Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager

Confidential Careers; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers in Singapore seeks a Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager to own full-set accounting, month-end close and tax for a fast-moving financial services group with operations across Singapore, Hong Kong, Cayman and Dubai. This is not a back-office bookkeeping role.

You will design end-to-end accounting for new products, map flows, manage GST and transfer pricing, prepare statutory statements and coordinate external audits.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in accounting and finance with hands-on tax exposure.
• Degree in Accountancy; professional qualification (CA/ACCA/CPA).
• Full-set accounts and month-end close experience across entities and currencies.
• Knowledge of GST, cross-border withholding tax and transfer pricing.
• Experience in financial institution, payments or Web3/digital-asset.
• Experience preparing statutory financial statements and external audits.
• Strong Excel and systems skills; familiarity with AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own full-set accounts for group entities: GL, AP, AR, intercompany, fixed assets and accruals.
• Run monthly, quarterly and year-end close; prepare schedules, reconciliations and management accounts.
• Prepare variance and business analysis for management; explain movements.
• Design end-to-end accounting for new products and flows; map accounting treatment.
• Assess GST, withholding tax and transfer pricing implications; coordinate with tax advisors.
• Prepare statutory financial statements and manage external audits.
• Handle regulatory filings (MAS, ACRA, GST) accurately and on time.
• Analyze financial risk of products; support corporate transactions and ad hoc projects.

Skills

Accounting knowledge

Tax exposure

Regulatory reporting

Excel and systems

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/automation mindset

Education

Degree in Accountancy or equivalent

CA/ACCA/CPA Singapore

Job description

We are hiring a Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager (title by experience) to own full-set accounting, month-end close and tax for a fast-moving financial services group spanning payments, digital assets and fund services across Singapore, Hong Kong, Cayman, Dubai, etc

This is not a back-office bookkeeping role. You will sit in the room when new products and business flows are designed, map the end-to-end accounting treatment, assess the GST, withholding tax and transfer pricing implications, and make sure what goes live is something finance can close, report and defend to auditors and regulators.

Location: Singapore · Reports to: Finance lead · Team: Group Finance

Key responsibilities

Accounting and close

• Own full-set accounts for assigned group entities: GL, AP, AR, intercompany, fixed assets and accruals
• Run the monthly, quarterly and year-end close to a fixed timetable; prepare and review schedules, reconciliations and management accounts
• Prepare variance and business analysis for management; explain what moved and why

Business-flow design and accounting treatment

• Partner with product, operations, compliance, legal and tech when new products or flows are designed (payments, card programmes, digital-asset products, fund structures, lending)
• Map each flow end to end (fund movement, settlement, custody, fees, FX) and define the accounting treatment under SFRS(I)/IFRS before go-live
• Specify finance requirements for system implementation: sub-ledgers, data fields, reconciliations and controls

Tax

• Assess GST, withholding tax and corporate tax implications of new products and cross-border transactions; flag issues early and propose workable structures
• Support transfer pricing for intercompany flows between Singapore, Hong Kong and other group entities: service arrangements, pricing, documentation
• Manage tax advisors on specific engagements and prepare submissions to IRAS

Statutory reporting and compliance

• Prepare statutory financial statements and manage the external audit for assigned entities
• Handle regulatory returns and filings for licensed entities (e.g. MAS returns, ACRA filings, GST returns) accurately and on time

Risk analysis and ad hoc

• Analyse financial and accounting risk of investment and treasury products (yield products, collateralised lending, fund holdings): exposure, valuation, derecognition, concentration
• Support corporate transactions and restructuring: due diligence, finance integration and handover, entity set-up
• Take on ad hoc projects and queries from management, auditors, regulators and business units

Requirements

• 5-10 years in accounting and finance, with hands-on tax exposure;
• Degree in Accountancy or equivalent; CA (Singapore), ACCA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification
• Full-set accounts and month-end close experience, ideally across multiple entities and currencies
• Working knowledge of GST, withholding tax on cross-border transaction, and transfer pricing for intercompany arrangements, etc
• Experience in a financial institution, payments company or Web3 / digital-asset business; comfortable with complex, fast-changing business flows and incomplete information
• Track record of working with multiple business stakeholders (product, ops, compliance, legal, tech) to understand a flow and turn it into accounting and tax treatment
• Experience preparing statutory financial statements and managing external audits; exposure to regulatory filings for licensed entities is a plus
• Strong Excel and systems skills; uses AI tools in day-to-day work and is keen to apply them to close, analysis and documentation

What we are looking for

• Problem-solving driven: you work out the answer to a treatment or tax question that has no precedent, rather than waiting for one
• Business-minded: you want to understand how the product makes money before you book the entry
• AI-driven: you reach for AI and automation to remove manual work and get to the analysis faster
• Clear communicator: you can explain an accounting or tax position to a product lead, an auditor and a regulator, each in their own terms
• Thrives in a dynamic environment: priorities shift, entities get added, products launch; you keep the close on time regardless

Nice to have

• Experience with tax and reporting, or other cross-border group structures
• Exposure to MAS-licensed entities (PSA, CMS) or fund structures (VCC)
• Digital-asset accounting: custody, token valuation, collateralised lending, yield products