Total 3 job vacancies by Singapore Business Federation

The Financing Specialist will engage enterprises through 1-to-1 consultations to assess the enterprise’s financial health, deliver tailored financial advisory, and address financing needs by facilitating access to suitable financial institutions. The Financing Specialist should have at least 5 years of experience in one or more of the following areas: banking, finance, accountancy, audit, or financial/corporate advisory services. The Financing Specialist should possess strong financial acumen capabilities with strong communication skills, with knowledge of SMEs’ financing challenges preferred. This role requires a finance professional who can work with enterprises and collaborate effectively with financial institutions and financial ecosystem partners to ensure the needs of enterprises are met.  

Job Responsibilities

Financial Advisory

• Assess the financial health of enterprises by analysing their business plans, cashflows and financial projections
• Guide enterprises in adopting financing tools tailored to their growth needs, including support for refinancing, restructuring, and insolvency to strengthen financial resilience.
• Advise enterprises on risk and crisis management, including insurance solutions and contingency planning.
• Provide M&A advisory to support industry consolidation and strategic business pivots.
• Support the Centre Director in assessing the needs of enterprises and financing landscape to identify new opportunities and ensure continual development of relevant products and services.
• Drive innovation and productivity strategies while staying ahead of industry developments in the provision of financial advisory services.

Financing Facilitation

• Gather and share information with enterprises on relevant government financial schemes
• Assist enterprises to secure loans by facilitating engagements with financiers, analysing their credit strength and putting up loan applications to banks on their behalf
• Advise and guide enterprises with loan applications, including providing know-how for different stages of enterprises and sectors, spanning traditional and alternative financing options.

Service Excellence

• Champion service excellene by fostering trust-based relationships with client enterprises, ensuring their business needs are understood and effectively addressed

Programme Development

• Support CEFA in developing learning resources to enhance enterprise financial literacy.

Job Requirements

• 5 years of experience in banking, finance, accountancy, audit or a background in providing financial or corporate advisory services to corporate clients. 
  
• Financial Acumen - Demonstrates a deep understanding of financial principles, instruments, and markets, with practical experience in credit assessment for loan applications, restructuring and refinancing. Knowledgeable in insolvency and bankruptcy procedures, and adept at applying data analytics to identify and address gaps in the financial landscape.
• Problem solving - Ability to assess complex financial situations and propose viable solutions. 
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management - Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders and build strong partnerships. Possess a service mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Communication - Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey complex financial concepts clearly.

The Deputy Director, Marketing & Communications is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of all SBF’s communications activities, with the below principal accountabilities. Leading a small team with oversight on branding, marketing communications and media, this personnel is expected to be directly helming the media scope, whilst mentoring team members.

Media and Corporate Communications

• Serve as SBF representative to the media: cultivate and maintain strong relationships with media outlets, industry partners, government agencies and other relevant stakeholders to amplify SBF’s presence and messaging
• Lead in key message development and corporate storytelling, including content development, drafting of talking points and thought leadership articles/pieces
• Provide strategic communications counsel to internal stakeholders on all communication-related issues
• Develop corporate materials, including SBF’s annual reports, corporate presentations and brochures, and corporate videos
• Supervise the production of EDMs to publicise SBF’s programmes and to strengthen engagement with members
• Assist in crisis communications planning and management for the organisation

Branding

• Lead the team in articulating SBF’s vision, mission, value proposition and organisational objectives to shape perception and the image of the Federation, befitting its stature as an apex business chamber
• Manage the SBF brand identity, including visual assets, messaging guidelines, and brand positioning, to ensure consistency and relevance across all touch points

Marketing Communications

• Develop and implement marketing and communications strategies aligned with SBF’s goals
• Collaborate with internal departments (policy, membership, business divisions) to develop integrated marketing and communications campaigns across paid, shared, earned and owned channels which include social and digital efforts, that support their objectives and towards the division’s KPI of members’ engagement rate

