Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

The Impact Foundation; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 256,000 - 385,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech company in Singapore is seeking a CFO to oversee financial management and lead IPO processes. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in top investment banks or tech firms, with strong skills in strategic thinking and negotiation. This position offers a hybrid work model based in Singapore and the US.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years experience in top investment banks or technology firms.
• Proven track record in leading IPO processes and M&A.
• Preferred experience as CFO in US-listed fintech companies.

Responsibilities

• Manage listing matters including financial statements and public information.
• Establish financial rules for overseas business.
• Lead regional financial management and budget supervision.

Skills

Financial management

Strategic thinking

Negotiation skills

Cross-culture leadership

Education

Bachelor degree in finance and economics

Job description

About the Company

OPay was founded in 2019 and provides Financial Services such as payment and digital wallets to customers in Africa and Asia. It also provides innovative financial technology solutions based on artificial intelligence and big data. Currently, business covers countries such as Nigeria, Egypt, and Pakistan.

OPay brings advanced financial technology into the local financial ecosystem through technological innovation, helps local enterprises digitally upgrade, and provides convenient financial services for a large number of unbanked people in Africa and the Middle East. After five years of development, OPay has gained significant market position in countries such as Nigeria and Egypt, becoming an important driving force for achieving inclusive finance locally.

Since its establishment, OPay has received investment from many top domestic and foreign investment institutions. In November 2019, OPay completed a $120 million Series B financing, with investment institutions including Meituan Dragon Ball, Source Code Capital, IDG Capital, and Sequoia China. In 2021, it completed a $400 million Series C financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund, with participation from Meituan Dragon Ball Capital, Sequoia Capital, Redpoint China, Source Code Capital, SoftBank Asia Fund, and 3W Capital.

Company website: https://opaybank.com/

Responsibilities

• Fully responsible for listing matters, including but not limited to approving financial statements, public information, pricing, IPO, roadshow.
• Establish financial rules that adapt to the development of overseas business by connecting companies and regions.
• Responsible for the financial management of the regional company in each country, including financial team management, operation management, budget supervision and management.
• Tracking and analyzing the completion of the financial indicators and budgets, and timely reveal and early warning of potential operational and management problems for senior decision-making reference.
• Participate in the company\'s major decision-making, and propose forward-looking early warning and measures in terms of finance, capital, risk control and policy.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor degree in finance and economics or above.
• 10+ years experience working for top notch investment banks or technology corporations.
• Solid knowledge and practice of leading the IPO process, and successfully led deals of M&A (including pre- and post-investment management) and US stock listing.
• Experience as CFO or Chief Investment Officer in US-listed fin-tech companies are highly preferred.
• Strategic thinking, outstanding influential and negotiation skills.
• Global mindset and cross-culture leadership capabilities.

Employment: OPay is considering to engage a 3rd party agency on local employment in the US. (Note: OPay has no legal entity in the US at the moment but Kunlun Group has. This CFO role will be hired under OPay.)

Work location: If based in the US, candidate can be WFH for around 60-70% of the time and works in OPay SG office for around 30-40% of the time.

Ideal profile: US citizen + investment banking + fin-tech company CFO.