Total 6 Director/C-Level finance supervisor job vacancies in Business Management / Project / Planning category in Singapore

Role Overview

Reporting to the Chairman & Managing Director with dotted line to Finance Director in Singapore, this pivotal role combines strategic advisory and financial leadership responsibilities within the Lubritrade Group. The incumbent will oversee the organization’s financial planning, strategic direction, governance, investment strategy, and performance management.

You will lead financial due diligence, performance analysis, and M&A initiatives while advising the senior executive team on long-term strategic goals. A key focus will be driving growth, financial sustainability, and legacy preservation while ensuring financial governance and operational efficiency across diverse business units.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Advisory, Strategic Leadership & Execution

- Strategic Advisor to Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor to the Chairman and Managing Director, providing expert insights on corporate governance, financial strategy, and risk management to ensure the group’s long-term sustainability and success.

- Financial Strategy Development (vision level): Partner with the Managing Director to chart out and refine the financial roadmap taking into account of the Chairman vision, develop and execute comprehensive financial strategies that support long-term growth, capital efficiency, and profitability.

- Business Strategy & Execution (business unit): Lead the engagement with the business units to define and execute strategic financial goals, ensuring alignment with broader organizational objectives. Provide recommendations on operational improvements and cost efficiency to maximize shareholder value.

- Centralized Finance Operations: Oversee the centralization of financial operations across the group, driving efficiency and consistency in financial reporting and planning.

2. Performance Management, Governance & Control

- Performance management: Lead the development and implementation of a performance management systems, including a balanced scorecard, KRAs and KPIs to ensure operational alignment with business objectives and optimize financial outcomes and ultimately ensuring all business units and support functions are working towards the same goals

- Governance & Risk Management: Partner with the Finance Director to lead the development and implementation of robust internal controls, audit policies and financial governance frameworks that ensures transparency, accountability, and compliance with industry standards and mitigating financial risks across the organisation.

- Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Proactively assess and mitigate financial risks across the group, ensuring that financial controls, fraud prevention measures, and compliance protocols are in place

3. Investment Strategy & M&A Support

- Investment Gatekeeper: Serve as the primary gatekeeper for new investment opportunities, leveraging your deep expertise to evaluate risk, providing comprehensive financial analyses, valuation models, and scenario planning to empower informed decision-making at the senior leadership level.

- Investment & Capital Allocation: Proactively scan and advise the Chairman and Managing Director on strategic investment opportunities, capital allocation, and portfolio diversification strategies that align and strengthens the group’s future growth goals. Ensure that investments support long-term profitability and risk management.

- M&A Strategy & Execution: Lead and support M&A initiatives, including due diligence, financial analysis, valuation, and post-merger integration. Ensure that M&A activities are aligned with the group’s long-term strategic objectives and enhance financial performance.

4. Business Succession Planning & Legacy Management

- Succession Planning: Collaborate with the Managing Director, Finance Director and Chairman to design and implement an integrated business succession plans that address leadership transitions, wealth distribution, tax efficiency, and asset transfer—ensuring the smooth continuation of the business across generations.

- Legacy Preservation: Develop strategic frameworks to preserve the group's legacy, ensuring continuity, stability, and success under future leadership.

Experience and Skills Required:

- Educational Qualifications: A degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline. Professional certifications such as CPA, CFA, or equivalent are highly desirable.

- Experience: Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in senior financial leadership roles, with a focus on business strategy, financial planning, and governance. Experience in multinational organizations is highly preferred.

- Expertise: Strong experience in developing and executing financial strategies, overseeing corporate governance and financial planning.

- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and manage diverse finance teams while influencing cross-functional leadership teams.

- Commercial Acumen: Deep understanding of financial analysis, investment strategies, and financial risk management. Ability to drive performance through data-driven decision-making and scenario planning.

- A proven track record in managing and optimizing complex financial portfolios and navigating the intricacies of business succession, investment planning, and wealth management.

- M&A & Due Diligence: Proven ability to manage complex M&A processes, from due diligence through post-deal integration, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.

- Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial concepts for non-financial stakeholders and effectively communicate strategy to senior leadership.

Key Competencies & Behaviours

- Visionary leadership: Ability translate the Chairman’s aspirations into a pragmatic, forward-looking financial strategy, ensuring continuity, growth, and legacy preservation

- Strategic Thinking: Ability to think critically about long-term business goals, ensuring that financial and business strategies are aligned with organizational vision.

