Associate Director

The incumbent will be the key point of contact to support and oversee in operational and financial matters set up in preparation of divestment of passive infrastructure for the. He/she will be dealing with startup matters/issues; oversee the management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and monthly reporting for Business Units/issues; and assist the CFO in the general management of the business, and provide strategic business support.

 Attendance at board meetings to provide support to CFO and VP regulatory for board meetings (pre-board meeting briefings).

 Wide exposure to different department heads as role requires frequent discuss with tax, networks, regulatory, strategic investments and legal. The role wears many “hats”, including drafting legal letters, interpreting legal documents, reviewing financial model and its assumptions, setting up operational agreements and leading negotiations and draft agreements etc.

 Working on new agreements and presenting key terms to senior management for approval. Like presentations to GCFO for approval of capex spend and proposed building methodology.

 Review monthly management and financial statements for year end.

 Liaising with external advisors like auditors, tax advisors and legal counsels, often leading the discussion on significant matters, like tax claims, valuation queries and interpretations of the business trust act.

 Answering queries for SGX announcements for each quarter and prepare budget to Senior Management.

 Manage and communicate effectively with government agencies on a frequent basis via update meetings and letters. Be responsive on issues discussed and co-ordinate efforts to keep progressing matters forwards.

 Working with strategic investments on financial modeling – assessing key assumptions and divestment structure.

 Overseeing monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting of results.

 Preparing briefing for quarterly announcement of results relating to this business unit.

 To ensure full recovering of billings. Working with Credit Management and Billings teams to ensure effective recovery of costs incurred.

 Pre-board meeting briefs to Group CFO and other board members . Ability to make sound recommendations for issues arising at this briefing.

Working with strategic investments on financial modeling – assessing key assumptions.

Adhoc projects

To assist CFO with ad hoc projects includes, collation of data for the building of financial model, attending workshops to identify growth initiatives and assessing the impact of the growth initiatives to the financial model. Then working with financial planning team to build a process of tracking the progress of strategic targets set.

Major Challenges:

1.       This position face many departments within the Co (eg Legal, Tax, Regulatory and Strategic Investments), to ensure all issues (technical and operational) are addressed.

The role requires good tenacity and agility in pushing agendas forward and having the “get up and go” to get things done. As matters are often urgent in nature and requires top management approval, the role must be able to take on last minute issues and “think on its feet” under time pressure. A key challenge will be to coordinate the different departments who often have different views. The incumbent must be good at building relationships across departments to ensure effective team work to meet deadlines/objectives. Good communications skills are essential as the role is expected to attend meetings with various parties

2.       This position requires the incumbent to be forward looking, proactive and persevering in order to press ahead to resolve issues and operational agreement forward and to bring about improvements to the Finance community, amidst competing demands for time and resources.

Requirements:

 CPA with good Degree in Accountancy or its equivalent from a recognized university.

 Minimum 7 years of post CPA qualification experience in a senior financial capacity.

 Prior knowledge of Telco/ IT operations and business environments will be advantegous.

 Strong people leadership and good interpersonal/networking skills; ability to interact and work across functions and levels.

 Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to:

 Work with senior management ranging within finance, operations and legal on a frequent basis.

 Engage effectively with External parties and Stakeholders, and other professionals e.g. Legal counsel, Auditors, Bankers and Management Consultants.

 An independent worker who is :

 Analytical, meticulous and apt in problem solving.

 Hands-on and able to work under pressure.

 Able to work flexibly in a dynamic environment, and react/think on his/her feet on ad-hoc matters that are often time sensitive.

 Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).