Cost Controllership and Financial Governance Supervisor

AboitizPower; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

AboitizPower is seeking a Finance Governance Leader to drive policy enforcement, risk assessment, and audit readiness across the organization. The role requires strong policy-writing, analytical skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders without direct supervisory authority.

Responsibilities include standardizing finance policies, conducting risk assessments, and guiding remediation efforts with internal and external auditors.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of solid experience in financial control, governance, or internal controls.
• Experience in process mapping and risk mitigation across units.
• Strong policy-writing, analytical, and communication skills for stakeholder influence.
• Ability to conduct audits, monitor compliance, and guide remediation efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance governance, policy enforcement, and audit readiness.
• Draft and standardize finance policies and authority limits to reduce operational risk.
• Perform deep-dive reviews to identify control concerns and potential fraud.
• Monitor policy adoption and report deviations with corrective actions.

Skills

Policy writing

Risk assessment

Stakeholder influence

Internal controls

Audit readiness

Education

Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, or Internal Audit

CPA / CIA / CFE preferred

Tools

ISO standards

Six Sigma

Project Management (PM) / Agile / Scrum

Job description

This position will lead Finance governance, policy enforcement, compliance monitoring, and audit readiness for the organization. The role requires strong policy-writing and risk assessment experience with the credibility and communication skills to influence stakeholders and enforce standards, even without direct supervisory authority.

Outcomes Expected and Responsibilities:

• Utilize process mapping to draft and standardize Finance policies and authority limits designed to arrest operational risks across business units while aligned with Controller mandates.
• Leads structured process walkthroughs to identify gaps and risks in current workflows and develops standardized protocols to mitigate financial leakage across the organization.
• Conducts deep-dive reviews to ensure policy compliance and uses analytics to identify control concerns, irregular spending or potential fraud.
• Monitors compliance rates and policy adoption across business units, reporting deviations and recommending corrective actions and process safeguards to Group Controller.
• Serves as the lead point of contact for internal and external auditors regarding Finance controls, supporting audit readiness and remediation of identified control weaknesses.
• Prepares periodic governance analytics for the Manager, Group Controller, CFO and CSU leaders highlighting financial compliance and governance risks.
• Translates complex control frameworks to write clear corporate guidelines, communicates policy updates and conducts training sessions to build stakeholder understanding across departments.
• Benchmarks Finance policies and controls against industry best practices and recommends tools or process improvements to strengthen monitoring and compliance tracking.

Other Functions and Responsibilities

• Applies working knowledge of ISO standards, Six Sigma principles, and Project Management/Agile/Scrum methodologies to execute end-to-end process mapping, uncover operational gaps, and support continuous improvement of OPEX policies and controls, where applicable.
• Exercises sound judgment and independent decision-making in a supervisory capacity, relying on subject-matter credibility and strong technical writing and oral communication to draft clear corporate guidelines, articulate identified risks, and influence and enforce compliance across departments.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management in support of OPEX governance, risk-mitigation initiatives, and audit readiness goals.

Experience: 5–7 years of solid experience in financial control or governance, business process mapping, internal controls, operational risk management, or process improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, or Internal Audit. Professional certification (CPA, CIA, or CFE) is highly preferred.
• Experience in management roles or with at least 1-2 years in a supervisory capacity