APAC Finance Director — Regional CFO

Keegan Adams Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 280,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job description

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Finance Director - APAC to join a leading global investment management organisation.

Operating as the senior finance leader for the Asia-Pacific region, this is effectively a Regional CFO-level role with end-to-end responsibility across FP&A, statutory and regulatory reporting, accounting, audit, tax, controls and broader commercial finance.

This is a highly visible leadership position, partnering with senior executives across APAC and global finance while leading an established regional finance team.

The Role

Working within a sophisticated global and highly matrixed environment, you will take overall accountability for the APAC finance function and act as a key commercial and strategic partner to regional leadership.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead the finance function across APAC
• Take overall accountability for FP&A, accounting, statutory and regulatory reporting, audit, tax and financial controls.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and analysis of regional financial performance.
• Provide commercial insights and recommendations to APAC and global senior leadership.
• Participate as a member of the Asia-Pacific senior leadership team, providing regular financial reporting and insights to executive management.
• Partner closely with the APAC COO and other senior regional and global executives.
• Oversee statutory reporting across multiple jurisdictions in accordance with IFRS and applicable local GAAP requirements.
• Maintain a robust control environment and act as a senior point of contact for auditors, regulators and internal stakeholders.
• Support strategic initiatives and M&A activity, including financial modelling and evaluation of potential acquisitions and new business opportunities.
• Partner with global tax and treasury teams across regional tax strategy, cash management, funding and capital efficiency.
• Provide financial oversight and reporting relating to regulated investment structures and associated Boards/Trustees.
• Oversee client and product pricing decisions across APAC
• Lead, develop and empower an experienced finance team across Sydney and Tokyo, while working closely with offshore support functions.
• Drive transformation, automation and continuous improvement across the regional finance function.

About You

This position requires a seasoned finance leader who can operate at both a strategic and operational level and is comfortable navigating a complex global organisation.
You will ideally bring:

• Significant senior finance leadership experience within financial services.
• Asset or investment management experience is highly regarded.
• Strong APAC experience, ideally having worked within a regional finance function spanning multiple jurisdictions.
• CA or CPA qualification.
• Big 4 experience is highly preferred.
• Broad technical and commercial finance capability spanning FP&A, statutory reporting, accounting, audit, tax and regulatory reporting.
• Experience leading established, high-performing finance teams.
• Strong understanding of operating within a global matrix environment with multiple reporting lines and stakeholder groups.
• Experience partnering with C-suite executives and presenting financial performance and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Exposure to Boards, regulated investment structures or the superannuation/master trust environment would be highly regarded.
• Experience supporting M&A, acquisitions, financial modelling or other strategic initiatives.
• The ability to balance oversight with delegation, empowering experienced team members while maintaining accountability for regional outcomes.
• Strong commercial judgement, executive presence and the ability to build trusted relationships across multiple functions and geographies.