Investment Banking Associate executing public equity offerings and mergers & acquisitions at Baird. Collaborating with senior bankers and clients to drive financial advisory services across sectors.
About the role
- AVP managing financial reporting for Blackstone's real estate funds in Singapore. Responsible for supervising acquisition activities, deal management, and ensuring compliance in financial transactions.
Responsibilities
- Monitor acquisition timeline and support Blackstone Finance team on acquisition activities
- Review acquisition funds flow through the deal structure and oversee execution
- Review acquisition documents and keep track of key activities
- Co-ordinate with various stakeholders, including legal advisors and sellers for onboarding of Finance/Tax/Treasury related documents
- Manage closing cost & working capital requirements as part of deal acquisition
- Support BX acquisition team with financial information as required
- Manage portfolio deals in accounting & reporting functions
- Capitalize funding through the deal structure as per structure & tax requirements and monitor it throughout deal life cycle
- Ensure timely approval and payment of invoices
- Review monthly management accounts for projects under your allocation
- Review quarterly valuation deliverables to Blackstone i.e. NAV analysis, Debt valuation and Cash analysis
- Monitor liquidity and cash management on an ongoing basis
- Manage working capital and closing costs as part of quarterly reporting
- Liaison with corporate secretary and legal advisors in finalizing corporate secretarial documents and legal documentation for all capital transactions
- Review of funds transfer documents and ensuring all considerations are met (e.g., bank details, bank balances, negative interests, bank charges, cut-off timings)
- Oversee funds transfer with Treasury to ensure smooth execution, including settlement of FX trades
- Analyze cash flow requirement in each project and finalize distribution amount on a quarterly basis
- Review solvency tests and ensure compliance with legal requirements as part of distribution
- Review and finalize documentation for all funds movements working closely with Cosec and Legal teams
- Review ad-hoc capital movement through the deal structure
- Review and guide team on key financial transactions (including JE booking)
- Summarize & analyze quarterly NAV fluctuation for stakeholders
- Manage statutory audits and review financial statements of entities under your allocation, including liaison with auditors on audit issues/complex disclosures.
- Review allocation of fair market valuation for each entity / deal on quarterly basis
- Review deal book and ensure deal structures are updated
- Disposition management, including fund flow management, onshore coordination and tax reviews
- Manage working capital till liquidation of entities
- Work closely with Cosec and Legal teams to liquidate the entities in projects
- Provide support to Tax team in ensuring all tax reporting requirements’ deliverables and support are provided on time
- Assist Tax team in responding to queries from tax agents on financial related matters
- Responsible for onboarding of new team members
- Monitor appropriateness of team structure and workload
- Assess training requirements to keep team members up to date with relevant requirements, and provide ongoing coaching and training to direct reports
- Proactively manage expectations, set targets, and provide feedback to team members
- Ensure stakeholders’ needs and expectations are well managed (i.e Blackstone business finance), and stakeholders are aware of timing and progress of deliverables
- Ensure quality of deliverables and service are aligned to excellence required by Blackstone
- Liaise with external advisors, such as tax advisors, auditors, legal advisors, and lenders in relation to ongoing matters and deal structuring issues or refinancing of loan
- Manage relationship with JV Partners/Platforms/ Service providers for various deliverables
- Assist with continuous improvement initiatives for all financial reporting processes
- Liaison with back-end (COE) teams and provide coaching and training to COE teams
- Liaison with 3rd party onshore service providers / JV partners
- Ad hoc project work
Requirements
- 7 years’ + experience in a relevant industry
- Chartered Accountant or equivalent
- Bachelors (or equivalent) in Finance/Economics
- Working knowledge of Private Equity/Real Estate, Fund Administration experience desirable
- Fluent in Knowledge of a foreign language both written and spoken preferred (Japanese and/or Korean)
- Tax structuring knowledge beneficial
- Relationship management experience to influence diverse stakeholders across regions
- Strong interpersonal, relationship-building skills
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
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