Corporate Finance, Vice President

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International Finance, Singapore

Job Title

Corporate Finance, Vice President

Global Finance Function

The Finance team at Blackstone comprises of Finance, Internal Audit, Treasury, and Tax functions.

International Finance manages the financial, regulatory and tax reporting requirements of all Blackstone Group entities based outside the US. International Finance has teams in Brazil, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Singapore and Tokyo. Our vision is to be:

- Flawless at Control
- Efficient Controllers
- Value-add Business advisors

**Job Description**:
Blackstone’s International Finance team is seeking a Vice President to assume responsibility with limited supervision for a broad spectrum of the accounting and reporting procedures for the Group and for the respective House Entities in scope.

Specific Responsibilities:
This role will be responsible for the financial, regulatory and tax reporting requirements of Blackstone (BX) legal entities in APAC. This role is also required to collaborate across the investment and support functions to achieve operational goals, strategic initiatives and business growth strategies for BX in APAC. This role will report into the Head of APAC Finance based in Singapore. Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Providing leadership and direction to the corporate team members ensuring that work priorities are organised efficiently and that the teams are actively coached, trained and developed.
- Being the key contact for Blackstone NY Finance managing the financial close process and the provision of associated disclosure templates, completed accurately and timely in accordance with US GAAP and local GAAP
- Ensuring a robust control environment for all financial processes, to ensure compliance with all relevant statutory obligations including Sarbanes Oxley
- Working with multiple stakeholders to ensure a smooth year-end audit, financial statements are accurate and in accordance with local GAAP, and are approved by the Board of Directors and filed by the deadline
- Take lead in the Firm’s periodical closing and reporting procedures, while responding to ad-hoc inquiries from management or other business teams. Responsible for preparing any Financial, Tax or Regulatory reports & surveys, and internal forecasts and analysis.
- Manage, train and develop Blackstone’s Center of Excellence (COE) staff with accounting and operational work
- Coordinate with independent auditors for audits and tax accountants for tax filing procedures
- Actively participate in regional / domestic projects to enhance controls, processes and/or system efficiency
- Collaborate on a daily basis with Accounts Payable, Treasury, Compensation Accounting and other Finance teams in different offices across the region
- Collaborate with the Legal and Compliance team to ensure compliance with various policies and procedures
- Understand, manage, and review specific revenue/ investment process flows and associated accounting, including Treasury Management and foreign exchange analysis
- Understand and manage legal entity’s corporate tax, GST, transfer pricing reporting
- Understand and manage routine regulatory compliance reporting and ad-hoc regulatory surveys
- Involvement in management of Fund Accounting and Fund Operations
- Communicate effectively with international teams to troubleshoot issues and resolve matters and participate in technology and process improvement initiatives
- Assisting the broader Blackstone business teams who are looking to set up new businesses in APAC region
- Participating and contributing towards global and regional initiatives to support Blackstone’s strategy as relevant

**Qualifications**:

- Possesses strong work ethic, sense of accountability and genuine passion for excellence
- Possesses the desire and ability to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment with a positive attitude.
- Highly self-motivated and thinks thoroughly. Owns the matter - takes the extra step to voluntarily investigate.
- Capable of communicating succinctly and can solve issues with limited guidance from seniors
- Quick learner and able to quickly turnaround ad-hoc requests
- Strong analytical skills and highly organized
- Able to “see the bigger picture” and get to the heart of issues