Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Management & Controllership
- Lead and oversee the entire finance function, ensuring effective financial management across the business.
- Oversee month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Establish and strengthen financial policies, procedures and internal control frameworks.
- Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, corporate secretarial firms and other professional service providers.
2. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning processes.
- Analyse financial performance, identify key business drivers and provide insights on profitability, operational efficiency and cost optimisation.
- Monitor financial performance against budgets and forecasts, highlighting key variances and recommending corrective actions.
- Work closely with operational and business leaders to evaluate financial performance and support strategic decision-making.
3. Fundraising, Capital Management & Financing
- Lead and support fundraising initiatives to finance the company's growth and expansion plans.
- Manage the preparation of financial models, business plans, investment proposals and financial presentations for potential investors and lenders.
- Coordinate due diligence exercises and respond to financial and commercial queries from investors, banks and other financing partners.
4. Business Partnering & Strategic Support
- Act as a strategic finance business partner to senior management and business stakeholders.
- Provide financial insights and recommendations to support commercial and operational decisions.
- Work closely with the CEO, CFO and leadership team on business strategy, growth plans and investment opportunities.
Requirements
- Degree in Accountancy, Finance or a related discipline. Professional qualifications such as ACCA, CPA or CA are preferred.
- Minimum 10–15 years of relevant finance experience, with significant experience in a senior finance leadership or financial controllership capacity.
- Proven track record in managing the end-to-end finance function.
- Demonstrated experience in fundraising, debt financing, equity financing or capital-raising activities.
- Experience in project finance, infrastructure investments or capital-intensive businesses will be highly advantageous.
- Prior exposure to data centres, real estate, telecommunications, utilities, energy or infrastructure sectors is preferred.