Financial Controller (150K - 250K + Work onsite)

Job Description

Job description:

Profile summary:

The position demands strong collaboration, accountability, and focus on internal controls, reporting quality, compliance, and continuous improvement in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.

Job responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process and prepare accurate financial statements and management reports and co-ordinate tax lodgements
• Ensure compliance with PFRS/PAS, company accounting policies, and applicable statutory reporting requirements in the Philippines
• Oversee general ledger integrity, balance sheet reconciliations, journal controls, and financial reporting timetables
• Provide timely and insightful reports to management to support decision-making, planning, and performance monitoring

• Design, maintain, and strengthen internal controls across accounting, treasury, payment, and reporting processes
• Coordinate external audits, statutory audits, and internal reviews, ensuring audit readiness, timely delivery of schedules, and closure of findings
• Monitor compliance with tax, regulatory, and corporate filing requirements and maintain complete and accurate supporting documentation

• Manage local banking relationships, bank account administration, cash positioning, and funding requirements in the Philippines for acquisitions and new constructions
• Oversee debt servicing schedules, lender reporting, covenant tracking, and supporting information requests from financial institutions
• Partner with leadership on liquidity planning, working capital management, and financing-related analysis

• Drive improvements in finance processes, reporting accuracy, and close efficiency through standardization and automation where appropriate
• Support implementation and optimization of finance systems and reporting tools while ensuring data quality and control effectiveness
• Partner closely with Philippines President to support financial decision making, treasury management and active financial reporting.
• Contribute to Peregrine Group budgeting, forecasting, and business planning by providing reliable financial information and control insights
• Support special projects, policy enhancement, and finance transformation initiatives as required by management

Job requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, or a related discipline; CPA is preferred
• 8–12 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including leadership responsibility in controllership, financial reporting, or audit
• Strong working knowledge of Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS/PAS), statutory reporting, and compliance requirements with relevant Philippine regulatory bodies
• Proven experience in internal controls, external and statutory audit coordination, month-end and year-end close, and management reporting
• Experience managing banking relationships, debt facilities, cash flow oversight, and covenant or lender reporting within the Philippines is highly regarded
• QuickBooks experience would be beneficial but is not required