APAC Controller – Vertical Finance Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Singapore.

📋 Description

• Take charge of comprehensive finance operations for various APAC legal entities across multiple jurisdictions, including the management of month-end and year-end closing activities.

• Supervise bank, asset, intercompany, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Evaluate and authorize journal entries, accruals, provisions, invoices, payment requests, and other financial records.

• Prepare and assess financial statements and management reports in alignment with relevant accounting standards and group policies.

• Ensure the timely completion of regulatory, statutory, tax, and compliance filings in collaboration with internal teams and external advisors.

• Maintain daily relationships with banks, vendors, accounting service providers, tax advisors, auditors, and other external stakeholders.

• Collaborate closely with Treasury, Tax, Global Accounting, Legal, Compliance, and business teams to facilitate seamless financial operations.

• Guarantee complete, accurate, and timely accounting for all entities under your responsibility, including the oversight of local accounting and tax vendors when necessary.

• Review and establish accounting treatments and methodologies for new business initiatives, products, and operational flows.

• Uphold strong financial discipline by validating journal entries, reviewing reconciliations, and ensuring proper documentation of accounting judgments.

• Identify and address accounting issues, reporting discrepancies, and process inconsistencies across different entities and jurisdictions.

• Assist in the ongoing enhancement of accounting systems, financial reporting processes, and closing procedures.

• Create, document, and maintain business processes, accounting policies, and internal control procedures to foster a robust control environment.

• Ensure adherence to group accounting policies, delegated authority frameworks, and internal control standards.

• Maintain precise, complete, and well-documented financial records to support internal audits, reviews, and regulatory inquiries.

• Detect control gaps, operational risks, and process weaknesses, and drive prompt remediation.

• Cultivate a culture of accountability, transparency, and financial discipline throughout the region.

• Lead and coordinate external audits for accountable APAC entities, ensuring timely completion and high-quality audit outcomes.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for auditors, local finance teams, external accounting partners, and internal stakeholders.

• Prepare and review audit schedules, supporting documentation, financial statements, and management representation materials.

• Address audit findings, resolve outstanding issues, and implement necessary corrective actions.

• Support statutory audits, group audits, tax audits, and other regulatory reviews as needed.

• Lead the annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes for the APAC vertical, encompassing revenue, marketing, operating expenses, headcount, and local spending.

• Collaborate with business leaders and management to align financial objectives with strategic priorities.

• Monitor actual performance against budgets and forecasts, identify variances, and provide clear explanations along with actionable recommendations.

• Drive high accuracy in P&L forecasts throughout the fiscal year to facilitate timely business decisions and resource allocation.

• Provide financial insights for investment decisions, cost optimization initiatives, and regional growth strategies.

• Act as a trusted finance partner to regional and vertical management teams, offering clear, data-driven, and commercially relevant insights.

• Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support strategic decision-making.

• Translate financial results and trends into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.

• Support new market, product, and operational initiatives by evaluating financial implications, risks, controls, and reporting requirements.

• Collaborate across functions to ensure Finance is integrated early in business planning and execution.

• Drive continuous enhancement in accounting, reporting, forecasting, and finance operations processes.

• Identify opportunities to automate manual tasks, streamline workflows, enhance data quality, and improve reporting efficiency.

• Implement best practices in financial reporting, closing processes, reconciliations, and controls.

• Partner with systems, data, and finance transformation teams to improve enterprise-level finance tools and reporting capabilities.

• Support scalable finance infrastructure as the organization expands across the region.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of finance professionals throughout the region.

• Promote a collaborative, accountable, and results-driven team culture.

• Establish clear priorities, performance expectations, and development plans for team members.

• Collaborate with Central Finance to provide training on accounting standards, financial policies, reporting requirements, and internal controls.

• Build finance capabilities to accommodate business complexity, regulatory demands, and organizational growth.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field. Preference for CPA, CMA, ACCA, CA, MBA, or a Master’s degree.

• Over 10 years of relevant finance experience, including controllership, financial accounting, financial planning and analysis, audit, or finance business partnering.

• Previous experience as a Finance Manager, Financial Controller, Regional Controller, or Finance Business Partner in a multinational, publicly listed company, technology, fintech, financial services, or high-growth sector is preferred.

• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, statutory reporting, tax filings, general ledger operations, and month-end/year-end closing processes.

• Experience managing financial operations across multiple jurisdictions in APAC is highly preferred.

• Strong grasp of internal controls, audit processes, accounting policies, and financial governance frameworks.

• Practical experience with enterprise-level ERP, accounting, consolidation, and financial planning systems.

• Exceptional financial modeling, analytical, problem-solving, and business partnering abilities.

• Strong executive presence, with the capability to communicate clearly and influence senior stakeholders.

• Highly proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and evolving environment.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and create structure in complex situations.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and people leadership skills.

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Proficiency in Mandarin is a plus for collaboration with cross-regional stakeholders.

• Demonstrated interest in digital assets, cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, fintech, or Web3 is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem.

• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure.

• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment.

• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.

• Competitive salary and company benefits.

• Work-from-home arrangement (the specifics may vary based on the nature of the work in the business team).