Country Finance Manager

IDEMIA Public Security; Makati; On-site; PHP 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Reimbursements

Job summary

IDEMIA is seeking a Finance Manager to safeguard financial governance, lead the finance team, and drive cross-border compliance across the group. You will oversee statutory and management reporting, treasury activities, and tax strategy while collaborating with the Shared Service Center in Manila.

Ideal candidates have a Master’s degree in Finance or related field and at least 5 years of multinational financial management experience, with strong analytical and leadership abilities to guide

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent work experience accepted.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant financial management experience, ideally in a multinational or multi-country environment.
• Understanding of international accounting standards and UK financial regulations.
• Proven ability to work autonomously.
• Experience working with shared service centers and external accounting providers is highly desirable.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all financial transactions, systems, and procedures comply with local regulations, accounting principles, and Group standards.
• Oversee financial analysis and reporting (statutory and management reporting), AP/AR, costs control, budgeting and forecasting.
• Collaborate with the Shared Service Center in Manila for accurate transactional processing, reporting, and reconciliations.
• Supervise Treasury activities including cash forecasting, cash pooling, and working capital management.
• Ensure proper application of Group Credit Management policy and tax compliance across the scope.
• Contribute to tax strategy and monitor transfer pricing and tax regulation compliance.
• Advise on financial impact of new opportunities and reorganizations; support internal stakeholders and due diligence when needed.
• Drive internal controls, audit action plans, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

Job description

This role safeguards the assets and interests of the company, ensures transparency and financial governance, provides accurate and relevant information, and advises the business to make informed decisions.

Key Missions:
For the legal entity IDEMIA Identity & Security UK Limited based in Winnersh - UK :

Ensures that all financial transactions, systems, and procedures comply with local financial regulations, accounting principles, and standards, as well as with Group statutory and accounting requirements

Oversees financial activities, including financial analysis and reporting (both for statutory and management reporting), Accounts Payable and Receivable, Costs control, budgeting and forecasting

Collaborate closely with the Shared Service Center based in Manila to ensure accurate and timely transactional processing, reporting, and reconciliations.

Supervises or conducts Treasury activities, including cash forecasting, cash-pooling, cash repatriation, bank account opening/closing, working capital management, foreign exchange control, DOA maintenance, guarantees, etc…, in line with Group Treasury policy

Ensures proper application of the Group Credit Management policy

Ensures all tax returns, declarations, and other required reports are submitted accurately and on time

Defines or contributes to tax strategy for the scope (country/region/Business) supported

Monitors proper execution of the Group Transfer Pricing policy

Optimizes the business/financial flow while ensuring compliance with tax regulation, internal Group tax requirements, and distribution Group territoriality

Analyzes/drives financial and tax impact of new business opportunities and/or internal reorganizations

Provides advice and expertise to managers to help them understand financial reports, develop budgets, enhance financial performance, and manage their financial responsibilities

Advises on the impact of laws and regulations on new and existing businesses;

Supports internal stakeholders such as Legal, HR, IT, Insurance, Purchasing, Strategy, and Mergers and Acquisitions

Contributes to acquisition due diligence and negotiations when needed

Ensures that effective internal controls are in place, and drives internal audit action plan implementation

Critically examines business operations, flows, and behaviors to alert of any potential failure of compliance or regulatory breach

Manages the Finance team and resources (internal/external)

Proposes and drives implementation of continuous improvement and best practices

Drives or supports transformation projects, including ERP implementation

Required Experience:

Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent work experience accepted.

Minimum of 5 years of relevant financial management experience, ideally in a multinational or multi-country environment.

Understanding of international accounting standards and UK financial regulations.

Proven ability to work autonomously.

Experience working with shared service centers and external accounting providers is highly desirable.

Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Information Technology Services 101-1,000 employees

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, provides a trusted environment enabling citizens and consumers alike to perform their daily critical activities (such as pay, connect, travel and vote), in the physical as well as digital space.

Securing our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today. By standing for Augmented Identity, an identity that ensures privacy and trust and guarantees secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions, we reinvent the way we think, produce, use and protect one of our greatest assets – our identity – whether for individuals or for objects, whenever and wherever security matters. We provide Augmented Identity for international clients from Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors.

With close to $3 billion in revenues and 13,000 employees around the world, IDEMIA serves clients in 180 countries.

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, provides a trusted environment enabling citizens and consumers alike to perform their daily critical activities (such as pay, connect, travel and vote), in the physical as well as digital space.

Securing our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today. By standing for Augmented Identity, an identity that ensures privacy and trust and guarantees secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions, we reinvent the way we think, produce, use and protect one of our greatest assets – our identity – whether for individuals or for objects, whenever and wherever security matters. We provide Augmented Identity for international clients from Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors.

With close to $3 billion in revenues and 13,000 employees around the world, IDEMIA serves clients in 180 countries.

• Perks and benefits Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance, Medical-Dental-Optical Reimburseme