Manila Recruitment

Finance Director

Manila Recruitment

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Philippines

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

ERPSQLTableau

About the role

  • **Overall purpose and responsibilities of the role:**
  • The role covers end-to-end financial strategy, planning, and controls. Key responsibilities include building forecasts and cash models, turning insights into actions for margin and EBITDA improvement, and managing data/BI systems with clear metric definitions and dashboards. It also involves fast, accurate accounting close with proper controls, direct ownership of contractor and marketplace payouts, and running a comprehensive KPI system across revenue, margins, OpEx, CAC/LTV, cash runway, and forecast accuracy.
  • **Duties and Responsibilities:**
  • **Strategy & FP&A**
  • - Build a driver-based 12-month forecast and 13-week cash model with scenarios (pricing/take-rate tests, churn shifts, ACH vs card mix, discounts)
  • - Translate insights into actions: margin improvements, pricing guardrails, headcount plan, and “levers to hit target EBITDA & runway.”
  • **Data & BI**
  • - Own metric definitions and the data model from ERP/PSP/CRM → BI (any modern stack).
  • - Ship exec dashboards and weekly KPI readouts; maintain forecast vs actuals and variance/MAPE.
  • **Accounting & Controls**
  • - Fast monthly close (≤5 biz days); subscription/marketplace revenue recognition; payout/fees reconciliation (Stripe/Adyen/PayPal or similar)

Requirements

  • **Must-have Skills / Qualification:
  • - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance or accounting.
  • - CPA or CFA certification is a plus but not required.
  • - 3–5+ years of finance experience in SaaS/marketplace or staffing agency environments (required).
  • - Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets; fluent in BI tool (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Metabase).
  • - SQL experience is an advantage.
  • - At least two exposures to ERP/PSP-agnostic systems (e.g., NetSuite, Intacct, QuickBooks, Odoo, Zoho; Stripe, Adyen, PayPal).
  • - Strong communication skills with the ability to brief the CEO/Board and translate analysis into action.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
financial strategyforecastingcash modelingmargin improvementKPI managementrevenue recognitionsubscription accountingdata modelingSQLExcel
Soft Skills
communicationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingleadershipcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeCPACFA