Senior Advisor, Client Advisory Group, Services - (SVP/ Director) SG/HK

Borr Drilling; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm seeks a Senior Advisor for its Client Advisory Group. The role involves engaging with finance executives to provide expert treasury advice, leveraging a strong background in corporate treasury and the ability to communicate effectively with senior clients. Successful candidates will possess deep industry knowledge and strategic acumen, with fluency in English and Mandarin preferred.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in corporate treasury or advisory.
• Professional proficiency in English and Mandarin required.
• Experience with multinational corporations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead client advisory engagements in treasury and working capital management.
• Advise clients on designing effective treasury structures.
• Create thought leadership content and deliver presentations.

Skills

Treasury expertise

Communication skills

Commercial strategy

Education

Bachelor’s/University degree

Master’s degree or equivalent certification (e.g. CA/CPA)

Job description

Role

Client Advisory Group is a treasury practitioner-led team that helps Citi clients progress treasury practices and evolve corporate treasury functions to support enterprise growth and transformation. The Senior Advisor engages finance and treasury executives at our multinational corporate, State Owned, Non-Bank Financial Institutions and eCommerce clients to advise on treasury, liquidity, payments, working capital, financing, FX, and technology strategies in support of their business growth. The Senior Advisor also supports the creation of thought-leadership content for clients on industry direction and best practices. The role sits within the Citi Services Client Advisory global team and the candidate may be based in either Hong Kong or Singapore.

The successful candidate will be an industry professional with direct experience gained as a corporate treasury practitioner at a multinational corporate. Experience as a senior consultant in a major consultancy or as a senior advisor in a major bank’s treasury advisory team would be a plus. Specifically, the position requires practical expertise in corporate treasury and working capital management across the Greater China and North Asia region with an excellent understanding of managing treasury in these markets.

A commercial mindset is essential to help Citi determine how we grow our business as a trusted advisor to our clients. A strategic mindset is also necessary to contribute to helping shape the future direction of Citi’s solution innovations in treasury and working capital management. The role calls for a highly motivated self-starter, with excellent communication skills, ability to influence and align peers and partners in order to execute across a large, global, matrix organization.

This position requires excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Mandarin (Japanese or Korean a plus), as engagements are often at a senior level, both internally and externally. Presenting at industry forums and client events will be expected.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead client advisory engagements encompassing treasury, working capital management, and payments. This involves engaging clients brought in by Sales colleagues; providing clients diagnostics and advice on performance improvement opportunities; and, recommending best practice solutions in global treasury, working capital management, payment strategies, and treasury technology
• Ability to articulate the life cycle and evolution of treasury structures and treasury technology; using that to advise clients in designing treasury structures to support their international/global expansion and growth
• Have depth of understanding of supply chain shifts, procurement strategies, and digital transformation across industries; leverage that to Identify trade and working capital management opportunities for clients
• Create and deliver thought leadership articles and presentations based on client engagements, practitioner experience in the industry, and leveraging partnerships with other Citi advisory teams (e.g. in Citi’s Markets and Banking divisions), and the world-leading research capabilities of Citi.
• Advise companies in assessing and addressing treasury challenges of operating in highly regulated emerging markets.
• Provide insights to the development of best practice analytical solutions for clients, considering tax and accounting implications of corporate structures and banking solutions.
• Provide insights on clients’ global treasury and working capital priorities to Citi’s sales/client coverage teams and product development teams, contributing to enhancing Citi’s product competitiveness.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience
• Deep corporate treasury experience required; consulting / advisory experience in related fields a plus
• Bachelor’s/University degree a requirement; master’s degree or equivalent professional certification (e.g. CA/CPA) is a plus

Languages

• Given the nature of Clientele. native/excellent proficiency in English and Chinese, Mandarin - oral, written, and presentational is required.
• Candidates who have additional proficiency in Korean or Japanese will have an advantage.

This job description provides a high-level review of responsibilities. Other responsibilities may be assigned, depending on business needs and the incumbent's aptitude and interests.

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