Senior Finance Manager with 8+ years leading multi-entity controllership, IFRS compliance, and statutory reporting across Asia. Track record of building finance functions from the ground up, driving automation that cut close cycles by 30%, and partnering with executive leadership on regional finance strategy. CPA Australia associate with deep fintech and multi-jurisdictional regulatory experience.
Start2 Group (Global Innovation & Accelerator Group)
Singapore
Lead finance for the Asia region, overseeing the full finance function across five entities: Singapore, South Korea, Japan, India, and China. Hold regional P&L responsibility, managing accounting operations, statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close across multiple jurisdictions and currencies. Designed and enforced group accounting policies across five Asia entities, embedding financial controls and ensuring consistent IFRS/SFRS-compliant reporting.
Designed and implemented regional transfer pricing policy, ensuring arm's-length compliance across five jurisdictions and alignment with local tax requirements. Led group consolidation for the Asia region, producing consolidated financial statements and management reporting across the five entities for headquarters. Co-develop regional finance strategy with senior leadership, advising on capital allocation and headcount across five Asia entities at CFO-level scope.
Manage treasury, cash flow, and intercompany flows across the Asia entities to safeguard liquidity and company assets. Drove finance transformation by deploying automation tools across the Asia region, improving efficiency and accuracy of financial operations.
Aethir
Singapore
Built the finance function from zero, owning end-to-end accounting operations
Knit Technologies Pte. Ltd.
Singapore
Led controllership, reporting, and compliance for the Singapore HQ and regional entities. Owned budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling for project-based revenue streams, improving accuracy by 25%. Introduced cost allocation and project profitability tracking, increasing visibility of margin drivers. Built banking relationships and executed debt financing to support company growth; introduced automated expense workflows that cut manual processing time by 20%. Managed Corporate Tax, GST and other statutory compliance matters in collaboration with external tax advisors.
Business Partnering with department heads for project costing evaluations. Implemented new accounting tools to improve workflow. Partner with management to provide financial analysis and recommendations that support strategic decision-making. Managed of Payroll and HR matters.
Global Compact Network Singapore
Singapore
Owned the full finance function. Statutory reporting, budgeting, audit coordination, and Board-level dashboards as sole finance lead. Introduced cost-tracking and variance analysis tools, improving grant utilisation and financial efficiency. Managed treasury and cash flow across multi-program operations. Business Partnering with other departments for costing evaluation.
Infinitus Productions Pte. Ltd. and LIV3LY (Startup)
Singapore
Produced monthly management reports, KPI dashboards, and variance analysis; built forecasting templates to measure ROI and project profitability. Managed treasury, vendor payments, and GST compliance, improving cash visibility. Executed group consolidations for Infinitus Productions and LIV3LY, improving financial clarity and efficiency.
Spencer Ogden Pte. Ltd.
Singapore
Managed full-set accounting, reporting, and consolidations for APAC entities (SG, MY, AU, HK). Coordinated regional audits and tax submissions; set up cost-centre reporting for HQ. Ran FP&A across revenue and margin analysis, forecasting, and variance reporting, and rolled out expense and fixed-asset policies across APAC.
Bachelor of Commerce
Diploma
Diploma
Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)
Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)
CPA Australia
Institute Of Singapore Chartered Accountant (ISCA)