Head – Finance – CA Corenza

The Corporate Institute; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute seeks a seasoned Head of Finance to build and own the company’s finance foundation, covering controllership, reporting, compliance, audit, cash discipline, governance, systems, and internal controls while partnering with leadership on planning, profitability, and decision support.

As a strong finance operator, you will keep books clean, reports reliable, audits timely, and controls robust, enabling growth and strategic decision-making across the organization.

Qualifications

• CA qualification is mandatory.
• 15+ years of post-CA leadership experience in high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close with audit-ready reporting.
• Lead preparation of financial statements, MIS, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and reconciliations.
• Establish and strengthen financial controls, governance, maker-checker processes, and audit trails.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, GST, income tax, and transfer pricing.
• Lead audits (statutory, internal, tax, investor) and liaise with auditors and banks to resolve issues.
• Drive high-quality reporting for leadership, the Board, and investors with accuracy and consistency.
• Own treasury operations, cash flow forecasting, working capital, banking relationships, and liquidity planning.
• Strengthen controls around revenue recognition, AP, payroll, procurement, and expenses.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement across accounting, reporting, and ERP systems.
• Lead and mentor Finance teams across controllership, accounting, taxation, reporting, and audit.

Skills

Chartered Accountant

Finance Leadership

Audit & Compliance

Financial Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Education

Chartered Accountant qualification

Job description

Job Description:

Head of Finance to build and own the company’s finance foundation covering controllership, reporting, compliance, audit, cash discipline, governance, systems, and internal controls while also partnering with leadership on planning, profitability, and decision support.

A strong finance operator who keeps the books clean, reporting accurate, audits timely, controls robust, and MIS reliable, without slowing business growth.

What You will Do:

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process, ensuring timely, accurate, and audit-ready financial reporting.
• Lead preparation and review of financial statements, MIS, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, reconciliations, provisions, accruals, and management reports.
• Establish and strengthen financial controls, governance frameworks, approval matrices, maker‑checker processes, documentation standards, and audit trails.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and all statutory and regulatory requirements, including GST, TDS, income tax, transfer pricing, ROC filings, and other applicable regulations.
• Lead statutory, internal, tax, and investor audits while partnering with auditors, consultants, banks, and external advisors to ensure timely compliance and issue resolution.
• Drive high‑quality financial reporting for leadership, the Board, and investors, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and strong financial governance.
• Own treasury operations, cash flow forecasting, working capital management, banking relationships, and liquidity planning to maintain optimal cash utilization and financial flexibility.
• Strengthen controls around revenue recognition, accounts payable, payroll, reimbursements, procurement, collections, and expense management to ensure financial discipline across the organization.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement across accounting, reporting, finance operations, and ERP systems to build scalable and efficient finance processes.
• Lead and mentor the Finance team across controllership, accounting, taxation, treasury, reporting, and audit, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Partner with founders and business leaders to support budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, business reviews, commercial decision‑making, and profitability analysis.
• Support fundraising, financial due diligence, board reporting, investor communications, and strategic finance initiatives through robust financial data and governance.

What We’re Looking For:

• Chartered Accountant qualification is mandatory.
• 15+ years of post‑CA qualification experience, with strong finance leadership experience in a high‑growth start‑up, technology company, SaaS/AI, fintech, marketplace, tech‑enabled services, or operations‑led business.
• Strong controllership experience, including accounting, financial reporting, monthly close, audits, tax, compliance, internal controls, MIS, governance, and cash flow management.
• Proven experience leading statutory audits, tax compliance, investor diligence, financial reporting, and board‑ready finance processes.
• Experience managing finance for a business at meaningful scale, preferably 300Cr+ revenue scale, with 400Cr+ preferred.
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition, collections, working capital, gross margin, contribution margin, client‑level profitability, and business unit reporting.
• Exposure to FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, business partnering, board reporting, fundraising support, and investor communication.
• A combination of Big 4 and startup experience is strongly preferred, but not mandatory.
• Proven ability to build scalable finance processes, controls, reporting systems, and teams in fast‑paced and ambiguous environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence founders, business heads, auditors, investors, consultants, and cross‑functional leaders.
• High ownership, strong integrity, attention to detail, business judgment, and the ability to balance governance with speed.