Chief Accountant - Fintech

Our client is a growing technology platform with a Singapore presence. As the business continues to scale, they are hiring a Chief Accountant to lead its finance and accounting function, strengthening reporting, controls, compliance, and finance operations across the business. This is a broad finance leadership role within a lean and growing platform.

The role would suit someone hands-on, commercially minded, and comfortable taking ownership across full-set accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, statutory compliance, internal controls, and multi-entity reporting. Responsibilities for the Chief Accountant:

• Lead and manage the finance and accounting function, covering full sets of accounts, monthly closing, financial reporting, and statutory reporting
• Prepare management accounts, financial statements, board-level reporting materials, and other finance-related reports for senior stakeholders
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, working capital management, and financial analysis to support business decision-making
• Manage audit, GST, corporate tax, payroll-related compliance, and other statutory requirements in Singapore
• Ensure compliance with Singapore Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS, and relevant regulatory obligations
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, approval workflows, and finance governance standards
• Oversee group consolidation, intercompany transactions, multi-entity reporting, and cross-entity finance matters where required
• Partner closely with senior management to provide financial visibility, commercial insights, and practical recommendations
• Liaise with external auditors, tax advisors, banks, investors, and other external stakeholders
• Lead and mentor the finance team, while driving process improvements, automation, and system enhancements as the business scales Requirements for the Chief Accountant:
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field
• Professional qualification such as CA Singapore, ACCA, CPA Australia, ICAEW or equivalent would be strongly preferred
• Around 7 to 10 years of relevant accounting and finance experience
• At least 3 years of experience in a Finance Manager, Financial Controller, Chief Accountant, Accounting Manager or similar finance leadership role
• Strong hands-on experience across full-set accounting, month-end closing, financial reporting, statutory reporting, audits, tax, budgeting, forecasting, and cash-flow management
• Good knowledge of Singapore GST, corporate tax, payroll-related matters, statutory compliance, SFRS and IFRSPrior experience managing multiple entities, group consolidation, intercompany accounting or regional reporting would be advantageous
• Experience with accounting systems or ERP platforms such as Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle or similar systems
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to work with financial models, reports, reconciliations, and management analysis
• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and ability to operate independently within a lean finance function
• Commercially minded, practical, and comfortable working closely with senior stakeholders in a fast-moving environment
• Prior experience in a start-up, SME, technology business, high-growth company or founder-led environment would be viewed positively Selby Jennings is a Trading Style of Phaidon International (License number 16S8194)