Global Head Statutory Finance Operations

Curran Daly & Associates; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Curran Daly & Associates is seeking a seasoned Finance Shared Services Leader to oversee a large, multi-jurisdiction SSC/GBS. This role centers on delivering finance operations at scale, driving centralization, and transforming processes with automation and data-driven insights.

You will partner with senior global finance leaders, manage capacity and cost, and ensure governance and quality across R2R, statutory reporting, tax compliance, and FP&A functions in a Philippines-based, Manila-focused

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 yrs working experience in a shared services environment.
• Previous senior finance shared services leadership experience in the Philippines.
• Experience leading a multi-national finance SSC/GBS.
• Proven ability to drive significant change (centralization, migration, org redesign).
• Strong governance, controls, KPIs, SLAs and service delivery accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a sizeable finance shared services centre or global GBS with direct accountability for operational performance.
• Drive centralization or migration of finance activities while maintaining service quality.
• Manage capacity, cost and productivity across a large finance organization.
• Establish performance governance, KPIs, SLAs and quality metrics across multiple jurisdictions.
• Leverage automation, data and AI to improve finance productivity and service quality.
• Engage with senior global finance leaders and external auditors as needed.

Skills

Group Reporting

Record-to-Report

General Ledger

Month-end close

Intercompany

Statutory reporting

Audit coordination

Tax compliance

FP&A

Budgeting and forecasting

Management reporting

Data quality

Shared Services leadership

Stakeholder management

Automation / AI mindset

Change management

Capacity management

Cost control

Job description

• Group reporting and consolidation support
• Record-to-Report and general ledger
• Month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
• Balance sheet reconciliations and substantiation
• Intercompany accounting and reconciliation
• Statutory accounting and statutory financial reporting
• Statutory audit coordination and delivery
• Tax reporting, compliance and filings
• FP&A, budgeting and forecasting
• Management reporting
• Finance master data and data quality, where within the finance operations remit
• Other finance activities transferred into the Shared Service Centre
• Proven track record of leading a sizeable finance shared service centre or global business services organization, with direct accountability for its operational performance.
• Ideally substantial leadership experience in the Philippines, with a strong understanding of the local talent market and shared-services environment.
• Experience leading multiple finance disciplines, ideally including Record-to-Report, Group Reporting, statutory reporting, tax compliance and FP&A.
• Experience operating a finance organization serving a large international legal entity population across multiple jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated experience managing performance through KPIs, SLAs, productivity measures, quality metrics and service governance.
• Strong understanding of finance controls, governance, risk and operational resilience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage capacity, cost and productivity across a large finance organization.
• Experience working in a global matrix where operational accountability is separate from global functional accountability.
• Proven experience leading an organization through significant change, such as centralization or migration of finance activities, operating-model redesign, organizational restructuring, technology transformation, automation or significant scaling.
• A track record of taking an organization from its current state to a materially different target operating model while maintaining business continuity and service quality.
• Experience building leadership capability, developing talent and creating a high-performance culture through periods of change.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, with the credibility to operate with senior global finance leaders and challenge constructively where required.

Highly Desirable

• Previous senior finance shared services leadership experience in the Philippines.
• Experience establishing, scaling or materially transforming a Manila-based finance shared service centre.
• Experience centralizing finance activities from multiple countries or business units into a single shared service organization.
• Experience managing a large-scale statutory reporting and compliance operation across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience using automation, data and AI to materially improve finance productivity and service quality.
• Experience in a multinational, multi-entity organization of comparable complexity to the business.
• Experience managing a combination of transactional, accounting, reporting and analytical finance activities within a single operating model.
• Experience working with external auditors and professional service providers at significant scale

Leadership Characteristics

• Minimum 15 yrs working experience in a shared services environment.
• Previous experience working in a multi-national company based in the Philippines.
• Proven shared services leader - Has personally run a complex SSC/GBS organization and understands what it takes to deliver finance at scale.
• Has demonstrated the ability to take an organization through significant change, rather than simply maintain an existing operation.
• Highly disciplined around delivery, deadlines, quality, controls, capacity and cost.
• Capable of developing the organization, leadership team, capabilities and culture.
• Commercial and productivity focused - Continuously looks for ways to improve the economics of the operation without compromising control or quality.
• Comfortable managing a global entity population across cultures, jurisdictions and time zones.
• Able to operate effectively where functional authority sits outside Manila while retaining clear operational accountability.
• Technology oriented - Understands how automation, data, AI and process redesign can fundamentally change the economics and quality of finance delivery.