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Commercial Director, APAC (SaaS FinTech)

About the Company

Hiring for a fast-growing global technology company delivering SaaS solutions to financial institutions, fintechs, payment providers, and regulated businesses across APAC. The platform helps organizations accelerate digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and navigate an increasingly complex regulatory and commercial landscape.

We are seeking an experienced Commercial Director to lead strategic revenue growth initiatives and strengthen relationships with enterprise clients and partners across the region.

The Opportunity

As Commercial Director, you will be responsible for driving new business acquisition, expanding key client relationships, and developing go-to-market strategies across APAC. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across Sales, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, and Customer Success to accelerate growth and deliver long-term commercial value.

This role is ideal for an experienced enterprise sales leader with a strong track record of selling SaaS, fintech, payments, banking technology, regtech, or digital transformation solutions into large corporate and financial services clients.

Key Responsibilities

Revenue Growth & Business Development

• Develop and execute regional commercial strategies to achieve ambitious revenue targets.
• Identify, qualify, and secure new enterprise business opportunities across APAC.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of strategic opportunities across key markets.
• Drive the full sales lifecycle from prospecting through contract negotiation and deal closure.

Enterprise Client Engagement

• Establish and maintain relationships with C-suite executives and senior decision-makers.
• Understand client business challenges and position technology solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.
• Lead complex commercial discussions, proposals, and contract negotiations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers throughout the sales process.

Strategic Partnerships

• Develop and expand relationships with strategic partners, industry stakeholders, and ecosystem participants.
• Identify partnership opportunities that support revenue growth and market expansion.
• Collaborate with channel and alliance partners to generate new business opportunities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and Operations teams to ensure successful client outcomes.
• Provide market feedback and customer insights to support product development and commercial strategy.
• Contribute to forecasting, pipeline management, and business planning activities.

Market Leadership

• Monitor market trends, competitive developments, and emerging opportunities within fintech and SaaS.
• Represent the company at industry conferences, client meetings, and networking events.
• Act as a brand ambassador within the financial services and technology ecosystem.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise sales, business development, or commercial leadership roles.
• Proven track record of exceeding revenue targets within SaaS, fintech, payments, regtech, banking technology, or enterprise software environments.
• Experience managing complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders and executive-level decision-makers.
• Strong network across financial institutions, fintech companies, digital banks, payment providers, or large enterprises.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and close high-value commercial agreements.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on execution.

Preferred Experience

• Experience selling into banks, financial institutions, payment companies, or regulated industries.
• Knowledge of cloud-based software, digital transformation initiatives, and emerging financial technologies.
• Exposure to international or regional APAC markets.
• Experience working within high-growth technology or venture-backed environments.

Company Overview

Vinova is an award-winning development company specializing in mobile, web, and enterprise applications. Since 2010, we serve global clients across IoT, blockchain, fintech, networking, and ecommerce, delivering quality, flexible, and fast solutions through passionate collaboration.

Job Summary

Lead and drive the company’s digital transformation, IT strategy, and technology operations to support business growth and operational efficiency. Manage IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise systems, and teams while aligning IT initiatives with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement IT strategies aligned with business goals to drive digital transformation and operational efficiency
• Lead and manage IT operations including infrastructure, networks, systems, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or equivalent) to ensure reliable service delivery
• Oversee digital transformation initiatives focused on enhancing customer experience and enterprise application performance
• Ensure cybersecurity, data protection, and compliance with relevant regulations to safeguard company assets and information
• Manage IT budgets, optimize costs, and maintain vendor relationships to support technology investments and operations
• Drive system integration and process automation to improve operational workflows and technology innovation
• Lead, mentor, and develop the IT team to achieve high performance and foster professional growth
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver technology-enabled business solutions that meet organizational needs
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to enhance the company’s competitive advantage and innovation capacity

Required competencies and certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
• Minimum 8–12 years of relevant IT experience, including at least 3–5 years in leadership roles
• Proven expertise in IT strategy development, digital transformation, and project delivery
• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, cloud technologies, and cybersecurity principles
• Experience managing enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM, or similar platforms
• Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively in a fast-paced environment

Preferred competencies and qualifications

• Experience in consulting, digital experience, or customer-centric solution delivery

ZHIKUKE TECH is a leading digital transformation service provider headquartered in Singapore. We specialise in the omnichannel e-commerce sector and are committed to driving retail transformation through advanced information technology. The company has established a mature ‘online-offline’ integrated ecosystem, providing global brands with one-stop digital solutions ranging from independent website development and cross-border e-commerce operations to the management of smart physical stores. Leveraging keen market insight and technical expertise, ZHIKUKE helps businesses break down scenario boundaries to achieve customer retention and revenue growth.

The Director, SEA Tax is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing all tax matters across Southeast Asia, while aligning with the global tax strategy.

This role requires a leader who is equally comfortable operating at a strategic level and diving deep into detailed processes, data and technical issues.  The successful candidate must be able to understand complex, end‑to‑end tax workflows, identify risks and inefficiencies, and drive sustainable improvements - while also connecting tax outcomes to business strategy, risk management, and operational efficiency.

