IQSM | Regional CFO | Asia Pacific

REGIONAL CFO - ASIA PACIFIC

POSITION FILLED - (Asia Pacific Licensee) - Closed 17 January 2025

Regional Chief Financial Officer - Asia Pacific

Location Singapore - Hybrid

List date 27 December 2024

Commence Date, 6 March 2025

Reference Code: 29R-2024-CFO-OC-AP

The Role:

Regional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Asia Pacific

We Offer:

A competitive salary package with performance-based incentives.
Opportunities for professional growth and advancement within a rapidly growing group.
A dynamic and supportive work environment with unrivalled world leading platform based products and services and sustainable long-term competitive advantage.
Unrivalled benefits package and work culture with regular social engagements.

Job Type:

Full-time, Permanent

Base Pay:

US $395,000 - $495,000 per annum

Plus role listed Region benefits, and;

As a Senior Regional Asia Pacific team leader you will share - on a fixed % basis with no cap, in region based performance bonuses. Five year pre-paid home loan finance will be provided, plus a two year convertible stock option plan, fixed at a two times current base salary multiple pa and convertible on a two year term.

The package is designed to return minimum performance based remuneration of - US $5-7.5 Mn per annum for the successful candidate with outstanding future prospects for near-term career advancement to Global C-Suite Level.

Benefits:

Stock options
Company events
Gym membership
Company health plan
Company pension contributions
Workplace relocation support costs
5 year pre-paid mortgage aligned to base pay

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

Bonus scheme – Personal performance based bonus system
Stock options – Two times base salary, convertible at 2 years

Application question(s):

You MUST live in or be willing to relocate - to SG to apply

Work authorisation:

Singapore (will be required and supported by the company)

Work Location:

In person in Singapore with frequent industry travel, partner forum and conference attendance as and when required

About Us:

We are hiring for a talented and a highly ambitious and confident Regional Chief Financial Officer - responsible for all Asia Pacific based finance operations. The preferred location is Singapore but other hybrid enabled locations will be considered for outstanding applicants.

IQSM Limited

We are an innovative group of subsidiary company, foundation and Master Trust entities in addition to a rapidly expanding global local market network of local licensed and regulated service partners. Together we provide an end-to-end spectrum of regenerative - fixed zero interest rate real estate asset secured finance, refinance, investment & credit line services.

Following on from a period of mechanism-design based development and implementation of our global IP protection strategies over the last five years we are now seeking a CFO to lead our regional financial management team ,and manage our targeted growth objectives and go-to-market presence in new Asian markets, across highly focused and differentiated real and digital asset based product and service lines each jurisdiction referenced, licensed and regulated out of Singapore for the Asia Pacific region.

Want to make a real difference? So do we! Join us now - in progressively 're-wiring' sound fundamentals into local financial systems - and unleashing unrivalled, new global financial service empowered products and service lines and localised - social and economic impact benefits, into all local service markets. The successful candidate will play a mission-critical role in implementing and shaping our integrated local and regional finance strategies and managing their day-to-day execution.

For more business model detail please review our public website at www.iqsm.com.

Job description:

IQSM Limited is seeking a young, self-confident and 'digitally-switched' CFO - with at least 5+ years professional experience and first-class leadership, delegation and presentation skills developed in buy and sell-side - regional market operations. They will be responsible for all regional finance operations, and will both oversee and maintain, the back-end regenerative funding protocols, funding service mandates and reserve exchange systems that power our proprietary business model.

We’re searching for a battle-proven, motivated, and highly ambitious candidate, successful in their current role but wanting progression and a clear and certain reward based roadmap to meet their short-term ambitions while recruiting and developing a first-class new financial team around them, imbued with complementary work ethics, ambitions - and a "get it done now" workplace attitude.

The successful candidate will join our senior regional management team with it's unrivalled bonus distribution system and help keep our local and regional funding origination services pre-positioned for continued growth and ongoing success.

The CFO will have a real 'day-to-day' impact, on all group financial development strategies and plans and regional service operations helping the team to analyse, strategise, optimise and grow our global ecosystem delivery service lines and financial position. This seasoned financial strategist will understand traditional local current-state fundraising and accounting practices and trends, and will also develop first hand experience in managing KPIs for new continuous capital flows and reserve generation processes across markets and adapting to change 'on-the-fly', particularly through - current and forward-looking - M&A objectives and operations in Asia Pacific.

As a member of the senior regional management team, the CFO will be comfortable in a leadership role that requires demonstrative front-line experience, and clear and effective team management and communication skills.

Prior experience in local and regional investment banking and fund-raising - and first hand experience dealing with regulatory compliance, audit and accounting, asset management, private markets, protective SPV based use-cases, IP trusts, fixed income trading, treasury and regional open market asset trading operations and M&A will be favourably considered.

The successful candidate will play a - mission-critical - role in implementing and re-shaping our local, regional and global regenerative financing systems and strategies and managing day-to-day regional trading and open market treasury and funding line operations, and will be rewarded accordingly - with an unrivalled individual performance based bonus structure with no cap.

It will be necessary to accept and to complete an initial non-disclosure agreement - prior to detailed initial discussions and a pre-employment review in depth - and a binding two year non-compete agreement that is effective on completion or cessation of group employment.

Objectives of this role

Take responsibility (both directly and via accounting and finance support staff) - for all funding line management, fundraising, investment, insurance, budgeting and overview of financial reporting, and help drive the company’s financial strategy and hiring needs
Coordinate development of annual operating, capital, and program budgets, as well as reporting for the same
Ensure cash flow is compatible with operations by overseeing day-to-day treasury operations, accounting, recording, reporting, and internal-control activities of the organization
Develop and implement best practices and tools to ensure a well-controlled yet flexible organisation that has strong fiscal management, project coordination, cross-team communications, and workflows
Comply with national and local financial requirements by studying existing and new legislation and taking appropriate action

Responsibilities

Work with senior managers to efficiently develop budget proposals, provide access to project finance information, and ensure contract/grant compliance and reporting
Research revenue opportunities and economic trends, analyze internal operations, and identify areas for cost reduction and process enhancement
Perform risk management through analysis of company liabilities and investments, and evaluate and manage capital structure and fundraising initiatives
Oversee HR operations by coordinating with external service providers (ex: payroll, benefits, recruitment) and internal staff responsible for other aspects of HR
Monitor business performance with tracking tools, establish corrective measures as needed, and prepare detailed reports for earnings calls, management team, and rest of company
Manage finance personnel and oversee financial IT systems, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory entities (ex: Financial Accounting Standards Board, Internal Revenue Service, state attorneys general)

Required skills and qualifications

Minimum of 5 or more years recent experience in a senior financial leadership role
Excellent leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity
Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication skills
Understanding of advanced accounting, regulatory issues, and tax planning addressing both GAAP and IFRS requirements.
Working knowledge of how to raise capital outside traditional lines of credit

Preferred skills and qualifications

Master’s degree (or equivalent front-line experience) in business, accounting or finance
International finance experience
Experience in fundraising, mergers and acquisitions and regard for investor relations
Executive experience with investment banking business models and their associated revenue recognition
Professional industry certifications

Please address EOIs and CV's in the first instance to hr.careers@iqsm.com with a relevant reference code - placed in the email header line - Reference Code: 29R-2024-CFO-OC-AP

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