Commercial Finance Director - APAC

Are you passionate about driving the digital transformation of the Swiss tax landscape? As a Senior Consultant, you will partner with cantonal tax administrations to design and implement forward-looking digital solutions. Leveraging your deep understanding of tax processes, conceptual strength, and technical expertise, you will help public institutions modernize their operations and shape the future of digital tax services in Switzerland. Working within an agile and collaborative environment, you will translate strategic visions into practical, user-centric solutions that deliver measurable impact.

In this role, you will lead digitalization projects from initial analysis through process and organizational design to successful implementation. You will identify opportunities for optimization, develop sustainable process improvements, and contribute to the conception of modern IT solutions with a strong focus on usability, efficiency, and long-term value. Beyond project delivery, you will play a key role in business development—expanding the company’s footprint in the public sector, acquiring new projects, and nurturing lasting client relationships. Your curiosity for emerging technologies and your ability to translate innovation into actionable solutions will help shape the company’s growing digital tax portfolio.

To excel in this position, you bring a degree in business administration, business informatics, or a related field, and several years of experience in digital transformation consulting—within the public sector or tax domain. You have a solid understanding of tax administration processes and the requirements of modern IT systems. Fluent German and professional English are essential. You combine analytical thinking and solution-oriented action with a strong sales spirit. If you’re ready to help shape the digital future of Swiss tax administrations, this position offers you the platform and team to make a lasting impact.

For more information about this position please send your CV to me at Dmitrij.Geier@nicollcurtin.com or call directly under +41 43 215 45 14.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced SAP Consultant/ Specialist to support the design, implementation, and optimization of SAP solutions across various business functions. The role involves working closely with stakeholders to understand business processes, configure SAP modules, and deliver end-to-end solutions that drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business users and IT teams to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.

• Configure and customize SAP modules (e.g., MM, SD, PP, FI, CO, HCM, SuccessFactors, REFX, PS, BW, ABAP) according to business needs.

• Participate in the full project lifecycle: blueprinting, design, configuration, testing, training, go-live, and post-implementation support.

• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure integration across SAP modules and third-party systems.

• Perform system testing, data migration, and user acceptance testing (UAT).

• Develop and maintain technical documentation and process flows.

• Provide end-user training and ongoing support to ensure system stability and performance.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and innovation within SAP.

• Stay updated with SAP best practices, new releases, and emerging technologies (S/4HANA, Fiori, Cloud solutions, etc.).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field.

• 3–10 years of SAP functional or technical experience in one or more core modules (MM, SD, PP, FI/CO, HCM, SuccessFactors, REFX, PS, etc.).

• Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes and integration points within SAP.

• Proven experience in configuration, testing, and deployment of SAP solutions.

• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience in S/4HANA implementation or migration projects is an advantage.

• SAP certification(s) preferred.
   

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Fiori, BTP, or SAP Cloud Platform.

• Familiarity with Agile or hybrid project methodologies.

• Experience working with multi-country or regional deployments

• Build and lead the team responsible for Trade Bookings, P&L, Reconciliations, and Settlements.
• Oversee Liquidity, Margin, Collateral, and Capital Allocation across multiple exchanges, DeFI trading venues, trading partners, custodians, and banks.
• With a solid understanding of on/off-exchange trade requirements, you will build seamless processes, automate repetitive steps, and setup training.
• Partner with Trading, Finance, and Risk to validate flows end-to-end, improve visibility, and deliver accurate, timely reporting.
• Hire, coach, and oversee the team, define KPIs, setting an extremely high standards in relation to order, accuracy, reliability, and speed.

• Degree holder in Finance/Business or related field from a highly reputable University
• 5+ years of experience in Trading Operations, Settlements from a leading Financial Institution or crypto trading firm, ideally with experience leading global teams
• In-depth experience building a distributed operations department providing 24/7 global coverage
• Solid experience in creating and improving processes while managing daily trading operations, with a proven ability to automate and optimize processes. 
• A quick thinker with a natural affinity for numbers capable of prioritising efficiently with an ability to navigate an ambiguous and quickly evolving market.
• A natural affinity to work with multiple stakeholders up and down the organisation
• Fluency in English with impeccable written and oral communication skills 

About the Company

Hiring Company is a leading global technology company with billions of users worldwide, where cross-functional teams in marketing, procurement, finance, and legal collaborate to enhance vendor management and marketing operations across international markets.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Marketing Procurement & Vendor Management Analyst to support our international marketing operations.

THIS IS AN INITIAL 1 YEAR CONTRACT ROLE SUBJECT TO CONVERSION TO FULL TIME OR EXTENSION BASED ON BUSINESS NEEDS AND PERFORMANCE.

This role sits within a global vendor management function that drives both strategic and operational excellence in how marketing teams engage external partners, agencies, and suppliers.

