Assistant Manager, Fund Finance

ESR Group; Singapore; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a financial manager, where you will oversee comprehensive financial reporting and compliance for various funds. This role offers the opportunity to engage in treasury management, tax compliance, and collaboration with external service providers. You will play a crucial role in ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, while also supporting fund setups and dissolutions. With a focus on professional growth, this position encourages proactive involvement in diverse financial tasks and projects. If you are a qualified accountant with strong technical knowledge and excellent communication skills, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in real estate or private equity.
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS and SFRS.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial reporting, compliance, and control for funds.
• Coordinate statutory and internal financial audits.
• Support budgeting and forecasting requirements.

Skills

Financial Reporting

IFRS

SFRS(I)

Corporate Tax

Excel

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Multitasking

Education

Qualified Accountant

Job description

Reporting to the Fund Controller and/or Finance Manager, you will be responsible for managing the entire financial reporting, compliance and control; treasury and capital management; financial planning and forecasting; tax compliance processes and corporate secretarial functions of the respective funds including the management of external service providers and serves as the key finance contact person for fund management team, capital transaction team and the investors.

Your role at ESR will evolve over time and you will be asked to perform tasks and duties by ESR from time to time. This position description is indicative of the general role you will perform whilst at ESR, however it is not an exhaustive list of your role or responsibilities.

Key responsibilities include but not limit to

• Support fund/entity set-ups and dissolutions, structuring, acquisitions and dispositions including review of tax reports, financial and tax due diligence reports and relevant agreements
• Design and implement financial reporting templates and controls
• Ensure accurate, complete and timely financial reporting for investors, statutory, regulatory and tax requirements of the funds assigned and all the entities in the funds managed in Singapore
• Ensure accurate, complete and timely reporting of development projects
• Review all consolidation, financial reporting and analysis, cash management reports, cash flow forecasts, tax submissions, valuations, budgets and forecasts
• Coordinate statutory and internal financial audits
• Review all audited financial statements
• Manage all tax filing and transfer pricing requirements
• Manage the external service provider and provide training, accounting and technical guidance
• Treasury and capital management including loan administration on financial covenants and bank account maintenance
• Review and approve invoices and payments
• Support all budgeting and forecasting requirements
• Manage outsourced corporate secretary and ensure relevant minutes and resolutions are in place
• Responsible for statistical and regulatory reporting to government organisations
• Attend to adhoc requests from internal and external stakeholders on financial reporting and tax matters
• Assist in any adhoc tasks or projects

Requirements

• Qualified accountant
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience with real estate, private equity and/or the Big Four audit firms with in-depth consolidation experience
• Strong IFRS, SFRS(I), SFRS technical knowledge
• Good understanding of corporate tax, withholding tax, value added tax and transfer pricing
• Experience working with external service provider for fund accounting is a bonus
• Good excel knowledge
• Good communication capabilities, interpersonal skills and a team player
• Ability to multitask and proactive