AVP, Financial Controller

Join GIC as an Assistant Vice President, Financial Controller - Deal & Asset Finance. GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, investing in over 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. The Investment Services Private Markets team manages deal structuring, due diligence, and closing, as well as financial operations for GIC’s private equity, infrastructure, and real estate assets. You will be part of the Investment Finance & Controllers team, providing financial deal due diligence, financial controllership, treasury, and funding, valuation management, investment operations, accounting, financial reporting, and special purpose vehicle management for GIC’s investments. What impact can you make in this role? You will provide investment services on private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and cross-strategy investments, covering finance, accounting, and reporting aspects of deal support, as well as ongoing monitoring of the investment structure and valuations. What will you do as a Financial Controller? Collaborate closely with Investment Teams, Transaction Managers, Tax, Legal, Capital Markets Team, and external advisors to provide finance expertise during investment, divestment, restructuring, and loan financing activities. Manage financial due diligence and review findings/purchase price adjustments during investment, divestment, and restructuring. Establish financial operations and controls for wholly-owned investments. Evaluate financial controls and onboard non-wholly owned investee companies/assets. Provide financial and operational inputs on holding structures, funding, and cash repatriation mechanisms, and accounting/valuations considerations. Provide oversight on the organizing and maintenance of investment holding platforms, including corporate secretarial and financial reporting. Partner with operations team to fulfill all operational requirements, including liaising with banks on funding requirements. Asset Finance Monitor key financial controls for asset operations, including cash controls and review of investee financials, and liaising with external auditors. Analyze surplus cash of investments and drive cash repatriation solutions in partnership with Investment Teams, Treasury, and investee companies. Prepare and review market valuation for private investments within corporate policy and provide value-added insights on market value movements and returns analysis. Others Work closely with the Team Lead to design and implement various finance improvement initiatives and analytics as part of Finance Transformation. What qualifications or skills should you possess in this role? Strong academic background in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent. Certified Public Accountant preferred, ideally Big 4 trained. At least 6-8 years of relevant working experience, with a preference for experience in Private Markets Investment Finance or Investment/Asset Management. Good understanding of deal closing mechanism, investment structuring, and controls. Strong team player with excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical, and IT skills. Keen to learn and take on new challenges in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. A driven self-starter with strong initiative; hands-on and comfortable managing multiple tasks, confident in engaging different stakeholders, and able to work independently to deliver outcomes. Proficiency in business Mandarin is required to support business operations in relevant markets. GIC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. #J-18808-Ljbffr