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Darren Tam

EMBA
Darren  Tam

Summary

Pragmatic professional with solid experience in leadership roles. Adept at implementing strategic business plans, driving growth and improving operations. Skilled in financial management and stakeholder relations. Collaborative and dedicated to building and leading talented and motivated individuals. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

19
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
2
Certifications
3
Languages

Work History

Emperor Financial Services Group

Financial Controller
2017.07 - Current (7 years & 2 months)

Job overview

  • Partnered with CEO and CTO to spearhead design and implementation of treasury system for global payment with automatic account verification and AML compliance
  • Collaborated with 10+ well-known financial institutions and fintech unicorns for automation and risk management to propel the global business forward
  • Advised and collaborated with group management and business leaders to identify 10+ key business drivers that significantly impact business risk amid the VUCA environment
  • Implemented Business Intelligence Tableau to transform real-time data into business insights for senior management, 20+ marketing teams, and dealing managers
  • Streamlined accounting, treasury, and settlement functions by directing 15+ professional staff in Hong Kong and collaborating with different responsible persons located in China, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, and London
  • Reduced fixed operating cost of the Company by 30% while enhancing operating capabilities by building up a cloud-based platform, creating a data-driven culture, and virtual work assignment under COVID 19
  • Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    to develop effective solutions for challenging
    situations
  • Served as subject matter expert for development
    and implementation of corrective action plans
    where substantial unnecessary loss resulted
    regularly from current policy

Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited

Finance Director
2010.07 - 2016.04 (5 years & 9 months)

Job overview

  • Designed Group's financial control policy and supervised 15+ professional staff of the accounting and treasury team to fully comply with SFC and MAS compliance reporting and tax reporting
  • Established annual budgeting and financial forecasting for 20+ departments, resulting in an increase of 300% in revenue and profit from 2010 to 2015
  • Coordinated with financial institutions to raise HK$13 billion in syndication loans and HK$7 billion in debt and equity transactions to support significant growth of loan and investment portfolio
  • Diversify income stream for 10% of revenue through fixed income, currencies and commodities, and wealth management products
  • Partnered with the accounting department of the head office in Shanghai to raise US$500 million in bonds for offshore equity trading and structured bond investment

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Manager
2004.08 - 2010.07 (5 years & 11 months)

Job overview

  • Joined as an Associate and was subsequently promoted several times to Manager in 5 years
  • Managed a portfolio for 10+ audit clients including commercial banks and securities brokers under HKFRS and USGAAP listed below
    -AIA Group Limited (1299.HK)
    -AIG Finance (Hong Kong) Company Limited
    -Bank of Communications Company Limited (3288.HK)
    -CITIC Capital Holdings Limited
    -Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited (1788.HK)
  • Lead Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited into IPO in July 2010

Education

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Executive MBA
2015.08 - 2017.07 (1 year & 11 months)

University Overview

Graduated with outstanding academic achievement (Beta Gamma Sigma), GPA: 3.6/4.0

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Bachelor of Science from Quantitative Finance
2000.09 - 2004.05 (3 years & 8 months)

University Overview

Graduated with Honors with, GPA: 3.4/4.0, Participated in the one-year exchange program to study at The, GPA: 3.8/4.0

Skills

    Operational decision making

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Certification

CPA (Fellow F06591)

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Timeline

Financial Controller

Emperor Financial Services Group
2017.07 - Current (7 years & 2 months)

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Executive MBA
2015.08 - 2017.07 (1 year & 11 months)

Finance Director

Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited
2010.07 - 2016.04 (5 years & 9 months)

CPA (Fellow F06591)

2007-09

CFA (374278)

2007-09

Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers
2004.08 - 2010.07 (5 years & 11 months)

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Bachelor of Science from Quantitative Finance
2000.09 - 2004.05 (3 years & 8 months)
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