Regional Finance Director – Portfolio Strategy & Governance

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary strategic advisor to the board, influencing macro business decisions beyond traditional financial reporting.
• Capital Deployment Architecture: Evaluate and optimize multi-year CAPEX modeling, asset utilization, and strategic funding allocations.
• Process Standardization: Design and enforce world-class institutional financial policies across accounting, tax, and procurement.
• Executive Matrix Reporting: Synthesize complex regional data streams into concise, board-ready financial narratives for the global executive committee.
• P&L Optimization: Drive margin maximization and re-engineer operating costs while supporting aggressive market expansion and client acquisition initiatives.
• Distributed Governance: Champion financial discipline and provide rigorous leadership and strategic direction to finance heads across all operating campuses.

Transformation/Projects

• Shared Services Consolidation: Mastermind the end-to-end strategy, execution, and stabilization of a centralized shared services operating model.
• Digital Infrastructure Upgrades: Eliminate spreadsheet dependencies and transition the portfolio to automated, cloud-based digital reporting dashboards.
• Post-Acquisition Integration: Lead financial due diligence, commercial capacity modeling, and system onboarding for newly acquired regional business units.
• Operational Toolkit: Expertise in margin protection, cash flow optimization, working capital restructuring, and navigating matrix organizations.
• Talent Bench Evolution: Restructure local finance operations, hire, mentor, and upskill financial leaders to build a robust internal talent pipeline.

Qualification & Requirements

About you

• Elite Credentials: Professionally qualified Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA, MICPA, FCA, or equivalent global credential).
• Rigorous Foundation: Early career training within a Big 4 professional services environment (e.g., PwC, KPMG) at a management level.
• Boardroom Gravitas: A definitive, assertive leader comfortable challenging the status quo, negotiating value, and defending business cases to sophisticated stakeholders.
• Highly preferred sectors include Multi-Campus International Schools, High-End Hospitality/Leisure, Healthcare Groups, or multi-site retail conglomerates.
• A top-tier international MBA / international experience is a value-add

Nice to have

• Direct, successful track record of executing a regional shared services migration or major ERP automation overhaul.
• Professional experience within a high-scrutiny, Private Equity (PE) backed or public-listed global corporate structure.
• Strong regional agility with commercial exposure across Southeast Asian or international markets.

Benefits

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