gmaker
Finance And Operations
With solid experience in startups and investment banking, I am a results-driven and strategic thinker who has played pivotal roles in companies. My expertise lies in financial planning for business development, strategic projects and operations. I excel in collaborating with individuals at all organizational levels and across diverse functions and cultures.
· Corporate Finance – Hands-on experience in due diligence, market research, identify investment highlights, financial modeling, execution of end-to-end IPO projects. Successfully managed and advised on four listings in four years.
· Finance for Businesses – Extensive experience in guiding stakeholders on business growth and tackling operational challenges through performance metrics, and formulating enhancement strategies to achieve targeted goals.
Experience: 8 years
Yearly salary: $140,000
Hourly rate: $0
Nationality: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Residency: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Experience
Director of Finance and Operations
Sprout 2022 - 2023
Sprout is SaaS company specialized in equity, ESOP and Web3 token management. I worked directly under the CEO as his right-hand man. Most of the tasks (except tech-related) have been assigned to me as the point of contact - Responsible for fundraise, secure loans & grants applications to ensure sufficient working capital for business growth - Prepared FP&A reports and analyzed financial data & performance metrics to develop actionable insights for CEO - Responsible for all aspects of operations, including administrative, customer support, development and marketing - Managed over 10+ company onboardings, handling four largest customers with approximately 100 to 150 users (Animoca brands, KKDay, Thunes, and Floship)
General Manager, Finance and Strategy
Vegan Concept 2014 - 2022
Vegan Concept is the Hong Kong's first vegan e-commerce platform. Co-founded by me, as a single brand B2B wholesale business and transformed it into a multi-brand e-commerce platform in three years. I have managed sales, marketing, finance, operations and human resources. - Responsible for business strategy, expansion plans, financial forecasts and managing P&L ownership. - Led a team of four to explore new distribution channels and developed products to attain sales and P&L targets - Analyzed online store and ads performance data and key metrics to understand customer behavior - Analyze changes in financial statement to identify key factors to improve margins and reduce overall costs
Assistant Vice President, Corporate Finance
RHB Investment Bank 2011 - 2014
- Led and managed IPO projects, and liaised with internal and external parties on transactions to ensure smooth execution, meet deadlines and successful listing - Created and analyzed financial models for potential transactions, including comparable companies and transactions analysis, DCF and LBO models, SWOT analysis and competitive research - Led and conducted due diligence on companies to ascertain any risks and business frauds - Liaised with regulators (SFC and HKEx) to ensure fundraising activities complied to listing rules and guidelines
Associate, Corporate Finance
CIMB Investment Bank 2010 - 2011
- Prepared listing documents, timetables, marketing materials, teasers, factsheets, investor presentations, and related docs to support senior bankers and deal team for fundraising projects - Performed commercial and financial due diligence on companies, related to IPO, M&A and pre-IPO investment to ensure successful transactions - Conducted financial models, comparable and transactions analysis, and research for deal and pitches
Skills
finance
operations
strategy
sales
english
chinese-mandarin