Job Description

We are recruiting for a real estate investment firm looking to scale up their portfolio and with upcoming expansion plans, they are inviting a highly analytical and strategic finance professional to the lead treasury functions, drive M&A initiatives, and ensure corporate governance compliance.

Report to the Group CFO, you will take the lead in these responsibilities:

1. Treasury, Risk Management & Forecasting

• Liquidity & Cash Management: Oversee group-level cash flow, liquidity planning, and working capital optimization across diverse real estate portfolios.
• FX & Interest Rate Hedging: Develop and execute comprehensive hedging strategies to mitigate currency and interest rate risks. Utilize financial instruments (e.g., Interest Rate Swaps, Cross-Currency Swaps, Forwards) to stabilize borrowing costs.
• Forecasting: Lead rolling cash flow and treasury forecasting, including proactive sensitivity analysis on interest rate environments and FX volatility.
• Funding Strategy: Manage debt financing, negotiate with financial institutions, and optimize capital structure to minimize the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).

2. M&A, Company Valuation & Financial Analysis

• Company & Asset Valuation: Lead complex valuation exercises, including DCF, public comparable analysis, and precedent transaction analysis for both standalone real estate assets and corporate entities.
• Deal Execution: Direct the end-to-end M&A process, from pipeline development and due diligence to complex deal structuring and negotiation.
• Investment Analysis: Build and maintain robust financial models (IRR, NPV, Yield on Cost) to evaluate acquisition targets and divestment opportunities.

3. Taxation, Takeovers & Corporate Compliance

• Takeover Code Compliance: Act as the lead advisor on transactions subject to the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers. Ensure all deal structures, offer documents, and communications adhere to the General Principles and Rules of the Code.
• SGX Regulatory Advisory: Serve as the internal subject matter expert on the SGX Rulebook. Ensure full compliance with listing obligations, including major transaction disclosures and Interested Person Transactions (IPT).
• Tax Strategy: Optimize the group’s tax position by managing direct taxes (corporate income tax) and indirect taxes (GST/VAT, withholding tax, property tax and property stamp duties).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or Real Estate. CFA/CA/ACCA or equivalent professional certification is highly preferred. You have about 7–10 years in corporate finance or treasury, with a specific focus on the Real Estate industry.

• You have corporate valuation methodologies (enterprise value, equity value, multiples) and real estate asset-level modeling as well as financial risk management with proven expertise in interest rate and FX hedging strategies.

• Tax Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of direct and indirect tax regimes relevant to real estate holdings.