- Leadership & Influence: Strong leadership skills, with the ability to lead teams, influence key stakeholders, and drive organizational change.

- Financial Expertise: Deep financial acumen, with experience in financial strategy, forecasting, and analysis across multiple business units.

- Collaboration: Ability to work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, driving alignment and delivering impactful results across business units.

- Governance & Compliance: Strong understanding of corporate governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance, ensuring business operations align with industry standards.

Why Join Us?

This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to blend strategic business advisory with senior financial leadership, directly contributing to the long-term success and growth of the organization. You will be instrumental in driving both the financial and strategic direction of the group, partnering with top executives to achieve ambitious goals. If you are a seasoned professional with a strategic mind-set and strong financial expertise, we invite you to explore this unique and exciting opportunity to shape the future of our organization.

Roles & Responsibilities:

We are looking for a result-driven and strategic Group Finance Director to lead our business activities in APAC & Indian subcontinent focussing on Spices, Organic vegetables, Eco-friendly restaurant materials & Industrial Kitchen equipment. This role will focus on developing and executing growth strategies, expanding market presence, and establishing strong customer relationships. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in Finance and Operations through a keen understanding of the multinational industry landscape.

In this role your Key Responsibilities:

o Financial Expertise: Lead the finance function, directing budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, and risk management to support strategic goals. Ensure APAC-wide compliance with regulations, applying best practices. Oversee accurate financial reporting, regulatory filings, and audits. Collaborate with senior leadership on financial planning and investment strategies. Provide insights to drive growth, cost efficiency, and operations. Manage a regional finance team, promoting development and alignment with organizational objectives.

o Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement the business strategy for organic products targeted at the feed industry, with an emphasis on growth, market share expansion, and competitive positioning.

o Business Development: Cultivate and strengthen relationships with key organic industry stakeholders, including vegetable, spice producers, and distributors; drive strategic partnerships and identify growth opportunities.

o Sales & Revenue Growth: Set and achieve ambitious sales targets, working closely with Sales and Marketing to drive customer engagement and product adoption in the organic market.

o Customer Engagement: Stay attuned to the evolving needs of customers in the organic & eco industry; serve as a bridge between customers and local producers for feedback on product quality & innovative needs.

o Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team dedicated to achieving business goals in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications & Experience:

o Master’s degree in Business/Commerce/Finance; or advanced degree preferred.

o 15+ years of experience in finance, trading, agribusiness, industrial equipment industry is preferred.

o Expertise in financial regulations, tax laws, and proficiency in budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, and risk management.

o Proven experience overseeing finance operations, with a deep knowledge of regional regulatory and tax requirements.

o Proven track record in business development, strategic planning, and leadership finance & trading industry.

o In-depth understanding of Indian market & suppliers with Indian industry regulations.

o Excellent leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills preferably Tamil, Hindi speakers to co-ordinate with local Indian manufacturers & suppliers.

o Ability to travel frequently is needed with valid visa.

o Immediate starters preferred.

Regret to inform only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Roles & Responsibilities:

We are looking for a result-driven and strategic Group Finance Director to lead our business activities in APAC & Indian subcontinent focussing on Spices, Organic vegetables, Eco-friendly restaurant materials & Industrial Kitchen equipment. This role will focus on developing and executing growth strategies, expanding market presence, and establishing strong customer relationships. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in Finance and Operations through a keen understanding of the multinational industry landscape.

In this role your Key Responsibilities:

o Financial Expertise: Lead the finance function, directing budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, and risk management to support strategic goals. Ensure APAC-wide compliance with regulations, applying best practices. Oversee accurate financial reporting, regulatory filings, and audits. Collaborate with senior leadership on financial planning and investment strategies. Provide insights to drive growth, cost efficiency, and operations. Manage a regional finance team, promoting development and alignment with organizational objectives.

o Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement the business strategy for organic products targeted at the feed industry, with an emphasis on growth, market share expansion, and competitive positioning.

o Business Development: Cultivate and strengthen relationships with key organic industry stakeholders, including vegetable, spice producers, and distributors; drive strategic partnerships and identify growth opportunities.

