Deputy Group Head, Finance

**About CGSI
CGS International Securities Pte. Ltd. (CGS International) is an award-winning and market leading integrated financial services provider, ranked among the top securities houses in Asia.

CGS International taps on our wealth of global and ASEAN insights to offer equities trading, leveraged products, wealth management, investment banking, equities research, Shariah-compliant financing, fixed income, currency and commodities, structured products and prime brokerage services in over 15 countries and regions.

Along with its parent organisation China Galaxy Securities, a leading securities house in China, CGS International is trusted by more than 15 million customers globally.

**Job Purpose**
- To oversee and manage the Finance, Accounting and Control functions within the region, formulate and implement consistent accounting policies/strategies/procedures to ensure the integrity of the financial reports and compliance with accounting standards at entity and consolidated level.

**Job Function & Responsibilities
Strategy and Planning
- Developing strategic initiatives to deliver financial integrity and control to ensure quality and
- timeliness of all financial reporting to regulators, tax authorities and Head Office
- Providing analysis of financial results, accounting related advice and support to business units
- through the diagnosis of financial issues and proposed resolution.
- Drive finance related projects, process change and improvements. Plan, develop and oversee
- execution of system enhancements and workflow changes to deliver higher efficiency and/or
- meeting business needs.
- Standardises financial processes across the region and ensures uniformity in group reporting

Business Performance and Management
- Responsible for the management and control of the businesses financial operations, including
- financial reporting and analysis, transactional processing and control, and risk/compliance
- monitoring.

Capital Planning & Treasury Management
- Work with Business and Group on capital management on regional level
- Manage banking relationship, negotiate banking facilities and administration of loan agreements
- Manage foreign exchange risk exposure

People Management
- Leading and developing talents for succession planning and staff career advancement.
- Train, nurture and equip staff with knowledge and skills to achieve higher level of competency
- Motivate and retain high performers and manage attrition rate

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Reporting
- Establish adequate controls and monitoring procedures to ensure compliance to local regulators, statutory laws, accounting standards, tax authorities and group policies.
- Identify and understand key risk elements.

Other Supporting Functions
- Responsible for the corporate secretarial matters for Singapore incorporated companies.
- Ensure timely filing and reporting of tax returns
- Evaluate related party transactions to ensure compliance of Transfer Pricing Requirements
- Work on regional project assessment, due diligence or execution

**Job Requirements**:

- Academic Qualifications: At least Bachelor of Accountancy or its equivalent
- Professional Qualification: Chartered Accountant
- Relevant Work Experience: At least 15 years of finance and accounting related experience in financial industry

Competencies / Skills:

- Technical/Functional skills: Good grasp of IFRS and global tax knowledge an advantage.
- Personal skills (Soft Competencies [Core/Leadership]
- Good speaking and written English and Chinese language to liaise with our China counterparts
- Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills i.e. process oriented with ability to analyse and recommend improvement.
- Time management skills to set priorities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective leader with the ability to motivate and build good rapport and collaborative working relationships with all levels of staff.