Finance Manager

Job description

Key Accountabilities:

• Month-end close and book closure
• Financial reporting and consolidation
• Philippine statutory, tax and regulatory compliance
• Australian entity support
• Revenue assurance
• Payables, receivables and treasury
• Audit, controls and risk
• Planning, forecasting and financial analysis
• Data, reporting and automation
• Systems, process and team leadership

Essential:

• CPA (Philippines) or equivalent accounting qualification.
• 6–9 years post-qualification experience, including 2+ years in controllership, financial controller, or finance manager roles.
• Full ownership of month-end close across multiple entities, including intercompany and FX.
• End-to-end statutory and tax compliance experience, including audits/examinations.
• Primary contact for statutory auditors; able to manage audits through signed accounts.
• Hands-on ownership of AP, AR, cash management, and payment/vendor controls.
• Experience reconciling operational/billing revenue to the general ledger.
• Proven ability to build or strengthen internal controls.
• Finance team leadership and accountability for team output.
• End-to-end budgeting and forecasting ownership.
• Strong financial modelling, ERP/accounting systems, advanced Excel, and large-data capabilities.
• Working knowledge of BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Availability during Australian business hours, including month-end.
• Comfortable working hands-on in a developing finance function and with overseas management.

Desirable:

• Experience supporting Australian, UK, US, or Singaporean parent entities.
• Familiarity with Australian accounting, tax, or corporate requirements.
• Shared service/global capability centre or foreign-group subsidiary experience.
• Experience with commissions, affiliate settlements, clawbacks, or high transaction volumes.
• Audit-readiness, due diligence, transaction, or governance experience.
• BIR or comparable tax authority examination experience.
• Big Four or mid-tier audit background.
• Cloud ERP implementation/migration or finance automation experience.
• SQL or equivalent data-querying skills.
• Management reporting/dashboard ownership.
• Unit economics experience in subscription, marketplace, lead-generation, or high-volume consumer businesses.