Head of Finance APAC region

Position: Head of Finance APAC

Department: Region APAC

Reports to: Regional President APAC

Purpose of position

Your primary mandate is to lead the Finance function for APAC and act as a strategic partner to the President, APAC as part of the APAC management team. You own regional P&L performance and oversee the full financial spectrum, including business control, pricing, financial reporting under IFRS, tax and treasury.

You will have a dotted reporting line to the Group CFO and will cooperate a lot with the Group Business Control Team.

Your focus is to deliver a reliable monthly close and group reporting cadence with clear variance analysis, ensure books and records comply with applicable accounting standards and internal controls, and build scalable processes supported by systems and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Act as the finance lead and strategic partner to the President, APAC, contributing to regional strategy and execution.
• Drive regional P&L performance. Monitor results, identify drivers and risks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Lead regional finance, including supporting pricing governance, deal support, margin analysis and customer profitability.
• Lead forecasting, budgeting and long-range planning. Provide high-quality commentary and scenario analysis to guide decisions
• Partner cross-functionally with Commercial, Operations, HR and IT to support regional priorities and performance improvement.
• Take overall responsibility for Financial external reporting on regional level for the operating APAC entities.
• Develop and maintain the internal control framework for accounting in the APAC Region.
• Oversee financial reporting in IFRS. Ensure accuracy, timeliness and compliance with group policies and controls.
• Manage corporate tax matters in the region in partnership with group tax. Coordinate filings, transfer pricing inputs and effective tax rate monitoring.
• Oversee treasury activities for the region, including cash flow forecasting, liquidity, banking relationships and working capital.
• Build and improve finance processes and controls that scale with growth. Drive change management to embed new ways of working.
• Cooperate with group to structure data and reporting through systems and BI tools (Power BI). Develop dashboards and KPIs that translate data into insight.
• Manage local external advisors (audit, tax, legal, payroll) and ensure value for money and quality of service.
• Oversee all credit notes for all lines of business for the regional customers.
• Ensure all billing discrepancies are handled in a timely manner.
• Create governance for pricing and set pricing levels for the pricing team, while monitoring GM/ EBITDA impact.
• Develop and coach a high-performing finance team. Set clear objectives and promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Authority

• Final check of invoices in Medius and ensure vendor invoice approvals are compliant to Authority and Approval Group directive.
• Issue payments according to the financial policy.
• Main contact person to Auditors for the APACs legal entities’ accounting.

Demands on the position

Professional capabilities

• 10 or more years of progressive finance experience with a strong accounting foundation.
• MBA in Finance (or equivalent advanced degree).
• Proven experience in Business controlling and pricing within an international business.
• Hands-on experience with financial reporting under IFRS.
• Practical knowledge of corporate taxation and treasury in a multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction environment.
• Demonstrated change management and process development achievements, ideally in a scaling or transforming organisation.
• Strong data and systems orientation. Proficiency with BI tools (Power BI) and ERPs; advanced Excel and financial modelling.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to distil complex analysis into clear recommendations.

Interpersonal skills

Our core values are essential to us; Trustworthiness, Passion, Agility and Team spirit. To be successful in your role at Envirotainer you need to demonstrate the following interpersonal skills:

• Professional, and act with integrity and take responsibility for your work and actions
• Open, honest and transparent in your communication
• Pragmatic, creative and solution-oriented approach to how you perform work within the areas of your responsibility
• Strive to be agile and to act fast
• Well-developed customer and service orientation towards colleagues and partners
• Strong career drive with ambitions of becoming CFO or equivalently senior position
• As a person you are non-prestigious, humble, analytical and a driving person with good communication skills in English and preferably Chinese/Japanese/Korean.

Location: Singapore office.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.