Corporate Functions Recruitment
Corporate Functions recruitment specialists placing professionals whose skills translate into the specific demands of technology, insurance and banking businesses, from the heart of Singapore CBD.
Specialist Recruitment Behind Every Function
Same job title, different sector, wider reach. Corporate functions roles based in Singapore often support teams across the region, and each sector brings its own regulatory, commercial and operational pressures. The strongest hires understand both. That’s where we come in...
Specialisms
We cover key specialisms within corporate functions that help fuel transformation and growth within baning, technology and insurance businesses.
Skills
Our specialist recruitment consultants work with key skills areas and niche corporate function communities spanning banking, technology and insurance. Building their knowledge, network and experience to deliver excellent service to candidates and clients.
Coporate Functions Hiring with Lasting Impact
From our Singapore Corporate Functions Leadership team.
Timelines depend on the role, its seniority and the hiring model. Interim and contract hires are often in place sooner than permanent appointments. Senior and regional roles, such as a regional financial controller or Head of HR, can take longer once notice periods, professional checks and any Employment Pass requirements are factored in. We’ll give you a realistic timeline from your first brief. For more detail, visit our contract and permanent hiring solution pages.
Corporate functions roles may share the same title across sectors, but the right hire depends on where and how their skills have been used. A finance leader who has managed regional reporting for a bank, an HR partner who has supported an insurer through rapid growth, or a procurement specialist who has sourced technology partners across Asia each brings experience that’s hard to replicate. Because our Corporate Functions team works alongside Gravitas’s banking, insurance and technology specialists, we understand those differences and can assess both capability and fit accurately. With our “specialist, not generalist” approach, you work directly with someone who knows your function and your sector.
We combine competency-based screening, qualification and professional membership checks, and thorough referencing. We also look closely at how candidates have applied their skills in your sector and at the scale you need. That could mean working under MAS-regulated requirements, supporting an insurer’s reporting cycle, leading change across several markets or managing regional stakeholders. After our consultants’ initial evaluation, we can arrange technical interviews, case studies or practical assessments to suit your process.
Experienced corporate functions professionals, especially those in regional roles, are often settled and not actively looking. We reach them through relationships built since 2014, across banks, insurers, technology businesses and multinationals with regional headquarters in Singapore. Many work with us exclusively, so you’re introduced to people who aren’t visible on job boards, with every approach handled discreetly.
We review our salary data regularly and fully update it every quarter to reflect changes across Singapore’s corporate functions market. Our benchmarks combine insights from our database of 300K+ candidates with our own research and secondary market data, so they reflect what’s really happening in your sector. Request a salary survey for up-to-date insight tailored to your role.
Candidate Process expectations
From our Associate Director, Cain Yee.
Corporate functions interviews in Singapore often explore regional experience and sector knowledge as well as technical expertise, so we make sure you’re ready for all three. Before and throughout the process, we cover:
- Company background and information
- Role requirements and how your skills and qualifications match them
- Your lifestyle non-negotiables (onsite or hybrid working, working patterns etc.)
- Interview format and expectations, including any regional responsibilities
- Technical interview, case study or assessment preparation
- Salary, bonus and package expectation guidance
We’ll also help you show the impact of your work, whether that’s a reporting process you streamlined, a team you helped grow, a contract you negotiated or a change programme you delivered.
From your first conversation through to your first day, we’ll guide you through each stage, whether you’re considering a contract role or a permanent move. Our general stages are:
Initial screening
- Skills, qualifications and requirements matching
- Cultural fit assessment (for permanent positions)
- Career aspirations alignment (for permanent positions)
- Growth and implementation speed (for contract roles)
- Lifestyle and location preferences
Interview & assessment
- Technical and competency screening
- Cultural fit interviews (for permanent positions)
- Deliverable agreements (for contract roles)
- Practical assessments
- Reference, work pass and background checking
Offer & onboarding
- Package negotiation, including bonus (for permanent positions)
- Notice period and start date management
- Onboarding coordination
- Follow-up support
- Timesheet and extension management (for contract positions)
Our consultants focus on specific functions and understand how your skills translate across banking, insurance and technology. We’ll only introduce you to roles that suit your experience, then talk through culture and lifestyle fit. Our key specialisms are:
- Accounting & Finance: financial controllers, finance business partners, FP&A and regional reporting professionals
- Human Resources: HR business partners, talent, reward and HR leadership roles
- Legal: in-house lawyers, legal counsel and regulatory specialists
- Business Transformation and Change & Strategy: transformation leads, strategy professionals and change managers
- Procurement & Supply Chain: procurement, vendor management and supply chain specialists
- Marketing: marketing, communications and brand professionals
The same skills can look very different from one sector to the next, and we understand those differences. Whether you’d like to move between banking, insurance and technology, or find a role where your sector experience is especially valued, we’ll help you make the move with confidence. Our clients include:
- Global and regional banks
- Insurers and reinsurers
- Technology businesses
- Fintech and insurtech firms
- Multinational corporations with regional headquarters in Singapore
Adding Value through benchmarking
We offer free tailored benchmarking reports to support your hiring strategies and decision making.
Request Corporate Functions Benchmarking
Request our overarching corporate functions benchmarking report, with contract rates and permanent salaries across a variety of roles across legal, marketing, accounting & finance, HR, procurement & supply chain, change & strategy and business transformation.
