Senior Finance and Tax Controller (APAC)

Datalec Precision Installations Pte Ltd; Jakarta Pusat; Sur place; IDR 900 000 000 - 1 500 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

DPI is seeking a Senior Finance and Tax Controller for APAC to lead and strengthen the finance and tax function across the APAC region from Batam. You will oversee statutory reporting, tax compliance, audits, multi-entity accounting, and regional budgeting and forecasting, aligning regional practices with global standards.

You will partner with global finance, manage cross-border activities, and drive scalable processes across multiple entities while ensuring regulatory adherence and timely

Qualifications

• Strong experience in financial management within a regional or multi-entity environment.

Responsabilités

• Prepare and oversee regional financial reports (Balance Sheet, P&L, Management Accounts).
• Lead budgeting and forecasting cycles for APAC.
• Oversee AP/AR, GL entries, reconciliations, and internal controls.
• Coordinate audits and tax compliance across APAC.

Connaissances

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Tax knowledge (APAC)

ERP systems

ExcelAdvanced

English proficiency

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

ACCA/CPA/CA preferred

Outils

Microsoft Dynamics

Description du poste

Senior Finance and Tax Controller (APAC)

Job Summary:
Datalec Precision Installations (DPI) is a leading provider of data centre design, supply, build, and managed services. We are committed to delivering seamless and integrated solutions for data centre operators worldwide. Our team is dedicated to maintaining high standards of service and excellence in every project we undertake.

We are seeking Senior Finance and Tax Controller (APAC) to join our team, in Batam. This role is accountable for leading and continuously strengthening the finance and tax function across the APAC region. This role oversees all aspects of regional financial management, including statutory reporting, tax compliance, audits, internal controls, multi-entity accounting operations, and the regional budgeting and forecasting process.

Working closely with global finance leadership, the role ensures that APAC financial practices align with DPI’s global standards while meeting diverse local regulatory requirements. The position requires deep technical expertise, strong cross-border coordination capabilities, and the ability to design and drive efficient, scalable financial processes across a rapidly evolving regional footprint.

Core Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare and oversee regional financial reports, including Balance Sheet, P&L, Management Accounts, and monthly/quarterly reporting packs, proactively reporting to the Finance Director.
• Manage key deliverables, performance, compliance and risk, providing recommendations to support the Finance Director on the strategy, budgets and forecasts for the region to support business objectives.
• Accountable for the day‑to‑day financial operations, including AP, AR, general ledger entries, reconciliations, and control accounts.
• Lead regional budgeting and forecasting cycles in coordination with global finance, monitoring and controlling costs, optimising performance and cash flow.
• Ensure accurate financial consolidation across multiple APAC legal entities.
• Maintain adherence to local statutory regulations, tax compliance, and accounting principles across the region.
• Support global compliance team with business compliance activities, registrations and corporate duties.
• Preparing the consolidation of an APAC (Asia-Pacific) DPI Group.
• Ownership for local compliance of the Group Transfer Price Policy, proposing changes to the Group Transfer Price policy when applicable
• Responsibility for APAC Group tax compliance.
• Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring timely submission of documentation and addressing audit queries.
• Oversee relationships with external advisors, auditors, and regulatory bodies.
• Provide financial insights to support regional operations, commercial teams, and senior leadership.
• Partner with project teams to monitor project costs, margins, and variance analysis.
• Support the implementation of process improvements, automation, and system enhancements to drive efficiency.
• Act as the financial lead for APAC, collaborating closely with global finance teams and ensuring standardisation across regions.
• Support cross-border financial activities, intercompany processes, and multi-entity reporting.
• Provide guidance and support to finance staff within APAC subsidiaries as the finance function grows.
• Support the wider global team with any ad-hoc finance projects as required.
• Flexibility to attend meetings outside of normal working hours to support global operations.
• Represent the business, upholding our core values and behaviours with all internal and external customers, clients and third parties
• Maintain business and client confidentiality, adhering to applicable Data Protection regulations and Information Security Standards in line with company, and group policies and procedures.

Qualifications: Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline; professional qualifications (ACCA/CPA/CA) preferred.
• Strong experience in financial management within a regional or multi‑entity environment.
• Proven stakeholder management and leadership qualities, and ability to lead a team.
• High level of expertise in Indonesian taxes (WHT, VAT, dividends, royalties and interest remittances) to be able to question tax advisors and engage specific expertise when required.
• Knowledge of tax treaties and international taxation.
• Ideally 3 years’ experience working within a multi-national environment with headquarters in Europe or US
• Proven capability in statutory reporting, consolidation, tax compliance, and audit management in the APAC Region.
• Strong analytical skills, high attention to detail, and excellent problem‑solving ability.
• Experience with ERP systems, ideally Microsoft Dynamics, advanced Excel skills, and financial modelling.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across diverse, multicultural teams.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships internally and externally, English language preferable.

Values & Behaviours:

DPI Values

DPI Values

• Dedication, Precision, Integrity

Behaviours

Behaviours

• Inspiration - Has a clear vision of where to go and the ability to articulate it. Empowers people to implement our vision and strategy. Great communicator who captures the imagination, generating trust and commitment.
• Team Spirit - Thinks about "we" not "me"; we do this together. Brings purpose to the team to make it a cohesive unit. Knows when to seek help and when to give it. Prepared to take action to address issues for the good of the team and celebrate others' successes.
• Self-Awareness - Emotionally intelligent; has empathy for others and gets the best out of people by meeting them on their terms. Great at building rapport with colleagues and customers; knows that their behavior impacts on the performance of others and adapts approach to achieve the best results.
• Achievement - Always striving to be the best and consistently delivers. High performer: bringing high energy, competence and making the right decisions to get things done.
• Tenacity - Relentless in the pursuit of their goals. Excellent at solving problems and overcoming obstacles; seeing the challenges before others see them and taking action, to avoid them becoming problems. Sees setbacks as opportunities and becomes stronger in adversity.
• Influence - Highly skilled at getting others committed to the goal. Confident, enthusiastic and encourages creativity. Understands the needs of stakeholders and as a result, engages them.

Our Vision

• To compete at the highest standards in data centre fit-out, MEP construction and managed services throughout Europe and beyond.

Our Mission

• Continue to develop and deliver products and services unparalleled in terms of quality.
• Retain our clients, broaden our breadth of service identifying closely with their changing requirements.
• Execute a robust H&S and Wellbeing strategy. Consider and implement wherever possible initiatives that relate to environmental improvements.
• People - Build an organisation capable of managing the business we will become. Recruit and retain and develop the best industry professionals. Health, Safety and Wellbeing remain paramount, for our employees and clients.
• Products - must address an industry need. We must have differentiators such as assured quality, modularisation, and off-site construction techniques. Datalec’s commitment to quality is unsurpassed in the industry, we seek perfection. New products and services must be delivered to the same exacting standards.
• Purpose - relates both to our clients and our organisation. We need to understand both how to be able to confidently present our solutions and product strategy to the market. Separately, we create a working environment that promotes and rewards employees fairly, actively supporting a culture of transparency and mutual respect.