Edward Ye, CFA

Experience

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  Morris Cohen, Glen & Co Chartered Accountants

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Assistant

  • Acquired bank certificate in preparation of reconciliation for superannuation fund, Wealth management, QuickBooks data entries

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  KPMG China

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

  Trainee

  • Performed substantive audit procedures during field review, i.e. vouching and recalculation• Coordinated with client's internal audit department, reviewed and summarised clients' internal audit reports and collected updated certificates of incorporation• Served industries in Real Estate and Natural energy

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  HuaTai Securities Co.,Ltd.

  Aug 2011 - Sept 2011

  Intern

  • Intern Assistant at Client Service Department at Huatai Securities Co. Ltd.• Maintained customer relationship and conducted client‘s personal data input in Marketing Department and Trading Department

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  Deloitte China

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2017

  Senior Associate S3

  • Led an IPO engagement on U.S. NYSE as field auditor-in-charge during 2017; Project length: 6 months, listed on 18th May, 2017; Client industry: Education; Fund raised: USD181 MM. Represented audit team in IPO printer session meetings with client, bankers, and lawyers; Solved problems efficiently under extreme time pressure.• Conducted special engagement for M&A transactions of Chinese clients acquiring assets held by Temasek during 2016; Consideration transacted: CNY710.5 MM• Coordinated and participated in various audit engagements with IPOs on HK main board (twice), Very Significant Acquisition (VSA, Reverse takeover to list on HK main board) (once), IPO on China main board (A-share) (once), annual audit for HK main board listed companies (thrice), and with annual statutory audit for listed companies' subsidiaries and single smaller sized companies (more than 20)• Supervised teams up to 12 members carrying on-site audit, kept constant face-to-face communication with clients, and provided advises related to internal control, SOX auditing and tax consulting to clients; Earned satisfaction and compliments from clients and internal partners• Served clients’ industries covering education, manufacturing, energy and resources, retail and customer services, real estate, transportation and TMT. Specific audited customers are leading participants in K-12 Education, Passenger transportation, International shipping agent, International trading, Pharmaceuticals, Agriculture and gardening, Hydroelectric generation and station construction, Liquefied natural gas production and trading, Ceramics, Precision instrument and auto-parts factories, Urban housing developers , etc. • Travelling percentage of work: over 70% Show less

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  Cenntro Electric Group (CENN)

  Dec 2019 - now

  Core team to pursuit potential listing on NASDAQ

  • Acting CFO

    Mar 2024 - now

  • VP Finance

    Dec 2021 - Mar 2024

  • Financial Director

    Dec 2019 - Dec 2021