CFO

Role:

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a strategic leader responsible for optimizing financial and operational performance, ensuring sustainable growth, and driving profitability. By implementing robust financial controls, predictive analytics, and sound risk management, the CFO ensures the company meets both short- and long-term revenue and profit targets.

As a key executive, the CFO provides financial oversight, fosters a culture of financial prudence, and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements while supporting strategic decision-making across all business functions.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning

• Proactively identify critical business issues, think & act on future plans for getting the company to the next financial level; potentially through expansion, acquisition, merger, or new investors
• In collaboration with the Stockholders, operations & other revenue centers, set priority on strategic investments & projects to secure sustainable funding
• Develop & champion financial strategies & decisions through evaluation & pursuit of commercial opportunities
• Foster a broader sense of entrepreneurial spirit by deep diving into current financial operations to propose enhancement actions for significantly growing the business

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Carry out business financial planning through short & long-term capital forecasting & budgeting to properly allocate resources, optimize fund utilization, & profit
• Lead & integrate financial planning, to include inputs on revenue & expense from all business verticals
• Drive day-to-day business performance in cash flow planning & cash management, consistently safeguarding margin improvements
• Interpret financial results using monthly business performance trends & comparisons, present findings & specific recommendations

Financial Control

• Develop frameworks to drive financial acumen & accountability across the business, consistently monitoring, reporting deviations & recommending corrective actions
• Drive effective & efficient internal controls to minimize risks around review & approval of all financial transactions
• Maintain relations with external auditors, investigate findings, & lead action on recommendations. Interpret accounting standards for business application.

Liquidity & Return-on-Investment

• Play a critical role in strategizing business investments to earn the maximum risk-averse return on assets & return on capital/equity
• Visibly sponsor & drive liquidity-related decisions, to include managing of company investments & identifying opportunities to improve bottom line
• Secure efficient working capital & cash balance management of accounts payable & receivable, to adequately meet financial commitments

Financial Reporting 

• Certify all generated Finance & Accounting (F&A) reports required by Stockholders, banking & regulatory bodies, including Profit & Loss (P&L) & Balance Sheet (B/S), while consistently ensuring accuracy & timeliness 
• Manage accurate monthly, quarterly & annual closing of books, using financial reporting systems & presenting appropriate supporting documents to produce meaningful correlation between plan & actual performance 

Risk Management 

• On behalf of the Stockholders, ensure that investment & owing contracts, capital expenditure, asset acquisition, insurance & other significant financial transactions are within the bounds of legal & regulatory requirements 
• Assess & mitigate risk. Act prudently & fully comply with governance requirements on applicable documentation & taxation, reflecting actual operations. 
• Manage full compliance with government regulations by developing & implementing internal policies based on those of the following agencies: 
  • Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) 
  • Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) 
  • Local Government Unit (LGU) 

Bank Relations Management 

• Optimize handling of banking relations & initiate strategies to enhance cash position: 
  • Credit line facilities 
  • Borrowing rates 
  • Short-term placements

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Accountancy, CPA, MBA
• Extensive & current knowledge of Philippine Reporting Standards & Internal Accounting Standards
• Strong & applied knowledge of SAP Financial System & Financial Accounting Modules
• Success in matrix organization structure
• 10-15 years leadership experience, at least 5 years as CFO or Finance Director of a MNC or large conglomerate
• Expertise in design, driving, & monitoring of unified finance & accounting systems
• Proven ability in strategizing risk-averse investment opportunities, implementing & maintaining financial business risk controls, budgets & forecasts, cash management, financial analysis & reporting, tax
• Previous meaningful experience in retail or scale-up fashion business, a strong plus

Work Setup:

Shift: Day shift

Setup: Hybrid

Location: Mandaluyong City

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