eFinancialCareers

• Company

  PotterHouse Search & Selection

• Location

  Singapore

• Compensation

  Competitive & Attractive

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  04 Jul 2008

• eFC Ref no

  405732

Our client, a leading Group of companies providing IT/telecom services and solutions, has opened a new position for a Director, Corporate Treasury to join their Group so as to add immediate value to its expanding business in Asia.

Key Responsibilities

This new role will require the incumbent to head & own the design, management and optimization of all Treasury/Tax/Legal/Insurance strategies and activities for the Group, maximizing the net benefit (less costs) with the lowest enterprise wide risk for the entire Group.

You will lead a team to design, implement, manage and optimize all strategies and processes for Treasury, Tax, Legal and Insurance functions for the Headquarters and all its subsidiaries, manage and maximize cashflow & lower AR/DSO while supporting business growth objective as well as manage banking relationship and funding requirements/remittance of subsidiaries. Your team’s accountability will also include maximizing Net non-operating income, currency management including FX translation reserves on balance sheet, designing Tax strategies, implementing and managing legal entity structure, buy/sell transactions, transfer pricing and other tax related activities as well as dealing with queries from local/regional tax authorities.

You will also design and evolve a legal support model, provide preventive and proactive support as well as build controls & ensure appropriate training are given to field teams to minimize legal exposures. Supporting business needs in large deal structuring review, managing any legal actions balancing costs and potential benefits as well as pro-actively managing insurances and risk mitigation options to ensure assets/revenue/income are protected and enterprise wide business risk mitigated, are part & parcel of your responsibilities.

In addition, you will give recommendations and execute on dividend policy & share buyback, account for share options & performance share plans as well as liaise with JV & JV partners on investment & joint ventures.

Skills Requirements

You must possess at least a degree in accountancy and a professional accounting qualification, e.g. ACA or CPA, preferably with a Treasury qualification such as a ACT, with a minimum of 8 years’ working experience in corporate treasury function (either in MNCs or financial institutions). Strong knowledge of SGX listing requirements/compliance is required.

Person Requirements

You must also be technically strong with first class relationship building and management skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills and previous experience of successfully collaborating with a wide range of non-finance leaders.

Our Invitation

For immediate consideration, we specially invite you to explore this opportunity by emailing us your professional profile. Your interest will be treated in confidence.

Please be informed that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

About PotterHouse

PotterHouse was established with the key intention to contribute to society by helping employers achieve success through the acquisition & management of top-calibre & socially-adapt human capital and by offering each individual encountered the attention & respect he or she deserves.

PotterHouse is more than just an executive search & selection firm. Our distinction is in our positioning as a firm rooted in high integrity and professionalism with an understanding of Asian practices and values. In this age’s ever-changing world, our commitment is to maintain sincere & long-term relationships with our clients, taking an active interest in their business, their values, their people & their aspirations. We also strive to deliver the same attention to our candidates whom we have personally met.

Visit us at www.potterhouse.com.sg.