Legal Entity Controller and Regulatory Reporting Manager / Senior Manager Permanent

Join our dynamic and high performing Financial Management Group as a Finance professional, working closely with stakeholders in managing the financial affairs and regulatory reporting obligations of Macquarie Singapore’s legal entities.

Based in Singapore, you will be the Legal Entity Controller for Macquarie Singapore’s entities licensed under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and also manage financial and regulatory reporting for these entities. You will be responsible for effective risk management of legal entities and compliance with the Group’s financial control and regulatory reporting framework, while ensuring that MAS regulatory reporting requirements are understood and accurately completed.

Leveraging your technical knowledge and expertise of regulatory rules and requirements, you will partner with the business to drive capital/liquidity efficiencies and provide advice and analysis on regulatory changes by keeping abreast of regulatory developments. This position requires strong stakeholder management skills (often at leadership levels), as you will work with business groups and opine on regulatory impact of new products and/or new transactions and make appropriate recommendations to Finance approvers. You will also work with internal stakeholders to ensure data integrity and drive process improvement, enhancement and automation.

Last but not least, you will be involved in projects and ad hoc requests from internal stakeholders and/or MAS including finance regulatory projects driven by regulatory change, internal business changes or new business activities; and liaising with global teams of external auditors to ensure successful and seamless completion of audits

To excel in this position, you will hold a Bachelor of Accountancy or Finance and a professional accounting qualification like CA or CPA, along with minimum 6 years’ experience in regulatory reporting, financial control and/or legal entity control within a financial institution. You will bring strong technical knowledge of IFRS based financial reporting and MAS regulatory reporting rules and requirements. Understanding of Hong Kong’s Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) guidelines and regulation will be a plus point.

We are looking for a team player who is detail-oriented, can solve complex and ambiguous issues and be able to anticipate / flag potential issues before they become a problem. You should also be bold, be willing to embrace and drive change.

You will also need to have good team management skills and communications skills. You will be expected to coach, mentor and support your team members, be generous with your knowledge, time and resources and build a collaborative work environment.

More seasoned candidates having over 10 years relevant experience can be considered for Senior Manager level.

If this sounds like an exciting challenge, we would love to hear from you.

About the Financial Management Group

The Financial Management Group provides financial, tax and treasury services to all areas of Macquarie. The group is focused on providing strategic analysis and advice to Macquarie’s businesses and senior management, managing Macquarie’s funding, liquidity and capital position, ensuring Macquarie continues to meet regulatory and compliance obligations and managing Macquarie’s corporate affairs.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths, and in combination with our inclusive environment, it enables us to deliver innovative and sustainable outcomes for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. From day one, you’ll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If our purpose of ’empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future’ is as inspiring to you as it is to us, please apply. With the right technology, support and resources, our people can work in a range of flexible ways.

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage candidates to speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you, and the type of working arrangements that would help you thrive.