Job Description
Title Senior Manager/Associate Director - Financial Controller, Singapore
Department Financial Control (CFO Group)
Location Dalian, China
Reports To Asia Pacific Financial Controller
Level Senior Manager/Associate Director
We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Business Finance team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.
Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more.
As a flexible employer, we trust our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our clients and our business. We are a disability-friendly company and would welcome a conversation with you if you feel you might benefit from any reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond.
About the CFO Group
The CFO Group is a global corporate function at Fidelity International, operating across all 27 countries and bringing together Finance, Business Consulting, Procurement, Treasury and Corporate Property Services.
The CFO Group exists to actively partner with the business, providing financial clarity, constructive challenge and leadership so that decisions are well governed and value is created across the enterprise. Through the Finance Fast Forward programme, the function is evolving towards a more modern, commercially focused and insight‑led model, strengthening its use of data, automation and judgement to support high‑quality decision‑making, robust control and sustainable outcomes.
About your role
As Senior Manager/Associate Director – Financial Controller Singapore, you will support financial control, regulatory reporting, consolidation and capital management activities for our Singapore entities, including the regional holding company for Asia Pacific.
This is a hands-on role requiring strong technical expertise in Singapore regulatory requirements, financial reporting, consolidation accounting and capital management, combined with the ability to operate effectively within a matrix organisation.
The role will be responsible for key financial control activities, including close, statutory, regulatory and consolidation reporting, as well as supporting the production of Board reporting. It will also provide oversight across tax and broader control frameworks. A key focus will be driving efficiency, automation and continuous improvement across financial control activities.
Working closely with the Singapore business, including Business Heads and Compliance teams, the role will help support a cohesive and well-controlled Finance function.
Based in Dalian, the role will work closely with offshore teams and act as an important interface between Singapore and regional/global Finance teams, ensuring effective coordination and delivery across the broader Finance organisation.
The successful candidate will be a proactive, delivery-focused professional, capable of navigating complex regulatory and tax environments and building strong relationships with stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Control & Regulatory Reporting
- Lead financial close, year-end, consolidation and regulatory reporting processes, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements for the Singapore entities
- Oversee statutory reporting and ensure alignment with IFRS and group reporting requirements
- Support external audit and regulatory interactions
- Lead preparation of consolidated financial information and Board reporting for the regional holding entity
Capital & Liquidity Management
- Monitor and manage regulatory capital and liquidity requirements in line with MAS expectations
- Ensure entities remain appropriately capitalised
- Provide clear reporting and insight to senior management and Boards
Operating Model & Transformation
- Drive efficiency, automation and process improvement across all financial control activities
- Leverage automation and digital tools to reduce manual processes and enhance control
- Support implementation of process and operating model improvements where appropriate
Technical Oversight & Controls
- Provide guidance on complex regulatory, accounting and financial control matters
- Ensure strong internal controls across all areas of financial control
- Maintain audit readiness and proactively manage risk
Tax
- Partner with Tax teams to ensure alignment between tax outputs and financial reporting
- Review and challenge tax outputs where appropriate
- Support tax-related queries and assess impacts on financial reporting, including matters relating to the regional holding structure
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with the local Singapore business teams, including the local senior management and compliance teams
- Collaborate closely with Dalian and India support teams to deliver financial control activities
- Serve as a key interface between Singapore and regional/global Finance teams, ensuring effective coordination
- Strong accountability for delivery from an offshore location
- Support coaching and development of junior team members where required
- Present to senior stakeholders and Boards
- Communicate complex matters clearly in English
About you
Key Skills & Experience
- Professional accounting qualification (CPA or equivalent) essential
- Financial control experience within a regulated environment, ideally with exposure to Singapore entities
- Strong knowledge of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) requirements, including regulatory reporting obligations
- Alternatively, a strong track record of working within complex regulated environments
- Experience overseeing consolidation accounting and reporting, ideally within a regional or group structure
- Strong understanding of capital and liquidity frameworks
- Experience in managing and developing team members
- Technical expertise in IFRS and group reporting USGAAP, with experience in multi-entity environments
- Working knowledge of tax in a Singapore or regional context, with experience partnering with Tax teams
- Expereince in driving process improvement and automation initiatives
- Ability to act as a key interface between offshore delivery teams and local/regional stakeholders
- Hands-on, proactive and able to operate independently
- Excellent communication skills in English (essential)
- Ability to explain complex regulatory, accounting and financial matters clearly to senior stakeholders
- Strong execution focus with attention to detail
- Commercial mindset with a focus on efficiency and value-add
- High levels of ownership and accountability
Feel rewarded
For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
Skills Required
- Professional accounting qualification (CPA or equivalent)
- Financial control experience within a regulated environment
- Exposure to Singapore entities and MAS regulatory requirements
- Strong knowledge of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) regulatory reporting obligations
- Experience overseeing consolidation accounting and group reporting
- Strong understanding of capital and liquidity frameworks
- Experience managing and developing team members
- Technical expertise in IFRS and US GAAP in multi-entity environments
- Working knowledge of tax in a Singapore or regional context and ability to partner with Tax teams
- Experience driving process improvement and automation initiatives
- Ability to act as key interface between offshore delivery teams and local/regional stakeholders
- Hands-on, proactive and able to operate independently
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Ability to explain complex regulatory, accounting and financial matters to senior stakeholders
- Strong execution focus with attention to detail
- Commercial mindset with focus on efficiency and value-add
- High levels of ownership and accountability
Fidelity International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fidelity International and has not been reviewed or approved by Fidelity International.
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Parental & Family Support — Family leave and carers’ support are emphasized via equalized paid parental leave globally and enhanced maternity/adoption policies. Inclusive provisions also cover carers’ leave and compassionate leave to support diverse family needs.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare benefits and private medical insurance are consistently highlighted as part of the core package across locations. Wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme and menopause support, reinforce the depth of health coverage.
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Retirement Support — Pension and retirement savings are positioned as a strong element of the total package in multiple markets. Retirement design is frequently cited alongside paid time off and flexibility as part of a solid overall offer.
Fidelity International Insights
What We Do
Fidelity International offers investment solutions and services and retirement expertise to more than 2.5 million customers globally. As a privately held, purpose-driven company with a 50-year heritage, we think generationally and invest for the long term. Operating in more than 25 countries and with $739.9 billion* in total assets, our clients range from central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates, financial institutions, insurers and wealth managers, to private individuals. Our Workplace & Personal Financial Health business provides individuals, advisers and employers with access to world-class investment choices, third-party solutions, administration services and pension guidance. Together with our Investment Solutions & Services business, we invest $567 billion on behalf of our clients. By combining our asset management expertise with our solutions for workplace and personal investing, we work together to build better financial futures. *Data as of 31 March 2021
