Head of Finance

Work Location:

Singapore, Singapore

Hours:

40

Line of Business:

Finance

Pay Details:

We’re committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.

Job Description:

Department

The TDGS Head of Finance will lead the finance function in providing strategic financial leadership, strong governance, and disciplined execution across the entity. The role is responsible for building and running a scalable finance operating model that supports business growth, regulatory compliance, financial integrity, and effective decision-making. This leader will partner closely with business, operations, risk, compliance, tax, legal, HR, and global finance teams to establish a high-performing finance function aligned to enterprise standards and local regulatory requirements.

Job Role/Responsibilities

• Finance leadership and strategy: Establish and lead the finance agenda for the TDGS ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy, target operating model, and growth objectives.

• Controllership and financial reporting: Oversee financial close, accounting, balance sheet integrity, statutory reporting, and management reporting with a strong focus on accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.

• Planning and performance management: Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, and performance reporting to support management decision-making and resource allocation.

• Entity and regulatory governance: Ensure compliance with local statutory, tax, company law, and regulatory requirements in India, while maintaining alignment with global finance, governance, and control standards.

• Control environment: Build and maintain a robust internal control framework across finance activities, including reconciliations, approvals, segregation of duties, issue remediation, and evidence retention.

• Tax and treasury coordination: Partner with tax and treasury stakeholders on direct and indirect tax compliance, transfer pricing support, cash management, banking set-up, and repatriation considerations, as relevant.

• Business partnering: Act as a trusted advisor to the TDGS leadership team and global stakeholders on financial implications of strategic decisions, operating model choices, investments, and capacity expansion.

• Risk and compliance partnership: Work closely with risk, compliance, legal, and audit teams to ensure the TDGS finance function meets internal policy requirements and external regulatory expectations.

• Team build-out and capability development: Recruit, lead, and develop a high-calibre finance team in India, creating clear roles, strong accountability, and a culture of ownership, control, and continuous improvement.

• Process excellence and automation: Drive standardization, process efficiency, and appropriate automation across finance processes to improve scalability, control, and management insight.

• Stakeholder management: Manage relationships with external auditors, advisors, regulators, banking partners, and internal governance forums as required.

• Change and execution: Support legal entity set-up, governance implementation, policy localization, and transition to business-as-usual operations for TDGS including transfer to BOT setup to TDGS.

Job Requirements

• Qualified finance professional (e.g., CA, CPA, ACCA, CFA or equivalent) with significant progressive leadership experience in finance, controllership, FP&A, or entity finance roles (10+ years).

• Strong experience in financial services, banking, shared services, captive centres, or Global Capability Centre environments preferred.

• Deep understanding of finance governance, internal controls, financial reporting, budgeting, and performance management.

• Strong knowledge of India statutory requirements, corporate governance expectations, audit readiness, and financial compliance obligations.

• Experience building or scaling finance teams and operating models in a complex, matrixed, multinational environment.

• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leadership and influence decisions across business, operations, and control functions.

• Strong communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively across global and local teams.

• Track record of driving process improvement, disciplined execution, and sustainable control outcomes.

Who We Are

TD Securities is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investment we make in our colleagues to help them, and their families achieve their well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, including medical coverage, paid time off, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.
 
Colleague Development 

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. 

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
 

Interview Process 
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation 

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment / interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.