Financial Controller

Avvoka; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Avvoka in Manila is seeking a senior finance leader to own end-to-end numbers, from month-end close to statutory accounts and audits. You’ll build the control framework, apply AI to reconciliations and reporting, and develop the Assistant Accountant into a strong finance professional.

This lean finance team emphasises hands‑on ownership and high standards, with growth as Avvoka scales internationally and strengthens financial controls.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (CPA or equivalent) with several years’ post‑qualification experience owning management accounts and financial control.
• Strong working knowledge of UK and/or US GAAP.
• Experience mentoring a junior finance colleague while doing hands‑on production work.
• Practical adopter of AI tools to speed finance processes.
• Excellent English communication skills for non‑finance audiences.
• Proactive, ownership‑driven mindset in a fast‑moving scale‑up.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts end to end - journals, accruals and prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Deliver full P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reporting with variance analysis.
• Run the month‑end close timetable and meet deadlines consistently.
• Build and maintain a robust internal control framework across finance.
• Lead statutory accounts and liaison with external auditors.
• Ensure compliance with UK/US GAAP and international tax/regulatory requirements.
• Line‑manage and develop the Assistant Accountant, overseeing AP/AR payroll and expenses.
• Support budgeting and forecasting, plus board/investor reporting analyses.
• Explore AI tools to reduce manual reconciliations and reporting effort.

Skills

CPA

GAAP knowledge

Mentoring junior staff

AI tools in finance

English communication

Ownership & accountability

Education

Certified Public Accountant

Job description

About This Job

We're Avvoka

We build legal drafting technology for moments that matter - when the stakes are high, the documents are complex, and speed can't come at the cost of control.

Our platform helps legal teams move faster through contracts using automation, collaboration, and AI - without taking judgment away from the lawyers who own the risk. We believe technology should amplify expertise, not replace it.

Avvoka is trusted by leading law firms, banks, and global enterprises, and we've grown through product strength and word of mouth alone. With headcount and revenue increasing by over 70% year on year, we’re scaling from a product-led success into a globally recognised legal-tech brand.

We're at an inflection point: evolving how the world's most sophisticated legal teams work - and building a company where thoughtful people can do the best work of their careers. Finance is what keeps that growth on solid ground, and this role sits right at the centre of it.

The role

You’ll be the senior finance presence in a business that is scaling quickly, owning the numbers end to end - from a clean month-end close through to statutory accounts and audit. Twelve months in, you’ll have built the control framework a growing SaaS company runs on, put AI to work across reconciliations and reporting, and developed our Assistant Accountant into a genuinely strong finance professional.

This is a lean finance function, not a large corporate one. Transaction volumes are manageable, but the judgement required is real - and so is the ownership. It's a hands‑on role: you’ll personally produce a meaningful share of the output, not just review someone else’s.

What You’ll Do

Own the numbers

• Prepare monthly management accounts end to end - journals, accruals and prepayments, and
• balance sheet reconciliations - producing a meaningful share of the output yourself
• Deliver full P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reporting, with variance analysis and commentary finance leadership can act on
• Run the month-end close timetable and land the deadlines, consistently
• Build the control framework
• Design, implement and maintain a robust internal control framework across finance, and own reconciliation review and sign‑off
• Lead preparation of the statutory accounts and act as the main point of contact for our external auditors
• Keep us compliant with UK/US GAAP and the tax and regulatory requirements that come with scaling internationally
• Lead, partner and improve
• Line‑manage, coach and develop the Assistant Accountant, reviewing their accounts payable, receivable, payroll and expense processing
• Support the budgeting and forecasting cycle, and the analysis behind board and investor reporting
• Find and implement AI tools that strip manual effort out of reconciliations, reporting and the close - and bring the team with you as you do

What You’ll Bring

The ideal candidate would have:

• Fully qualified accountant (CPA or equivalent) with several years’ post‑qualification experience owning management accounts and financial control
• Strong working knowledge of UK and/or US GAAP
• Experience managing or mentoring a junior finance colleague, alongside a genuine appetite for hands‑on production work
• A practical adopter of AI tools, with a track record of using them to make finance processes faster
• Excellent English communication skills, and the confidence to explain financial information to people outside finance
• A proactive, ownership‑driven mindset that stays composed and adaptable in a fast‑moving scale‑up

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience preparing statutory accounts and liaising with external auditors
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting or wider FP&A support
• A background in B2B SaaS, with cloud‑based finance, expense and AI‑enabled finance systems

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences – including those from underrepresented groups – and are happy to provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities during the recruitment process.