o Sales & Revenue Growth: Set and achieve ambitious sales targets, working closely with Sales and Marketing to drive customer engagement and product adoption in the organic market.

o Customer Engagement: Stay attuned to the evolving needs of customers in the organic & eco industry; serve as a bridge between customers and local producers for feedback on product quality & innovative needs.

o Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team dedicated to achieving business goals in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications & Experience:

o Master’s degree in Business/Commerce/Finance; or advanced degree preferred.

o 15+ years of experience in finance, trading, agribusiness, industrial equipment industry is preferred.

o Expertise in financial regulations, tax laws, and proficiency in budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, and risk management.

o Proven experience overseeing finance operations, with a deep knowledge of regional regulatory and tax requirements.

o Proven track record in business development, strategic planning, and leadership finance & trading industry.

o In-depth understanding of Indian market & suppliers with Indian industry regulations.

o Excellent leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills preferably Tamil, Hindi speakers to co-ordinate with local Indian manufacturers & suppliers.

o Ability to travel frequently is needed with valid visa.

o Immediate starters preferred.

Regret to inform only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

JOB SUMMARY
Business Planning and Management

• Work closely with the Finance & Treasury MTs to define and drive the implementation of the domains medium- and longer-term strategic direction and objectives.
• Spearhead the transformation & remediation activities within the Functions domains specifically for Finance.
• Responsible for the design and implement a standardised Target Operating Model (TOM) and organization structure, including a location, grade and employee type strategy to meet the strategic goals.
• Set clear strategic functional objectives for the domain and ensure that these objectives are reflected and cascaded in the teams. Setting the metrics and performance standards for the year.
• Report on the progress and key achievements for the domains on a regular basis for stakeholder’s review
• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Develop with the Domain leads actions to drive increased Employee promoter scores year on year

People and Talent

• Continuously refine the seniority and span of the organisation to meet changing needs
• Implement standardised titles, Job Descriptions across the function
• Work with CIO’s to formulate succession plans
• Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks. Identify, define and drive the appropriate Learning and Development (L&D) plans for the team
• Act as an approver for all functional hiring
• Work closely with the CIO’s on employee performance and reward recognition cycle, meeting targets and curves
• Set the appropriate headcount caps by location and grade and govern adherence
• Monitor and challenge resource growth
• Implement continuous improvement activities to enhance people engagement

Finance Management

• Partner with T&I Finance teams to deliver financial transparency and act as expert on cost explains and deep dives to stakeholders
• Oversee the domain cost alignments to facilitate accurate financial reporting
• Work in collaboration with the CIO’s to manage the cost base in-line with budget. Ensure risk and issues are quantified, escalated, and cost reduction opportunities realised
• Review for approval all domain expenditure, ensuring all project to BAU initiatives are appropriately funded for future year support

Vendor Management

• Ensure Vendor management framework is fully implemented within the team and full compliant for Contract Manager responsibilities
• Act as liaison with Sourcing and Vendor Management teams where vendor contracts require renegotiation

Communications

• Communicate strategy to all levels within the Finance & Treasury domain
• Drive people engagement within the Finance & Treasury domain, by:
• Promoting success stories and achievements internally
• Arrange Town Halls

Processes

• Review various processes and work with respective stakeholders to enhance processes

Risk Management

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across the team and our Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Governance

• Work with Head of Governance to define and maintain monthly scorecard for Finance & Treasury domain
• As mentioned above

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead the Finance & Treasury T&I domain to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• Finance & Treasury Tech CIO
• Finance & Treasury MT
• Functions CIO MT
• Functions Tech Business Management
• Programme and Support leads
• Vendor Management
• Learning and Development
• Human Resources

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in the Finance & Treasury domain
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional Policies & procedures

Strategy

• Business Planning and Management
• Work closely with the Finance & Treasury MTs to define and drive the implementation of the domains medium- and longer-term strategic direction and objectives.
• Spearhead the transformation & remediation activities within the Functions domains specifically for Finance.
• Responsible for the design and implement a standardized Target Operating Model (TOM) and organization structure, including a location, grade and employee type strategy to meet the strategic goals.
• Set clear strategic functional objectives for the domain and ensure that these objectives are reflected and cascaded in the teams. Setting the metrics and performance standards for the year.
• Implement continuous improvement activities to enhance people engagement

