range of business development and sales activities.
• Actively develop a financially independent and savvy clientele through meaningful use of financial planning techniques, such as Asset Allocation, Unit Trusts, Life and Health Insurance, Wills and Trust Service, etc.
• Engage in business development activities, including client presentations, seminars, and workshops.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Self-motivated, with a strong will to excel in a competitive environment.
• Minimum GCE 'A' Levels, Diploma or above. Accreditation in CMFAS Modules 5, 8, 8A, 9 & 9A is highly preferred.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with a broad range of people. Able to take the initiative and work in a team environment.
• Pleasant personality and good learning attitude.
• Experience in marketing/sales is an added advantage.

The Valuation Associate will be a part of our Singapore office, which is the center of excellence within APAC, and will have the opportunity to work on cross-border assignments within the region. This role will not only be valuations-focused but will also have opportunities to work on other M&A advisory related assignments.

Responsibilities

• Perform market and industry research
• Develop financial models to value private companies
• Identify and value intangible assets for financial reporting, tax or M&A purposes
• Analyse if the financial projections are reasonable by comparing against appropriate benchmarks
• Prepare and deliver high quality valuation reports in accordance with relevant international valuation standards and/or financial reporting standards

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• Minimum 1 year experience
• Relevant certifications (CFA, CVA, RICS or ASA) is a plus
• Able to work independently with little supervision
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Familiar with common valuation methodologies and approaches
• Familiar with the use of research/technical tools such as S&P CIQ, Mergermarket, BloombergBasic understanding of relevant financial reporting standards
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Word

As an Associate in our Forensics Services team, you will be involved in engagements relating to fraud investigations, dispute and litigation support, anti-bribery and anti-corruption reviews and other compliance work. You will be a part of a dynamic and fast-growing firm, working closely with our Director for Forensic Services.

Responsibilities

• Assist with proposals tailored to meet clients' requirements
• Work in project teams to conduct fraud investigations, carry out interviews and analysis of structured and unstructured data amongst other relevant work procedures
• Assist in analysing information and documents using forensic technologies while preserving the chain of custody
• Assist in applying data analytical techniques to identify anomalies in the data set which may be indicative of fraudulent activity
• Support the project team with the preparation of deliverables
• Execute assigned tasks in the fraud risk identification and fraud risk assessment exercises
• Document activities undertaken as part of the fraud prevention exercises
• Support project team leaders to help solve clients' issues
• Act in accordance with professional standards
• Identify risks of ethical conflicts and threats to independence

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting or relevant discipline
• Candidates with more than 3 years of experience will be considered for the Senior role
• Attention to detail and ability to multitask and work with complex and detailed information
• Strong analytical skills
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to work under pressure

We are looking for highly motivated and dynamic professionals to join our Financial Advisory – Transaction Services practice in Singapore. As a member of our Financial Due Diligence practice, you will have the opportunity to assist clients in a key phase of their potential mergers, acquisitions or divestitures projects. We help some of the world's leading companies including MNC, Private Equity, Public listed and privately held companies evaluate their deals and assess the value of businesses. The team also helps clients identify upside opportunities and risks in their transaction processes to satisfy the due diligence requirements. You will work closely with our Valuation practice as well as Tax Due Diligence practice to deliver holistic insights to our client.

Responsibilities

• Be actively involved in due diligence for M&A transactions around Asia Pacific.
• Primary responsibility in the gathering of data and delivery of high-quality analysis, as well as assisting in drafting reports in a timely manner.
• Act as a key team member for due diligence engagements across small to large/complex (cross-border), working closely with senior members in Singapore and members of in-country TS teams across the Asia Pacific region, and in some instances globally

Requirements

• Strong academic background and either in the progress of studying towards or willingness to obtain a financial qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in international accounting firms, preferably with exposure to financial due diligence or valuation, but we will consider candidates with similar skills (i.e. Audit & Assurance, M&A, business analytics) and the aptitude to learn. Candidates with no experience but with strong academic achievement or internship experience will be considered for the entry role.
• Strong analytical skills complemented by strong business acumen.
• Up to date local business and economic knowledge.
• Strong accounting knowledge.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Strong knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office applications (including Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
• Highly adaptable, able to work independently and effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Keen to work in an international environment with teams across geographies to meet client requirements.
• Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical knowledge.
• Proficient in spoken and written English; any added language proficiency is a plus to liaise with international clients or targets.

Business FunctionAs the leading bank in Asia, DBS Consumer Banking Group is in a unique position to help our customers realise their dreams and ambitions. As a market leader in the consumer banking business, DBS has a full spectrum of products and services, including deposits, investments, insurance, mortgages, credit cards and personal loans, to help our customers realise their dreams and aspirations at every life stage. Our financial solutions are not only the best in the business ? they were made just right for you.The Team Lead plays a critical leadership role in shaping the success of new entrants (NEs) by driving performance, instilling a strong advisory culture, and ensuring adherence to organizational standards.

