COO - (Family Office) | Singapore, SG | Hybrid

Kerry Consulting Pte Ltd; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a COO for a family office, focusing on finance and operations. This pivotal role involves leading the finance function, ensuring compliance, and supporting strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess over 12 years of experience, showcasing strong analytical and communication skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence key business decisions in a dynamic environment. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to excellence and innovation in financial management.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in finance, ideally in family office or investment firm.
• Ability to manage complex financial and operational matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance function: budgeting, reporting, and investment tracking.
• Support strategic initiatives and manage day-to-day operations.

Skills

Financial Management

Investment Operations

Strategic Planning

Accounting Operations

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Master's Degree (preferred)

Job description

COO - (Family Office)

Kerry Consulting Pte Ltd Singapore Apply now Posted 1 day ago Hybrid Job Permanent Negotiable

COO - (Family Office)

Kerry Consulting Pte Ltd Singapore Apply now

We are partnering with a privately held family office to hire a seasoned finance and operations professional to take on a broad, high-impact role supporting the Principal across strategic financial management, investment operations, and business execution.

Responsibilities

This role will lead the end-to-end finance function, including budgeting, financial planning, reporting, and investment tracking across multiple entities. The individual will be responsible for managing day-to-day accounting operations, payments, reconciliations, and cash flow, while ensuring compliance across jurisdictions by working closely with external auditors, accountants, tax advisors, and legal counsel.

Beyond finance, the successful candidate will play a critical role in supporting strategic initiatives and special projects - such as new business ventures, corporate turnarounds, or restructurings - coordinating internal and external stakeholders to drive outcomes. They will also oversee the smooth running of the family office's operations, manage confidential documents, liaise with banks and service providers, and maintain systems and processes that support efficiency and resilience.

Requirements

We are looking for someone with at least 12 years of experience, ideally in a family office, private investment firm, fund management, or boutique advisory environment. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, discreet, resourceful, and able to manage complex financial and operational matters independently. A strong sense of ownership, excellent communication skills, and comfort working in a lean, agile setup are key to success in this role.

To Apply

To apply, please submit your resume (in MS Word format) to Jeremy Koh at [e-mail], quoting the job title and reference number JK 33754. We regret that only successfully shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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Founded in 2003 in Singapore, Kerry Consulting is now a leading recruitment consultancy, recruiting across the Asia Pacific region. Known for its service excellence, the firm partners with many of the world's leading business institutions and upcoming startups, and has been integral in making key hires and building up the talent infrastructure for these companies. Kerry Consulting's primary goal is to affect positive long-term change for both their clients and candidates. The talented recruitment team at the consultancy is the most experienced, and amongst the largest, in the region.

Kerry Consulting recruiters extensively for the following functions: Front Office, Legal, Compliance & Risk, Finance & Accounting, Technology, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, PR & Communications, and Operations, amongst others.

The firm's coverage extends across the full spectrum of the modern-day Financial Services industry, across traditional banks, investment firms and insurance companies to fintech, payments and digital assets companies and exchanges. Kerry Consulting also has specialist teams recruiting for industries in Energy & Commodities, FMCG & Retail, Food & Nutrition, Health & Life Sciences, Hospitality & Real Estate, Industrial Conglomerates, IT & Telco, Logistics, Technology, Semiconductor and more.

The firm provides a range of services to its clients including executive search and selection, interim solutions and market mapping.

The organisation's recruitment philosophy is based on trust, energy, market knowledge, continuity of relationship and business understanding, with many of their consultants being multiple winners of Asia Money Headhunters polls. A recipient of the esteemed "Great Place to Work Singapore" Ceritification, At Kerry Consulting, the foremost held belief is that every organisation's success is determined by the quality of its people.

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