A critical component of this role is direct people leadership responsibility.  Developing a strong, high‑performing team with clear accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement mindset is a core expectation of this role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Regional Tax Leadership & Strategy

• Act as the tax leader for SEA, providing oversight across direct tax, indirect tax, withholding tax, transfer pricing, and cross‑border matters.

• Translate global tax strategy into strong regional execution that supports business growth while managing tax risk.

• Proactively assess emerging tax risks, regulatory developments, and planning opportunities, and advise stakeholders on potential impacts and actions.

2. Tax Compliance, Reporting & Governance

• Oversee end‑to‑end tax compliance across SEA, including CIT, GST/VAT, withholding tax, transfer pricing, and incentive‑related reporting.

• Ensure timely, accurate quarterly and annual tax accounting deliverables, including tax provision, tax packages, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.

• Own SOX tax controls, including design, execution, documentation, and audit readiness.

• Maintain strong governance over tax data quality, assumptions, documentation, and controls.

3. Audit, Controversy & Risk Management

• Lead all tax audits, assessments, rulings, and appeals across SEA in collaboration with external advisors.

• Develop and execute robust audit defense strategies supported by sound technical analysis and documentation.

4. Transfer Pricing & Cross‑Border Matters

• Partner with the Global Transfer Pricing team on TP policy, intercompany agreements, documentation and audit support.

• Evaluate tax implications of business model changes, supply‑chain restructuring, and new or evolving intercompany arrangements.

• Advise on permanent establishment risks, cross‑border services, and intercompany flows.

5. Incentives Governance

• Oversee tax incentive strategy and governance, including applications, compliance with conditions, and ongoing monitoring.

6. Business Partnering & Strategic Projects

• Act as a trusted tax advisor to business, finance, legal, and operations leaders.

• Provide tax input into strategic initiatives, including M&A, reorganizations, cross‑border structuring, and system implementations.

• Ensure tax considerations are embedded early into commercial and operational decision‑making.

7. Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Get into the weeds to understand tax processes, systems, and data flows.

• Identify inefficiencies, control gaps, and manual workarounds, drive simplification, standardization, and automation where appropriate.

• Lead improvements relating to ERP systems, tax reporting tools, and data accuracy.

• Embed a mindset of continuous improvement and operational excellence within the tax function.

8. People Leadership

• Directly manage and develop the team.

• Set clear priorities, performance expectations, and development plans aligned with regional and global objectives.

• Provide hands‑on coaching and technical guidance while empowering the team to operate independently.

• Build a high‑performing, resilient team with strong succession and retention.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, or related field.

• 18+ years of progressive tax experience, ideally combining Big 4 and in‑house roles.

• Solid tax accounting and SOX/internal controls experience.

• Experience in manufacturing, technology, or supply‑chain‑intensive multinational environments.

• Prior exposure to tax incentives or large ERP implementations.

• Proven leadership experience managing multi‑country tax matters and leading teams.

• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and hands‑on, with comfort moving between executive discussions and detailed technical work.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Strategic thinker with strong business judgement.

• Hands‑on, detail‑oriented, and execution‑focused.

• Strong people leader and mentor.

• High integrity and accountability.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and complexity.

​Responsible for overseeing all materials/ supply chain operations globally

Responsible for establishing and ensuring adherence to best practice policies and procedures.  Develop, implement and manage best practice material handling in support of shop floor lean manufacturing and lean logistics initiatives.

Responsible for establishing and ensuring adherence to best practice policies and procedures.  Develop, implement and manage best practice material handling in support of shop floor lean manufacturing and lean logistics initiatives.

Establish and implement methods and best practices related to the systems and process that support inventory forecasting, purchasing, and material control.

Develop, implement, track Materials Management metrics; perform root cause analysis and actions to improve any metric not meeting targeted goal

Develops strategies to drive efficiency and effectiveness of Warehouse operations including inventory management/ staging and material handling processes, quality, and logistics. Develops operating guidelines, policies, and procedures for inventory and warehousing.

Monitors overall inventory accuracy for all locations and develops action plans with direct reports to resolve issues and improve processes. Ensures that inventory controls are in place at all locations. Establishes inventory and warehousing performance measures

Represents materials organization on corporate materials task force teams.  Manages department budget, associated costs and resources.  Participates as a member of the operations team in making cross-functional operational decisions.  Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to achieve cost reduction targets.

Selects, evaluates and manages employees to ensure the efficient operations of the function.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates broad and comprehensive understanding of different systems, theories and practices

Business Expertise

• Applies broad industry and commercial awareness to drive financial and operational performance across business unit, department or sub-functions

Leadership

• Leads through subordinate managers of managers; executes segment/functional business plans and contributes to the development of segment/functional strategy

Problem Solving

• Directs the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems applying advanced analytical thought and judgment 

Impact

• Guided by segment/functional  strategy, impacts results of a department, business unit or sub-function or facilitates the work done by other segments/functions by providing support to impact the business

Interpersonal Skills

• Negotiates and influences the opinions of others at the senior executive level and in external organizations; exercises sensitivity to the audience 

Position requires understanding of Applied Materials global Standards of Business Conduct and compliance with these standards at all times. This includes demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct reflecting Applied Materials' core values.