The role is accountable for developing high-performing teams through strategic coaching, data-driven management, and fostering a sustainable culture of growth, compliance, and customer-centricity.Responsibilities* Lead and manage a team of specialists and NEs, ensuring alignment with the bank?s vision, strategic goals, and performance standards.* Oversee the end-to-end onboarding, training, and performance management of NEs to accelerate productivity and reduce early attrition.* Drive adoption of the Data-Driven Operating Model (DDOM) to monitor team performance, identify systemic gaps, and implement strategies that strengthen customer engagement and financial planning penetration.* Build a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and high ethical standards by reinforcing risk awareness, regulatory compliance, and professional conduct.* Collaborate with senior stakeholders, business directors, and support functions to design and execute programs that enhance team productivity and customer experience.* Provide strategic coaching and mentoring to specialists, grooming them to take on larger responsibilities and leadership roles.* Ensure effective workforce planning, resource deployment, and succession planning to support business sustainability.* Act as the key escalation point for operational, risk, and people-related issues, ensuring timely resolution and alignment with governance frameworks.Requirements* Min Bachelor?s degree/University degree with 10+ years of relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial experience* Proven leadership experience in financial planning or wealth management, with demonstrated success in managing teams and delivering results.* Strong expertise in advisory practices, customer engagement strategies, and financial planning solutions.* Track record of developing high-performing individuals and teams through structured coaching and mentoring.* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to leverage data-driven insights to drive business performance.* Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills across all levels of the organization.* Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance strategic priorities and operational excellence.* Preferably with CMFAS Mod 5, 8, 9, CHI, BCP, PGI, AFP, AFC, CLU, ChFC, CFP qualifications-en

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Join Financial Accounting Advisory Services within Assurance and you will assist our clients to address the accounting and financial reporting challenges facing their business. You will be part of a team that provides insight and services that accelerate analytics, decision-making and innovation to build a stronger and more efficient finance function.

You will experience ongoing professional development through diverse experiences, world-class learning and individually tailored coaching. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because your professional development is important to us and we are fully committed to helping you realise your potential.

The opportunity

The Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team works with businesses and finance teams to address the risks of accounting, financial reporting and regulatory issues. FAAS teams serve as trusted advisors, both practical and innovative, to help our clients navigate through accounting and financial reporting challenges driven by the changing economic and regulatory environment.

Your key responsibilities

As a FAAS Senior Associate, you’ll be a key member of the team, committed to supporting FAAS executives in building and maintaining relationships with clients and other service lines in EY. You enjoy challenging the status quo and provide alternative viewpoints. Leveraging off our delivery tools and service enablers, you’ll assist to plan and execute projects and play a key role in the successful delivery of services to our clients.

Skills and attributes for success

• Working closely with the practice leaders and executives to support the execution of account strategies
• Proactively engage in conversations with the practice leaders and executives to provide insights on potential client needs based on research of client background and industry trends
• Supporting the planning and execution of the various projects to ensure the successful delivery of service offerings to our client
• Participating actively in talent and skills development by leveraging on internal and industry learning opportunities

To qualify for the role you must have

• A degree, preferably in finance, commerce or accounting; a CPA or similar certification
• At least 3 years of experience in audit or in a large and dynamic organizations in or around the finance field
• Familiarity with US and international accounting standards
• Solution-oriented with “go-getter” personality
• A team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Confident, independent and adaptable
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Strong organizational, project management and analytical skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience working in multicultural teams
• Involvement in accounting areas such as transaction accounting, GAAP conversions and accounting change implementation

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.

What we offer

EY offers a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Plus, we offer:

· Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

· Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

· Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

· Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Join Financial Accounting Advisory Services within Assurance and you will assist our clients to address the accounting and financial reporting challenges facing their business. You will be part of a team that provides insight and services that accelerate analytics, decision-making and innovation to build a stronger and more efficient finance function.

You will experience ongoing professional development through diverse experiences, world-class learning and individually tailored coaching. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because your professional development is important to us and we are fully committed to helping you realise your potential.

The opportunity

The Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team works with businesses and finance teams to address the risks of accounting, financial reporting and regulatory issues. FAAS teams serve as trusted advisors, both practical and innovative, to help our clients navigate through accounting and financial reporting challenges driven by the changing economic and regulatory environment.

Your key responsibilities

As a FAAS Manager, you’ll be a key member of the team, committed to building and maintaining relationships with clients and other service lines in EY. You enjoy challenging the status quo and provide alternative viewpoints. Leveraging off our delivery tools and service enablers, you’ll assist to plan and execute projects and play a key role in the successful delivery of services to our clients.