The successful candidate will act as the key bridge between marketing stakeholders and vendor partners ensuring contracts, purchase orders, and sourcing activities are executed seamlessly while driving cost efficiency and compliance. You will combine strong procurement know-how with stakeholder management finesse, helping marketing teams operate at speed without compromising process or policy.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for marketing teams on vendor, sourcing, and procurement processes across the region.
• Review and triage sourcing requests to ensure they follow the optimal route for efficiency, compliance, and cost savings.
• Partner with procurement, legal, finance, and sourcing teams to manage contract creation, renewals, and negotiations.
• Support vendor onboarding, performance tracking, quarterly business reviews (QBRs), and scope or contract updates.
• Manage purchase requisitions and purchase orders to ensure marketing budgets and forecasts are executed accurately and on time.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate suppliers, streamline processes, and improve lead times for marketing programs.
• Maintain accurate data and documentation across internal systems, reports, and spend trackers.
• Lead or contribute to continuous improvement projects focused on vendor governance, sourcing efficiency, and operational best practices.
• Communicate clearly and confidently with diverse stakeholders across regions and functions.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or vendor management within marketing, media, or creative industries.
• Proven ability to handle marketing procurement processes including contracts for agencies, purchase orders, and supplier negotiations.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams such as marketing, finance, and legal.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset comfortable challenging inefficiencies and proposing improvements.
• High attention to detail and ability to thrive in a fast-moving, high-volume environment.
• Proficiency with Google Suite or Microsoft Office; familiarity with procurement or source-to-pay tools is an advantage.

Performance Indicators

• Reduction in cycle time for contracts and POs.
• Accuracy of budget execution versus forecast.
• Ownership of vendor management processes ensuring all marketing vendor engagements flow through the proper governance channel.

I have a brand new Senior DevOps Engineer position with a financial services client of mine based in Galway. This role would be a permanent and hybrid position paying €75k - 80k. You will be required to be onsite 1 week per month (3 weeks fully remote).

Core Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience working with AWS in live production environments.
• Managing and maintaining Kubernetes (EKS) clusters in multi-region setups.
• Experience creating and deploying Helm charts & libraries.
• Migrating workloads from ECS and running production services.
• Creating and deploying charts and reusable libraries.
• Authoring declarative CI/CD pipelines and shared libraries.
• Experience with Apache Kafka and Confluent platforms.
• CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk Cloud et.
• Automating tasks and troubleshooting systems.
• Managing access across large AWS environments.
• Terraform for provisioning and configuration.
• Python for scripting and automation.
• Git for distributed code management.
• Familiarity with Akamai for content delivery optimization.

Feel free to reach out for more information - imran.jiwo@nicollcurtin.com

• Responsible for the full suite of trade support to the trading desks, focusing on trade bookings, trade verifications, balance and position reconciliations, P&L attributions.
• Set up new accounts and trading books, carefully maintaining data integrity and data mapping.
• Perform funding operations and settlement checks, Review funding usage and manage internal capital distribution records
• Investigate and resolve fund transfer issues, liaising with Treasury and/or external brokers
• Work in close collaboration with tech teams to develop and enhance booking and reconciliation procedures, monitor and escalate risk positions against internal benchmarks and develop new monitoring tools accordingly 
• Design and develop booking models for new products and related checks and reconciliations

• Degree holder in Finance/Accounting, Business or Operational related disciplines
• Minimum 8 years of Trade Support, Operations, or Product Control from the trading floor of a leading Financial Institution. (Experience in a crypto trading firm beneficial, not essential).
• Excellent problem-solving skills detailed oriented mindset with a high degree of accuracy.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Python with a vested interest to expand your technical skills, coupled with a passion for cryptocurrency and blockchain.
• Excellent English communication skills with the in Cantonese and Mandarin an added advantage. 

We are looking for a seasoned C++ Tech Lead to spearhead our technology strategy, emphasizing innovation in decentralized finance (DeFi) and trading systems.

This role involves developing secure, high-performance platforms, mentoring technical teams, and ensuring technology aligns with business goals. The ideal candidate will enhance our competitive advantage in a fast-changing market through technical skill and strategic vision.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee timelines and project milestones to ensure everything is completed on schedule and meets quality standards.
• Guide engineers daily, promoting a sense of ownership and high standards.
• Monitor progress towards technical goals and regularly update on project status, challenges, and resource needs.
• Keep our technical plans on track; quickly address any issues that arise.
• Turn big-picture technology goals into clear, actionable steps for engineering teams.
• Spot potential problems early and help teams overcome obstacles; ensure quality through regular testing and monitoring.
• Offer hands-on help when needed, including code reviews and design discussions.
• Serve as a bridge between business and engineering teams to align goals and plans.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years+ of software engineering experience, including at least 4 years in a leadership position.
• Strong knowledge of systems design, software development life cycle (SDLC), and agile methods.
• Excellent communication skills to connect strategic goals with technical details.
• Experience managing complex technical projects across different teams.
• Self-motivated leader with a talent for inspiring and guiding diverse tech teams
• Proven ability to deliver quality software on time and within project limits.
• Comfortable making decisions in uncertain situations.
• Previous experience in shaping technology strategies is beneficial.
• Familiarity with trading systems, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized finance (DeFi) is a plus.