Hua Wu

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CFO at Drift Grid · Corporate development

Drift Grid
Singapore · SGT (UTC+8)
13+ years experience
Chulalongkorn University
English, Mandarin
Hiring
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Overview

I lead corporate development at Drift Grid in Singapore. Closed the books in 3 days, down from 12. Before that: Visa and Amazon. Most at home with valuation and M&A. Learning Japanese, slowly.

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  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Questions about corporate development
  • Working sessions on M&A
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches

Best reached early in the week

Skills
valuationdeal executiondue diligenceM&Astrategy
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

Looking for an accountant who has worked on M&A at scale

Role
Accountant
Level
Mid
Type
Contract
Work mode
Remote within country
Compensation
$171k-$233k
Team
Corporate development, 10 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
A record of closing B2B deals Experience selling to the buyers we sell to Comfort with ambiguity
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp S$148k-S$224k. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Singaporem&adue diligencestrategy
Open

Experience

  1. CFO
    Aug 2022 - Present
    Drift Grid · 4 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $33 million raise.
    • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 14.
    • Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  2. Senior Financial Analyst
    Nov 2020 - Aug 2022
    Visa · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Ran diligence on 7 acquisitions.
    • Saved $9 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  3. Finance Director
    May 2018 - Nov 2020
    Amazon · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $153 million raise.
  4. Financial Analyst
    Jan 2016 - May 2018
    Grab · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $49 million raise.
  5. Finance Director
    Jun 2013 - Jan 2016
    Boston Consulting Group · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 17.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 9 straight quarters.

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Education

  1. Chulalongkorn University
    BEng, Accounting
    1995 - 1999

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