Position Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled Finance Controller to establish, oversee, and scale the finance operations of our clients Singapore business. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both strategic vision and operational execution. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in asset-heavy industries and ideally within Hyperscale Data Center operations, with proven expertise in building finance and accounting functions from the ground up.
You will play a key role in ensuring financial governance, operational excellence, and compliance while supporting sustainable business growth and large-scale infrastructure investment.
Key Responsibilities
- Finance Operations Setup: Lead the design and establishment of end-to-end finance and accounting processes, including policies, systems, controls, and reporting structures.
- Accounting & Reporting: Oversee day-to-day accounting functions, including GL, AP, AR, reconciliations, and statutory reporting in compliance with Singapore FRS and group standards.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop and manage annual budgets, long-term forecasts, and cash flow models tailored to asset-heavy, capex-intensive businesses.
- Capex & Asset Management: Implement processes to manage high-value capital expenditure, asset tracking, depreciation, and lifecycle costing.
- Project Finance & Controls: Partner with engineering, construction, and operations teams to monitor project budgets, costs, and financial milestones.
- Audit & Compliance: Manage statutory audits, tax filings, and ensure full compliance with local regulations and corporate governance standards.
- System Implementation: Lead ERP / finance system implementation or optimization to enable automation, scalability, and transparency in reporting.
- Business Partnering: Work closely with senior leadership to provide insights, risk assessments, and financial advice on major decisions, investments, and contracts.
- Team Leadership: Build and lead a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of integrity, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline CPA/CA/ACCA qualified strongly preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Strong background in asset-heavy industries such as data centers, infrastructure, energy, utilities.
- Prior experience setting up finance operations and building accounting structures from scratch is highly desirable.
- Expertise in Singapore statutory compliance, tax, audit, and regulatory frameworks.
- Proven experience managing capex-heavy projects, project finance, and cost control in large-scale environments.
- Strong knowledge of ERP/financial systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, etc.) and ability to drive system implementation.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, with strong business acumen.
