Head of Finance and Strategy, Pre-IPO Readiness
scalesg pte. ltd.- Posted a day ago
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Job Description
About ScaleUp.SG
ScaleUp is a PE-backed, institutionally backed financial platformbuilding a category-defining alpha generation yield business powered byregime-aware AI. The company has processed $3.2bn+ for 50+ blue-chipclients(including global fintechs, listcos) and is now entering the next phaseof growth, with a focus on application of PCAOB/IFRS reporting, audit readiness andIPO-quality financial reporting.
The Role
ScaleUp is hiring a senior finance leader to own thereporting and execution workstreams for its restructuring and proposed IPO.The mandate: define the reporting perimeter, build audit-ready historical andpro forma financials, lead the statutory audit process, and position thecompany for institutional investors and capital markets.
We need a builder-someone who can structure, document,defend, and deliver a workable reporting solution in a complex multi-entityenvironment. This is not a role for someone who only flags risk it is forsomeone who architects the solution and gets it across the line with auditors,the Sponsor, and regulators.
What You Will Do
- Lead the statutory audit process - work with the Reporting Accountants on ASC606/IFRS 15 (revenue recognition of the technology licensing royalty, sales-based royalty exception, minimum royalty floor)
- Define the reporting perimeter - prepare standalone, pro forma, and consolidated financials across regional entities
- Draft and defend technical accounting memos - including royalty revenue recognition, transfer pricing, and ASC 810/ IFRS 10 consolidation analysis of the Big-4 audited JV
- Prepare audit-ready documentation - basis-of-preparation papers, reconciliations, supporting schedules for financing scenarios
- Own transfer pricing benchmarking - royalty rate under the Technology Licensing Agreement and the interim fee-sharing arrangement, and related-party transaction documentation
- Build pro forma financials for the post-reorganisation structure
- Strengthen reporting processes - controls, close discipline, and finance governance across a scaling multi-entity platform
- Coordinate across finance, legal, tax, and management - keep restructuring and reporting workstreams aligned
What We Are Looking For (Ordered by Importance)
- Corporate finance and deal experience - 8-15+ years in investment banking, corporate finance, Big 4 transaction advisory, or senior finance roles in high-growth, multi-entity organizations proven ability to structure and execute complex transactions from a financial and reporting perspective
- IPO and capital markets expertise - direct experience preparing companies for public listing, including drafting offer documents (exchange experience strongly preferred HKEX or SEC experience also relevant), managing regulator comment processes, and building the financial infrastructure for public company readiness
- Commercial and strategic mindset - ability to translate financial data into investor-grade narratives, support fundraising and M&A activities, and partner with management to drive valuation and growth outcomes
- Technical accounting authority - deep understanding of ASC 606 / IFRS 15, with hands-on experience in royalty revenue recognition, the sales-based royalty exception, and the minimum royalty floor ability to draft and defend technical memos for the Reporting Accountants and Sponsor
- Restructuring and spin-off execution - proven track record in designing reporting perimeters, preparing statutory entity and pro forma financials, and managing the accounting and tax implications of complex reorganisations
- Cross-functional leadership - comfortable working directly with founders, investors, legal counsel, tax advisers, and auditors in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment
- Builder mindset - able to create first-time reporting frameworks, allocation methodologies, and audit support from incomplete starting points more builder than risk-focused controller
- Industry experience - fintech, asset management, wealthtech, treasury, or other regulated, multi-entity business models is highly relevant
To Apply
Please send your CV and a short note highlighting relevantexperience in spin-offs, restructurings, audit readiness, US or regional IPO preparation, or other complex reporting assignments.
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Key Skills
statutory audit process
IFRS 10
IFRS 15
ASC 606
pro forma financials
royalty revenue recognition
financial infrastructure for public company readiness
ASC 810
