Director, Finance

Keppel Management Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Keppel Management Ltd. is seeking a senior fund finance leader to oversee overall financial management, reporting, and governance for private funds.

This role supports investment and divestment activities, fund lifecycle events, and maintains strong control and risk culture across the platform. The candidate should have deep experience in fund structures, capital calls, distributions, and investor reporting, with a track record in risk, tax, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in fund finance, asset management, or real estate investment management.
• Strong experience in fund structures, capital calls/distributions, and investor reporting.
• Experience supporting transactions, refinancing, and fund lifecycle events (including liquidation).
• Solid understanding of accounting standards, financial analysis, controls, tax and regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of risk management, hedging strategies, and capital structures.
• Proven ability to manage service providers and outsourced functions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate, timely, and high-quality financial reporting, investor deliverables, and regulatory submissions for all funds.
• Coordinate quarterly investor reporting with Portfolio Managers to ensure timely completion.
• Oversee fund accounting activities, including NAV calculations and financial statements.
• Manage capital calls, distributions, and investor communications across funds.
• Oversee cashflow across the portfolio and wind-down of legacy funds and GP entities.
• Review funding structures, monitor interest rates and FX hedging exposures.
• Provide financial support for investments, divestments, and refinancing processes.
• Reinforce risk, ethics, and governance culture across the team and providers.
• Ensure insurance coverage is maintained for funds and assets.
• Collaborate with Risk and Compliance to meet external and internal requirements.
• Monitor outsourced providers for performance and service quality.
• Ensure tax compliance and proper filings across funds.

Skills

Fund finance

Investor reporting

NAV calculations

Risk & controls

Stakeholder mgmt

Capital management

Tools

Fund accounting software

Job description

Role Purpose

This role is responsible forthe overallfinancial management, control, and governanceoftheprivate funds, ensuring high-quality,timelyfinancial and investor reporting, robust risk and compliance oversight, effective capital management, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

Therolesupports investment and divestment activities, oversees fund lifecycle events, and reinforcesa strongcontrol, ethics, and risk culture across the platform.

Key Responsibilities

1. Fund Financial Management & Reporting

• Ensureaccurate,timely, and high-quality financial reporting, investor deliverables, and regulatory submissions for all assigned private funds.
• Work closely with the Portfolio Managers to ensure quarterly investor reporting is completed timely.
• Oversee fund accounting activities, including NAV calculations, capital accounts, and financial statements.

2. Capital Management & Fund Operations

• Manage capital calls, distributions, and related investor communications for the various funds.
• Manage cashflow requirements of fund and underlying investments across the portfolio.
• Oversee fund liquidation processes, including the liquidation of legacy funds and corresponding GP entities, ensuring orderly wind-down and compliance with all obligations.
• Review funding structures, monitor and manage interest rates and FX hedging exposures across the portfolio.

3. Investment, Divestment & Transaction Support

• Provide financial and structuring support for investment anddivestmenttransactions across funds.
• Assistin refinancing processes for portfolio assets, including coordination with lenders, advisors, and internal stakeholders.

4. Risk Management & Controls

• Review and enhance risk management reporting and assessments, including updating hedging strategies for funds asrequired.
• Reinforcea strongrisk, ethics, and governance culture across the team and outsourced service providers.
• Ensure adequate insurance coverage is maintained for funds and underlying assets.

5. Compliance & Governance

• Work closely with the Risk and Compliance to ensure all compliance requirements are performed, documented, andmonitoredappropriately.
• Monitor the performance and service quality of outsourced service providers (e.g., fund administrators, tax agents).
• Ensure tax compliance across funds by reviewing tax advice, ensuring proper documentation, and coordinating filings.

Qualifications

• Minimum15years of relevant experience in fund finance, asset management, or real estate investment management.
• Strong experience in fund structures, capital calls/distributions, and investor reporting.
• Experience supporting transactions, refinancing, and fund lifecycle events (including liquidation) is essential.
• Strong understandingof the relevant Accounting Standards andproficientin financial analysis,financial controls, tax, and regulatory requirements.
• Solid knowledge of risk management, hedging strategies, and capital structures.
• Proven ability to manage service providers and outsourced functions.
• High attention to detail withstrongcontrol mindset.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics, governance, andriskculture.