Job Responsibilities

1.  Strategy and Reporting

Responsible for creating, implementing and measuring the success of: 

• a comprehensive marketing, communications and public relations program that will enhance SBF’s image and position within the business communication and the general public
• facilitating internal and external communications
• all SBF’s marketing, communications and public relations activities and materials including publications, media relations, client acquisition and so forth

2. Media 

• Provide communications counsel and support for media and non-media events and activities to all divisions in SBF, the Secretariat and SBF Council
• Develop story angles, key messages for SBF events and activities involving media i.e. manage press briefings, interviews and media queries
• Facilitate media queries and ensure timely response to media
• Draft and/or provide inputs and edit/translate commentaries, speeches, messages and write-ups 
• Media engagement and cultivation

3. Social Media

• Expand and grow SBF’s digital presence and increase online engagement with members and wider business community through digital marketing campaigns and content marketing
• Oversee content creation and implementation for social media channels including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and WeChat
• Create digital marketing campaigns for key events

4. Digital Collaterals

• Management of the website, ensuring content is enhanced, accurate and updated in a timely manner
• Serve as overall editor for SBF’s e-magazine BiZSpoke

5. Corporate Collaterals

• Develop corporate materials to support SBF’s outreach
• Lead in the development and on-schedule completion of Annual Report and Corporate Video
• Oversee collateral production of other departments including editing and design

6. Corporate Identity

• Serve as guardian of corporate identity to ensure brand standards are consistently applied throughout organisation

7. Capability Building and Budget Management

• Building capability within the team and organisation
• Manage team’s budget

Job Requirements

• Minimum 10 -15 years of relevant experience with at least 3 years in leading a public relations and marketing communications team
• Strong in Marketing Communications; oral and written communications skills
• Possess good strategic, analytical, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated creativity and successful experience in writing press releases, making presentations and negotiating with media
• Experience in developing and managing budgets; and grooming and developing personnel for succession planning
• Ability to manage multiple projects within tight timelines
• Good relationship and experience with media

The Assistant Manager/Manager will support the Centre Director drive the strategic and operational goals of CEFA by coordinating programmes, managing stakeholder engagements, and supporting enterprise capability-building efforts. This role requires strong project management skills and experience in the financial services sector would be preferred. The incumbent will also be required to assist in research, gathering feedback, and translating insights into relevant and actionable analysis.

Job Responsibilities

Programme Development and Project Management

·       Plan and develop courses to build enterprise financing capabilities.

·       Organise thematic financing events such as forums and networking sessions, to connect businesses with potential investors, venture capitalists, facilitating funding opportunities.

·       Coordinate logistics and administrative tasks to ensure smooth execution of programmes.

·       Work with external vendors to plan, develop, and implement online tools (e.g. online learning resources, CEFA website).

·       Drive reporting to senior management, responding to requests and queries in a timely manner

·       Track programme performance, prepare reports, and support evaluation efforts to inform planning for future programmes.

Research and Market Intelligence

·      Conduct research on local and global financing trends to generate insights for enterprise support.

·      Collect and analyse feedback from enterprises to identify financing gaps and emerging opportunities.

·      Communicate new financing initiatives and government support schemes to enterprises in a timely and accessible manner.

·      Use digital tools to aggregate enterprise financing data and generate shareable industry insights.

·      Establish expert advisory panels to gain deeper understanding of evolving community and sector needs.

Stakeholder Management

·      Champion service excellence by fostering trust-based relationships with client enterprises, ensuring their business needs are understood and effectively addressed.

·      Liaise with internal teams and external partners to support branding, marketing, and outreach efforts.

Other Duties

·      Contribute to the development of CEFA’s SOPs and internal processes.

·      Support cross-functional projects, internal communications, and marketing efforts as needed.

Job Requirements

·       3 to 5 years of experience in project management.

·       Bachelor's degree in business-related fields preferred.