Finance Manager | Family Office

Selby Jennings; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is recruiting for a standalone Finance Manager in Hong Kong. You will own the finance function, acting as the sole finance person reporting to the COO, with responsibility for day-to-day accounting, reporting, and process improvements.

This hands-on role offers ownership and the opportunity to build the finance function from the ground up, working directly with senior management to shape how finance is run in a private family office setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in family offices, investment management, funds or similar financial services.
• Strong hands-on accounting knowledge.
• Comfortable working independently as the sole finance person.
• Experience managing external auditors, tax advisers and fund administrators.

Responsibilities

• Day to day accounting and bookkeeping across the family office and investment entities.
• Management accounts, financial statements and expense reporting.
• Payments, cash management, budgeting and forecasting.
• Coordinating audit and tax matters with external advisers.
• Managing NAV and portfolio reporting with third party administrators and service providers rather than calculating NAV in house.
• Helping implement a new accounting system and improving existing finance processes.

Skills

Hands-on accounting

Independent working

Financial statement preparation

NAV reporting experience

Job description

Our client is a private single family office in Hong Kong that is hiring its first dedicated Finance Manager.

This is a standalone, hands on position working closely with the COO. It's a good opportunity for someone who enjoys having ownership rather than sitting within a large finance team. This is a particularly interesting opportunity for someone who wants to build out a finance function from the ground up, work directly with senior management and have genuine ownership of how things are done.

What does the role involve?

• * Day to day accounting and bookkeeping across the family office and investment entities
• * Management accounts, financial statements and expense reporting
• * Payments, cash management, budgeting and forecasting
• * Coordinating audit and tax matters with external advisers
• * Managing NAV and portfolio reporting with third party administrators and service providers rather than calculating NAV in house
• * Helping implement a new accounting system and improving existing finance processes

What experience do you need?

• * Family office, investment management, fund or similar financial services experience
• * Strong hands on accounting knowledge
• * Comfortable working independently as the sole finance person
• * Experience managing external auditors, tax advisers and fund administrators
• * Practical, organised and comfortable working in a small family office environment