Skills and attributes for success

• Working closely with the practice leaders to develop and/or support the execution of account strategies
• Supporting the practice leaders and senior executives in generating new business connections and development of engagement pipeline
• Engaging in conversations directly with clients or through EY connections to understand the needs of prospective and current accounts
• Managing the various projects and ensuring the successful delivery of service offerings to our client
• Proactively participate in staff recruitment, mentoring, development and career path planning for our staff
• Ensuring effective and efficient project execution according to professional and EY standards, set budgets, and timelines

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Minimum 6 years of professional experience
• A University Degree qualification
• Experience in SOX/internal controls, including scoping, designing, testing and remediation of controls
• Solution-oriented with "go-getter" personality
• Willing to try new ways to solve old problems
• Able to motivate and develop team members
• Confident, independent and adaptable
• Proven consulting, client-facing skills
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Strong organizational, project management and analytical skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Developed SOX program for a newly US listed company or managing SOX program for a US listed company
• Experience managing a SOX team, including talent acquisition
• Experience working in multicultural teams
• Good knowledge in technical accounting areas under IFRS and/or US GAAP

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.

You will work with and support the audit professionals as a technical expert in auditing, specifically the valuation of financial instruments, private equity investments and credit modelling for corporate and financial institutions. Working in a dynamic environment, you will accumulate experience and obtain exposure to various industry sectors, through interactions with internal and external clients.

Responsibilities

Valuation – Assist in the:

• Review of independent valuation of financial instruments to private equity investments
• Review of client’s valuation model, and in performing independent verification and validation of the pricing model and underlying assumptions/parameters
• Performance of sensitivity analysis against various risk factors
• Documentation of testing results and findings

Credit Modelling – Assist in the:

• Review of the model validation of credit risk models for IFRS 9 purposes
• Review of the appropriateness of the incremental borrowing rate for IFRS 16 purposes
• Review of the appropriateness of the sources of model risk through comprehensive review of all model components and developmental evidence, and in challenging the assumptions and the basis of which the components are being derived
• Use of data analytics or statistical modelling methodologies in performing validation, and in producing results to be analyzed from statistical as well as business perspective.
• Documentation of model validation reports and/or presentations
  

Requirements

• University degree related to finance, accounting, economics, statistical maths or equivalent
• At least 5 years of relevant experience
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment with complex and detailed information
• Experience and/or demonstrated ability in time management and adaptability to change under pressure
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and relationship building at all levels
• Work effectively as a team member - sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating team members on progress
• Highly motivated, ability to multi-task, work independently under minimum supervision and deliver top-quality results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrate integrity, values, principles, and work ethics within a professional environment
• Good project management skills

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY is the most globally integrated professional services organization which encompasses a separate business unit dedicated exclusively to the financial services marketplace. Join Financial Services (FSO) and you will work with multi-disciplinary teams from around the world to deliver a global market perspective. Aligned to key industry groups including asset management, banking and capital markets, insurance and private equity, we provide integrated advisory, assurance, tax, and transaction services to our clients.

The Extended Assurance (EA) team builds on its expertise in assessing risks and controls of financial institutions, ranging from:

• Governance, Enterprise risk management
• Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG)
• Regulatory compliance (e.g. anti-money laundering, conduct risk etc)
• Business risks (e.g. investment management, credit, payments etc)
• Operational & Technology risk management
• Emerging technology

With this, our EA team provides clients and their key stakeholders the assurance that their governance, control environment, risk management and regulatory compliance are effectively designed and operating effectively. The EA team offers this assurance through a variety of services including controls / regulatory assurance, independent assessments and internal audits.

The opportunity

You will have the opportunity to take on responsibilities that would allow you to develop a deep and professional knowledge base in markets including wealth and asset management, banking and capital markets, insurance, payment services providers and service providers to the financial institutions.

Your key responsibilities

• Deliver quality EA services to clients and their stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of risk management and controls concepts and apply them to client situations.
• Collaborate to plan engagement objectives and an engagement strategy that complies with professional standards and appropriately address risk.
• Direct field work, manage engagement economics and inform supervisors of the engagement status.
• Monitor the engagement team's progress against the plan and alter it when needed.
• Supervise junior engagement team members and develop them through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance to EA staff.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel, assess clients' satisfaction and proactively maintain contact with the client throughout the year.

Skills and attributes for success

• Keen interest in controls and risk management
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment.
• Strong leadership and project management skills
• Able to manage multiple engagement and deadline-drive
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Integrity within a professional environment

To qualify for the role you must have

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Technology, Sustainability or a related field or Certified Internal Auditor qualification
• Related work experience in internal or external audit field for insurance, banking & capital markets, asset management, payment industries

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Knowledge of financial sector business trends, emerging technical and industry developments.
• Knowledge of MAS regulations for financial institutions.

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.

What we offer

EY offers a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.