Location: Asia Pacific HQ (Singapore)
Reporting to: Group CFO
The Opportunity
A high-growth, private equity-backed platform with a regional footprint is seeking a strategic finance leader to drive capital management across multiple APAC jurisdictions. This individual will be instrumental in securing access to cost-effective funding, developing innovative capital structures, optimizing liquidity, and mitigating financial risk to support the company’s expansion strategy across various country platforms.
This is a newly redefined role driven by business growth. The successful candidate will operate in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and collaborate closely with senior stakeholders, external advisors, and financing partners across markets.
Key Responsibilities
Capital Structuring & Risk Management
- Lead the design and execution of cost-effective and tax-efficient capital structures to support cross-border business initiatives.
- Secure access to funding through debt financing, structured solutions, and capital market instruments, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop forward-looking financial strategies to optimize debt/equity ratios, capital efficiency, and funding costs.
- Monitor and manage interest rate, FX, and macro-financial risks; work with external advisors as needed.
Credit Relationship Management
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with banks, financial institutions, and alternative lenders to ensure access to credit on competitive terms.
- Lead the structuring and negotiation of financing arrangements aligned with the group’s strategic and operational needs.
- Manage banking operations and ensure access to necessary services.
- Manage loan operations, including KYC, credit review, covenant compliance, loan drawdown, repayment schedules, and interest rate fixing.
Liquidity & Treasury Oversight
- Oversee group-wide liquidity, ensuring optimal cash deployment and repatriation strategies across geographies.
- Implement effective liquidity planning frameworks to support growth, distributions, and redeployment initiatives.
- Provide group-level oversight on treasury management systems and cash flow forecasting.
Reporting & Analysis
- Maintain accurate and timely reports on cash positions, liquidity forecasts, financing activities, and risk exposures.
- Deliver market insights and actionable recommendations to support executive decision-making on capital structure and treasury strategy.
(Good to Have) Tax Strategy & Compliance
- Support the development of tax-efficient structures for capital deployment and internal capital recycling.
- Work with external advisors to manage compliance with local tax laws and global tax frameworks.
- Monitor tax implications of financing strategies, including transfer pricing and regulatory updates.
- 10+ years of experience in capital structuring, corporate treasury, or financial risk management, ideally within real assets, funds, or private equity-backed companies
- Proven success in cross-border financing, fund formation, M&A support, and liquidity planning
- Deep understanding of capital efficiency, FX/interest rate hedging, and financing negotiations.
- Proven track record in working with banks, institutional lenders, and private capital providers.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with senior executives and external financing partners
- Regional exposure across Asia Pacific, with cross-border cash management and funding strategy experience.
- Ability to think strategically and execute nimbly in fast-paced environments.
- Highly proactive and solutions-oriented
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Strong commercial acumen and analytical rigor
- Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to navigate ambiguity
- Comfortable working with cross-border teams and diverse cultures
