Regulatory Reporting & Finance Executive

ROLE PURPOSE

Conduit Group is a MAS-regulated wealth and asset management group operating two capital markets services license holders alongside a shared services company. The Group is creating this role to bring end-to-end ownership of the MAS regulatory reporting cycle for CAM and CSPL into the finance function, and to provide qualified depth across the day-to-day finance operations that currently sit with a single team member.

The successful candidate will do two things. First, they will take full and independent ownership of MAS periodic returns and surveys for both licensed entities - preparing, reconciling, submitting and archiving every monthly, quarterly and annual filing to deadline. This work is presently carried by the Group COO and is being transferred permanently into this role. Second, they will work alongside the incumbent Finance & Operations staff on the Group's accounting, billing, payroll and payments cycle, and act as the designated backup for that cycle.

This is a hands-on accounting role in a regulated environment. It suits someone who is technically sound in financial accounting, comfortable owning a regulatory calendar, and disciplined about evidence, reconciliation and audit trail.

The role carries two reporting lines. Technical direction, accounting judgement, reporting standards and review and sign-off of regulatory submissions come from the Group CFO. Day-to-day priorities, workflow, leave and local administration sit with the Group COO in Singapore.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. MAS regulatory reporting - CAM and CSPL (primary ownership)

Sole preparer and submitter for all periodic MAS returns and surveys across both license holders, working to the Group's regulatory reporting calendar:

- Monthly. Outstanding S$ Credit Facility return for CSPL, submitted no later than ten working days after each reporting month end.

- Quarterly. For both CAM and CSPL - Form 1 (Statement of Assets and Liabilities), Form 2 (Statement of Financial Resources, Total Risk Requirement and Aggregate Indebtedness), and the Income and Expenditure Statement for the compilation of Value-Added of the Financial Sector all due within fourteen days of quarter end. Quarterly Data Collection (QDC) submissions for CAM in February, May, August and November.

- Annual returns. For both entities - Forms 1 to 6, comprising the annual statements of assets and liabilities and financial resources, the statements relating to the accounts of a CMS licence holder and supplementary information, the auditor's report and the auditor's certification all due within five months of financial year end. Also the Declaration of NIL Return of Misconduct of Representatives.

- Surveys and tax information reporting. FATCA and CRS reporting for both entities by 31 May 1042-S reporting to the IRS for CAM (15 March, or 15 April where deferral is taken) MAS Manpower Survey Survey of Services Survey of the Asset Management Industry Survey on Variable Capital Companies and the ML/TF Risk Assessment Survey in coordination with Compliance.

- Ongoing. Distribution of MAS circulars and announcements published on MASNET to the relevant internal stakeholders on a twice-monthly cycle monitoring and settlement of MAS billing and tracking of Legal Entity Identifier renewals across Group entities. Any other adhoc MAS reporting requests that may be received from time to time.

Beyond submission itself, the role is accountable for the integrity of the underlying numbers - tying each return back to the general ledger and to the audited accounts, retaining supporting workpapers, and filing every submission to the Group's regulatory records structure. The role will also maintain the regulatory reporting calendar itself, flagging changes in MASforms, thresholds or submission requirements as they are issued.

2. Finance operations - shared delivery and designated backup

Working with the incumbent Finance & Operations Executive across the Group's recurring accounting cycle, and covering that cycle in full during periods of absence:

- Banking and payments. Daily posting of bank transactions across Group accounts, export from the banking platform and import to Xero processing of vendor payments and intra-group transfers as they fall due.

- Billing and receivables. Preparation and issue of recurring and ad-hoc client, counterparty and introducer invoices across all three entities, including management and performance fee invoicing, sub-advisory and rebate billing, retainer invoices. and intercompany recharges

- Payroll and statutory. Preparation of the monthly payroll schedule broken downby employee and reconciled to the general ledger for audit purposes CPFprocessing IR8A preparation adjustments for joiners and leavers tax clearance filing and maintenance of employee records on the HR platform.

- Close and reconciliation. Bank reconciliations across all Group banking relationships corporate and debit card reconciliation depreciation runs, accruals, prepayments, FRS 116 and other journals ledger review GST computation and filing fixed asset register maintenance.

- Audit, tax and statutory. Preparation of audit schedules and responses to audit or queries, tax computation support production of statutory bank statement packs for audit.

- Corporate. Capital injections, share lodgements, bank authoriser maintenance, ACRA transactions and corporate secretarial support as required.

3. Control and continuity

- Document the MAS reporting process end to end, so that each return has a written procedure, a source-data map and a checklist that a second person could follow.

- Serve as the named backup for the Group's finance operations cycle, and be backed up in turn, removing single-person dependency from both regulatory reporting and daily finance.

- Escalate promptly where a deadline, a reconciliation break or a data gap is at risk of affecting a regulatory submission - to the CFO on the technical issue and to the COO on the resourcing or timetable consequence.

REQUIREMENTS

Essential

- Experience within a MAS-regulated financial institution, ideally a capital markets services license holder, fund manager or broker-dealer.

- Familiarity with MAS periodic reporting, MASNET submission, and the financial resources and risk requirement concepts underlying Forms 1 and 2.

- Degree or Diploma in Accountancy, Finance or a related discipline or part-qualified / qualified ACCA, CA (Singapore), CPA or equivalent.

- Minimum three to five years of hands-on accounting experience, with demonstrable ownership of a full accounting cycle through to close.

- Working knowledge of Singapore statutory requirements - CPF, IR8A, GST filing and Singapore payroll mechanics including Additional Wage ceiling treatment.

- Evidenced accuracy and deadline discipline - this role carries statutory filing dates that cannot slip.

- Able to work independently with limited supervision while escalating appropriately.

Strongly preferred

- Exposure to FATCA and CRS reporting, or to fund administration and investment management fee calculation.

- Strong Excel capability and practical experience with a cloud accounting system Xero experience is a distinct advantage.

- Multi-entity and multi-currency accounting experience, including intercompany recharge and consolidation.

Attributes

We are looking for someone methodical and quietly reliable, who takes ownership of a calendar rather than waiting to be chased, who is confident enough to challenge a number that does not look right, and who understands that in a regulated firm the workpaper behind the submission matters as much as the submission itself. Discretion in handling confidential financial and personnel data is essential.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIRST TWELVE MONTHS

- Every MAS monthly, quarterly and annual return for CAM and CSPL submitted on or before its due date, with no late filings and no resubmissions arising from preparer error.

- A complete, documented regulatory reporting calendar and procedure set owned by this role, reviewed by the CFO, and no longer dependent on the COO to prepare or submit.

- Full working coverestablished across the Group finance operations cycle, verified through atleast one period of independent coverage.

Regulatory return workpapers available on request and tied to the audited accounts.