Manila Recruitment

Chief Financial Officer – Real Estate, Hospitality

Manila Recruitment

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Manila • Philippines

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Strategic, hands-on Chief Financial Officer overseeing the full finance agenda of a complex, multi-entity hospitality and real estate platform
  • Trusted financial partner to the Founder/CEO, with enterprise accountability for cash flow, liquidity, forecasting, governance, and financial risk
  • Leads capital stewardship, financial controls, and external stakeholder relationships while remaining operationally grounded
  • Builder-minded executive who designs scalable financial systems, processes, and discipline to enable sustainable growth and long-term value creation
  • Manage and review work performed by outsourced accounting partners, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
  • Validate and challenge financial forecasts, budgets, and assumptions prepared internally or by external partners
  • Oversee cash flow, liquidity planning, and inter-company transfers across entities
  • Ensure accurate financial reporting and proper financial controls across all entities
  • Maintain and improve financial systems, processes, and controls to support growth
  • Manage and collaborate with the finance team, including the Finance Manager, bookkeeper (PH-based), and office manager (US-based)
  • Remain hands-on with financial work; this is not a purely delegative or advisory role
  • Support strategic and long-term financial planning while balancing day-to-day operational finance needs
  • Ensure smooth day-to-day finance operations, including oversight of payments, reconciliations, and financial activities handled by the team

Requirements

  • 8–10+ years of relevant finance experience, with strong exposure to real estate and/or hospitality (real estate is more critical)
  • Strong background in financial oversight, forecasting, liquidity management, and inter-entity transactions
  • Demonstrated ability to be hands-on (willing to do the actual work, not purely delegate)
  • Experience in startup, growth-stage, or fast-scaling environments preferred
  • Ability to think strategically and long-term, while also maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong understanding of systems, controls, and financial processes
  • Open-minded, collaborative, and able to work well in a casual, humor-friendly team culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
financial oversightforecastingliquidity managementfinancial controlsfinancial reportingcapital stewardshipfinancial systemsbudgetinginter-entity transactionsfinancial risk management
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingattention to detailcollaborationhands-on approachoperational groundingrelationship managementopen-mindednessteamworkcommunicationleadership