Peterson Group is a Hong Kong-based multi-family office with investments spanning private equity, private credit, venture capital, hedge funds, and international real estate across Asia, Europe, and North America. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Wyndham Capital, is licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for Type 1, 4, and 9 regulated activities.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Financial Controller to take ownership of the financial reporting and operational finance functions across the Group’s family office, investment vehicles, and portfolio companies. The successful candidate will manage a small finance team, oversee monthly management accounts for individual project vehicles, manage the team’s treasury function, and liaise with the Group’s finance team on group-level reporting and consolidation. The role also encompasses fund administration, portfolio operations management, and management reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee monthly management accounts, group-level consolidation, and financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
- Manage financial reporting across multiple investment entities, holding companies, funds, and portfolio companies.
- Lead and support finance team members, review deliverables, and maintain effective accounting policies, controls, and reporting workflows.
- Manage fund administration activities, including NAV preparation, capital account statements, drawdowns, distributions, treasury, and cash flow monitoring.
- Prepare portfolio company reporting packs, monitor KPIs, budget variances, and cash positions, and support reporting enhancements.
- Maintain accurate investment records, support LP reporting, and assist with deal execution from a finance and operations perspective.
- Coordinate with auditors, tax advisors, fund administrators, banks, legal counsel, and other external service providers.
- Support statutory filings, corporate governance documentation, SFC regulatory obligations, preparation of FRR, KYC / AML clearance, and relevant Hong Kong family office tax concession requirements.
- Assist in the preparation of materials for management reporting, financial summaries, operational reports and portfolio dashboards.
- Liaise with company secretarial team to maintain up-to-date statutory records, and annual filings across all jurisdictions.
Requirements
- Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent is required.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or managerial finance role.
- Background in financial institutions, family offices, asset managers, or alternative investment platforms is strongly preferred.
- Exposure to multiple asset classes, including private equity, private credit, hedge funds, and/or real estate, is highly valued.
- Hands-on experience with fund administration and operations.
- Strong consolidation and multi-entity reporting skills across jurisdictions.
- Familiarity with SFC regulatory requirements and Hong Kong company law is an advantage.
- Excellent written and spoken English; Cantonese and/or Mandarin proficiency is preferred.
- Candidate with more experiences may be considered for the position as Financial Controller
Personal Qualities
- Strong analytical skills, self-motivated, proactive and commercially minded
- Attention to details and accuracy, good team player
- Positive attitude with effective interpersonal and cross-functional communication skills
- Well-organized with strong sense of responsibility
- Effective leadership and supervisory skills
Technical Skills
- Proficient in MS Office applications software (strong in Excel; knowledge in Power BI is a plus)
- AI knowledge and ability to apply AI tools to improve finance processes (e.g., reporting automation, data analysis, drafting narratives) with sound awareness of data confidentiality
- Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese
We offer an attractive compensation package, bank holidays, medical benefits, and paid examination leave to the right candidate.
Interested candidates please send your detailed resume with your present and expected salary to recruit@petersonhk.com.
Employment application data held by the Group will be treated in strict confidence and used only for recruitment purposes. Applicants who are not contacted within 2 months may consider their applications unsuccessful. The Group will retain their applications for a maximum period of one year and may refer suitable applicants to other vacancies within the Group.