Our Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years of experience in a Business Management role in a global financial organisation or similar scale organisation
• Entrepreneurial thinking, able to rapidly adapt to and adopt new ways of working and find value creation opportunities.
• Ability to apply judgement on moderate to complex business problems
• Strong sense of personal ownership and responsibility in accomplishing the organisation’s goal. Is confident and will roll-up his/her sleeves to drive success. Able to get things done in a fast-paced environment. Is transparent and open around what doesn’t work and what does.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills with ability to manage multiple deadlines and effectively prioritise
• Experience of developing a people strategy, influencing relevant stakeholders and decision makers, and executing decisions efficiently and consistently
• Bachelor’s degree in Business
• Strong communication and briefing skills

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Strong understanding around budgeting and forecasting, particularly around headcount cost
• Experience engaging and influencing at executive level a mandatory requirement
• Experience in developing a people strategy, influencing relevant stakeholders and decision makers, and executing decisions efficiently and consistently
• Past success with defining and implementing operating models and driving organisational change
• Strong sense of personal ownership and responsibility in accomplishing the organisation’s goal. Is confident and will roll-up his/her sleeves to drive success
• Able to get things done in a quick-paced environment. Be transparent and open around what doesn’t work and what does
• Expertise in defining strategic communication– oral, written and presenting; across various types of target audiences
• Experience delivering people change/diversity/culture improvement programs required

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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What You'll Do:

As a key player in their regional project finance team, you will be at the forefront of:

1. Originating & Executing Projects: Lead the way in originating and executing project finance transactions, both advisory and financing mandates, in power, energy, natural resources and PPP infrastructure projects across Asia Pacific.
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4. Due Diligence: Be the gatekeeper of due diligence processes, ensuring all aspects are thoroughly examined for risk and reward.
5. Credit Application Preparation: Craft comprehensive credit applications that drive your projects forward.
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Requirements:

You should hold a degree in related fields, along with a minimum of 10 years of experience in banking, private equity/investment houses, consultancy, or the energy and natural resources industries. Your expertise should span advisory transactions, credit analysis, debt structuring, financial analysis, transaction management, documentation, and financial modeling. We value your strong business acumen, negotiation skills, and the ability to originate high-value mandates. Leadership qualities are a plus, as you'll mentor junior team members and collaborate effectively. Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical problem-solving, adaptability, and unwavering professionalism are key attributes we seek.

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EA License Number: 13C6733

EA Personnel Number: R1333454

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Financial Reporting Improve the governance and reporting of financials for compliance.
• Review the financials of the SOCIs (Schools, Offices, Centres and Institutes) monthly to ensure accuracy, completeness, and appropriate presentation.
• Prepare standardised regular financial performance reports in compliance with standards and regulations.
• Evaluate the financial performance with relevant stakeholders to determine any actions to be taken.
• Design effective operational and strategic reports that can be adopted and managed by the SOCIs.
• Provide training to the SOCIs management team (e.g. HODs, Assistant Deans, Budget co-ordinators).
• Planning & Analysis - Act as a business advisor to the Provost, Deans and HODs on financial control of the SOCI by generating financial analysis, insight and recommendations for future planning and alignment to LTFM (Long Term Financial Model).
• Critically assess and facilitate overall SOCI budget & forecast submissions.
• Identify and provide guidance on financial opportunities and risks to the contribution margin.
• Contribute to building business cases for new strategic initiatives and assessing post-implementation results, working with the Offices of Finance, Procurement and Programme Management.
• Communication - Be the first point of contact for the SOCI on all financial matters; and for OFIN on all SOCIs matters.
• Enhance awareness and adherence to financial policies.
• Build strong, effective relationships across SOCIs to ensure their needs are addressed.
• Process Improvement - Continuously evaluate policies and procedures to ensure optimisation
  • Align and streamline processes within and across SOCIs to achieve consistency and efficiency.

• Degree in Accountancy, preferably with CA qualifications.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Successful track record in Business partnering and Financial planning & analysis (FP&A).
• Experienced in driving process improvements and change management.
• Familiar with SAP usage and data extraction.
• Familiar with BI tools (eg. Qliksense, Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills.
• Confidence around senior management.
• Comfortable in a matrix reporting environment.
• Able to work independently and handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in both written & spoken English.

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Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary.