Finanical Controller (Real Estate)
Job Summary
About the Role
Our client is a well-established and highly respected real estate group in Singapore with over two decades of market presence. The business is entering an exciting growth phase pursuing strategic M&A opportunities to acquire complementary SMEs in adjacent sectors such as architecture interior design and property-related services.
We are seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join the senior leadership team. This is a dual-mandate role spanning day-to-day financial leadership of one operating entity as well as group-level M&A and acquisition activities. The successful candidate will report to both the Managing Director and the Group Founder depending on the scope of work
Financial Management & Reporting
M&A and Due Diligence
Team Leadership & Business Partnering
Treasury & Operations
Qualifications
Experience
Personal AttributesInterested candidates are invited to submit their CV and a brief cover note to:
ersonal Attributes
Our client is a well-established and highly respected real estate group in Singapore with over two decades of market presence. The business is entering an exciting growth phase pursuing strategic M&A opportunities to acquire complementary SMEs in adjacent sectors such as architecture interior design and property-related services.
We are seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join the senior leadership team. This is a dual-mandate role spanning day-to-day financial leadership of one operating entity as well as group-level M&A and acquisition activities. The successful candidate will report to both the Managing Director and the Group Founder depending on the scope of work
Key Responsibilities
Financial Management & Reporting
- Oversee full-spectrum financial reporting across group entities P&L balance sheet and cash flow management.
- Drive timely and accurate month-end quarter-end and year-end close processes.
- Manage statutory audit processes and liaise with external auditors tax agents and regulatory bodies.
- Ensure compliance with Singapore FRS IRAS requirements GST filings and all applicable regulations.
- Oversee accounts payable accounts receivable payroll processing and working capital management.
M&A and Due Diligence
- Lead financial due diligence on SME acquisition targets in sectors complementary to real estate.
- Assess target company financials identify risks and provide structured investment recommendations.
- Support deal structuring business valuation and post-acquisition financial integration.
- Build financial models and scenario analyses to support acquisition decisions and negotiations.
Team Leadership & Business Partnering
- Lead and develop a finance team of 3 to 4 staff setting clear performance objectives.
- Implement and continuously improve finance processes internal controls and systems.
- Act as a trusted financial business partner to both the MD and the Group Founder.
- Support annual budgeting rolling forecasts and variance analysis across entities.
Treasury & Operations
- Manage cash flow planning banking relationships and treasury operations.
- Oversee working capital optimisation and capital allocation across the group.
- Support the finance function through periods of change as the business scales via acquisition.
Requirements
Qualifications
- CPA CA ACCA or equivalent professional accounting qualification is preferred but not mandatory if M&A and deal experience is strong.
- Degree in Accountancy Finance or a related discipline.
Experience
- Minimum 8 to 12 years of relevant finance experience with at least 3 years in a Financial Controller or equivalent senior finance leadership role.
- Hands-on M&A experience financial due diligence deal structuring or post-acquisition integration is a strong advantage.
- Experience working in or closely with SMEs is strongly preferred given the nature of acquisition targets.
- Background in real estate architecture interior design construction engineering or adjacent property-related sectors is advantageous but not mandatory.
- Experience in a lean founder-led or entrepreneurial business environment will be highly regarded.
Personal Attributes
- Commercially astute able to think beyond the numbers and contribute meaningfully to strategic decisions.
- Hands-on and detail-oriented; comfortable being both a team leader and a strong individual executor.
- High integrity and discretion will be handling sensitive acquisition and commercially confidential information.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills able to manage upward to founders and across a small team.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in a dynamic fast-moving growth-oriented organisation.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV and a brief cover note to:
Kevin Chong Senior Associate Director
JonDavidson Pte Ltd EA Licence No. 22S1412
EA Registration No. R1109670
Email:
Website:
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. Client identity will be disclosed only at the appropriate stage of the process.
- Commercially astute able to think beyond the numbers and contribute to strategic decisions.
- Hands-on and detail-oriented willing to be both a leader and an executor.
- High integrity and discretion will be handling sensitive acquisition and financial information.
- Strong interpersonal skills able to manage up to a founder and across a small team.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in a dynamic growth-oriented organisation.