Kyc Expert
Executive Director
Experienced buy-side COO/CFO worked in front and back office roles with proven track record in leadership, relationship and change management skills. Qualified accountant with significant experience managing non-investment functions of asset managers including fundraising and investor relations. Acquired significant institutional mandates through brand building and client focus. Skilled in fund launch, structuring and setups. Built and revamped investment and marketing operations by transforming into institutional setup with increased operational and cost efficiency through new systems, processes and service providers. Extensive network of investors, fund personnel and service providers. SFC responsible officer for type 1, 4, 9 activities.
Experience: 11 years
Yearly salary: $150,000
Hourly rate: $500
Nationality: ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong
Residency: ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong
Experience
Executive Director
ZQ CAPITAL HONG KONG LIMITED & ZQ ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2019 - 2024
ZQ Capital is a cross border SFC licensed investment firm with sector focus in health-care, consumer and financial services that has deployed and exited about US$800M of capital in private and public equity investments. Served as executive director, SFC type 1, 4, 9 responsible officer and MIC of the investment group governed by multiple regulatory bodies. Formulated and implemented business, financial and operational plan with COO/CFO responsibilities. Managed and provided leadership on non-investment, financial and control functions of various group entities (including investment manager, funds and other affiliates in Hong Kong, Cayman Islands and Shanghai). Oversaw, established and institutionalized financial and operational processes, policies and procedures of the group entities including a complete overhaul of the finance, accounting, compliance, audit, tax and regulatory reporting functions. Worked with counsels and investment team on investment structures, fund launches, agreements and contract negotiations; Structured fundraising process, managed due diligence requests from institutions and investors and reviewed transaction documents. Provided insights, transaction support, performed due diligence and post investment monitoring on transactions. Managed overall relationships, negotiated terms, service levels and fees with external vendors such as fund administrator, legal counsel, compliance consultant, auditor and accounting/tax advisor to maximize operational and cost efficiency.
Head of finance and compliance
Parametrica Management Limited 2012 - 2018
Parametrica Asset Management is an investment manager with strategic relationship with Millennium Partners that runs two commingled hedge funds by employing a quantitative and model-driven investment approach in global equities. - Led overall day-to-day operational and financial activities of funds and management entities with COO/CFO responsibilities including overseeing all non-investment business and control functions (finance/accounting/tax/treasury, investor relation/business development, risk, operations, legal, compliance, human resources and administration). - Formulated business/operational plans, development efforts and executed strategic initiatives for the hedge fund group. - Responsible for design, marketing, operational and regulatory aspects of the launch of new Asia-focused product in 2016. - Served as primary point of contact with external investors. Managed all aspects of fund raising, investor relations and due diligence inquiries, negotiations, on-boarding, after-sales, KYC and capital activities; raised significant subscription flows by cultivating new and expanding existing relationships (Funds grew from US$40M to a peak AUM of over US$450M). - Oversaw financial operation of fund vehicles and group entities including treasury, book keeping, fund accounting, monthly NAV sign off, month end close, annual audits, budgeting and regulatory reporting. - Oversaw relationships, negotiated terms/fees with counter-parties and 3rd parties for which services have been outsourced. - Established and institutionalized operational infrastructure, processes and policies of the HK SFC Type 9 entity. - Monitored daily business operation to ensure compliance and acted as contact point to SFC and other regulatory bodies. - Specified and implemented in-house risk systems to ensure market risk profiles of funds are quantified and captured. - Led and supervised production and provision of fund marketing materials, fact-sheets, RFP, DDQ and investor newsletters. - Managed office managers on administrative matters for various regional offices (Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai). - Served as responsible officer (RO) and manager-in-charge (MIC) of various functions for the HK SFC Type 9 entity.
Skills
accounting
brand
cfo
china
compliance
customer-support
executive
hr
legal
quantitative
kyc
english
chinese-mandarin