Senior Finance Manager

Location: Alabang, Muntinlupa City

Work set-up: Full onsite, dayshift

Our client in the global background verification and compliance solutions space is searching for a dynamic and hands-on Senior Finance Manager who will lead the New Business Unit into the global ecosystem. This is not a traditional "keep the lights on" accounting role. You are stepping into a high-growth, with expected skill sets to include having an entrepreneurial mindset, the financial and commercial acquisition integration and support and lead client business meetings.

Your immediate mandate is to professionalize business—transitioning it to institutional financial standards and rigorous regulatory compliance—while simultaneously acting as a strategic commercial partner to scale the business aggressively.

Key Responsibilities
1. Post-Merger Integration & Financial Control

• Accrual Transition: Lead the immediate transition from legacy cash-based accounting to full accrual accounting, specifically implementing the Service Completion Method (PFRS 15) for revenue recognition.

• Systems Overhaul: Upgrade and recast the current Management Information Systems (MIS) to align with the company's institutional reporting standards.

• Working Capital & Cash Management: Establish rigorous corporate controls over bank mandates, treasury, and working capital, ensuring zero leakage and optimized cash flow.

• Earnout Management: Meticulously track and report on "Adjusted EBITDA" and forensic add-backs to ensure the SSPA (Share Sale and Purchase Agreement) earnout mechanics are executed flawlessly.

2. Regulatory Compliance & Tax Strategy

• Cross-Border Tax & Transfer Pricing: Oversee withholding tax provisions (FWT/VAT) for foreign vendor payments and ensure compliance with arm’s-length Transfer Pricing (TP) agreements between New Business Unit and the company's US/UAE entities.

• Audit & Statutory Leadership: Serve as the primary liaison for our newly appointed "Big Four" external auditors, the SEC, and the BIR, ensuring historical and future tax clearances are bulletproof.

3. Commercial Finance & Business Development

• Start-Up Mentality: Act as the commercial co-pilot to the business head. Bring a "roll-up-your-sleeves" energy to identify revenue synergies, optimize pricing strategies, and model new market launches.

• Margin Optimization: Develop dashboards to track unit economics, operational expenditure (OpEx) caps, and marketing ROI.

• Growth Modeling: Support the launch of cross-selling initiatives (e.g. online platform) by building agile, data-driven financial models to test new business lines.

Qualifications:

• Education/Certification: Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the Philippines.

• 4-8 years of progressive finance experience. Must have a strong foundation in audit or corporate finance (Big Four experience is highly preferred).

• Deep, practical expertise in PFRS 15 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers) and cross-border tax compliance.

The Differentiators:

• The "Clean-Up" Experience: You have previously stepped into a founder-led, SME, or loosely structured environment and successfully implemented enterprise-grade ERPs, controls, and compliance frameworks.

• Commercial Agility: You don't just report the numbers; you use them to drive business development. You are comfortable in a fast-paced, ambiguous "startup" environment where you have to build the plane while flying it.

• M&A Exposure: Previous experience in post-merger integration (PMI), earnout tracking, or managing the financial transition of an acquired entity.

• Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex local compliance issues (SEC, BIR, PEZA) to global stakeholders (Dubai headquarters).