Financial ControllerFirst Circle
Workplace: MetroManila, Manila, Taguig
Salary: Agreement
Work form: Full time
Posting Date: 08/06/2025
Deadline: 22/07/2022
About the company
First Circle is a financial technology company transforming small business commerce in the growth economies of Southeast Asia. Our mission is to radically improve economic circumstances for tens of millions of people. We're doing this by building an all-encompassing trade & finance platform which provides our clients with payments, credit, and commerce tools to enable them to grow.
SMBs employ 67% of the labor force and contribute 45% of GDP. SMB growth has a large, lasting impact on the economy and the tens of millions of livelihoods they support. As the catalyst for SMB growth we create wealth for underserved segments, drive improvement in living standards and accelerate the expansion of the new middle class.
First Circle is a double-bottom-line business with a large commercial opportunity alongside our social mission. SMBs have an annual turnover of -$2T in Southeast Asia and $350b in the Philippines alone. Our payments, credit, digital banking, and B2B e-commerce products transform the trajectory of small businesses and the mindset of their owners. Success means creating $ billions in wealth creation for our clients. Our product suite has something for all businesses, high margins, and large network and data lock-in effects. This is a $multi-billion opportunity.
About our culture
First Circle has a strong mission-driven culture. Our team is equally motivated by our social purpose, the intellectual stimulation of solving hard problems, and the commercial potential of our business.
At First Circle, a person's trajectory is at least as important as their performance. We value youth and diversity because we believe that curiosity and boldness will bring us to the next level. We believe the best team dynamic is the combination of exceptional leaders who are both builders and coaches whose vision is carried out by a team of high potential, high-growth people whose intellect and ethics enable them to carry responsibility far beyond their years of experience.
We categorize our culture as a "supportive meritocracy". Supportive as we recognize that team's output is multiple of the sum of individual parts. Meritocracy because the only thing that matters is the contribution to the customer, company, and community.
About the role
With ambitious growth plans, we are looking to hire a Financial Controller who can ensure money flows seamlessly, we have best-in-class reporting, and our controls are flawless. The Finance Controller is a senior position in First Circle and leads a team that looks after not just the core finance functions, but also finance banking operations so you will get a wide view of the company with daily interaction with other departments. Reporting to the VP of Finance, you will lead all technical finance & reporting areas, whilst scaling and developing a high-performing team that is well integrated within the business. You will also be involved with the operational side of the business, ensuring new products are correctly set up with regard to finance.
Performance Objectives: Reporting & Compliance
Oversee the core finance team, responsible for all standard finance functions: accounting and reporting, controls, accounts payable, tax and statutory reporting, payroll & audit
Manages the internal & external monthly, quarterly and annual closing process and ensures SLAs are met
Ensure all monthly payroll & taxes are calculated accurately and filed on time
Manage SG & PH audit and ensure audit readiness, and meet agreed-upon audit timeline
Work cross-functionally to support compliance, regulatory, tax, and legal requests
Building a robust controls environment and managing a variety of technical, operational, and project workstreams that impact finance processes
Prepare financial planning and analysis including forecasting, budget, and cash flow management
Manages operation & structure of accounting system (SAP ByDesign) and use of payroll system (Sprout)
Using technology to scale a hyper-growth finance function and staying up to date on relevant industry news, rule changes, and researching how they will impact the business
Play a pivotal role in the acquisition of various companies & design data migration plans to consolidate all numbers & processes both into the finance system & data warehouse
Operations
Oversee the finance operations team, responsible for loan management system maintenance, repayment & interest posting, bank deposits, customer payment collection, and designing new finance processes as we launch new products.
Oversee all loan management system postings & reconciliations for both lending and repayments
Ensure customer repayment process is efficient & seamless, playing a part in improving the customer experience by designing & implementing new payment channels
Maintain and update operational procedures to ensure the team has best-in-class documentation & training
Driving the team's operational efficiency, automation, and productivity agenda including identifying opportunities to improve operations, driving change, and keeping abreast with and adopting new technologies for use within the organization - in particular integrating with our finance system & data warehouse to build automated dashboards.
Continuous engagement with a range of departments including sales, collections, data, product & tech.
Characteristics of a great candidate
Outcome owner: you naturally seek accountability and responsibility. You're honest about success and failures recognizing that truly embracing reality is the only way to move forward.
High levels of perspective: as a multi-dimensional thinker you enjoy shaping business strategy at levels of abstraction, connecting this to the current business context to break down strategic goals into executable outputs.
Synthesis: you can navigate a complex set of inputs and crystallize your thinking into a synthesis that you can organize and communicate.
High personal standards: you take satisfaction in producing excellent work. You demand more from yourself and others, constantly raising the bar.
Independently driven: the initiative to set the agenda and drive forward toward goals, leading with great personal will and inspiring action in others.
Discipline: Organized, Detail-oriented, and Dependable. This means that they are methodical and structured in the way they deliver results, they complete objectives as flawlessly as possible and can be counted on to deliver.
Ambitious: you possess the ambition and bravery to make bold bets with the execution agility to break this down into small steps. You're not afraid of failure on the path to success.
Grit and a strong moral compass: possess the integrity and courage to address issues that you perceive as wrong, extending from work problems to anomalous behavior, regardless of the context.
Qualified Accountant & experience within audit and industry with strong knowledge of IRFS
Strong people management skills with at least 3+ years in management position/s
Philippines payroll & tax expertise
Experience in setting up new entities, and handling acquisition accounting
SAP ByDesign & SQL experience preferable
Bonus Points:
Specifically passionate about financial inclusion, social change in developing countries, and a mission-driven organization
Deeply interested in financial technology - digital payments, data-driven lending, and digital banking
Banking & fintech experience desirable
Why you should apply
Join the company at an incredible time in our journey as we've survived a traumatic pandemic experience and are now perfectly poised to expand products and rapidly expand our user base
Enjoy high levels of personal growth working with very smart, high-performing people who have excelled at some of the world's best companies, each of whom possesses high levels of personal integrity and will invest in your development
Build lifelong relationships as you play a long-term game with long-term people
First Circle
First Circle is a financial technology company transforming small business commerce in the growth economies of Southeast Asia. Our mission is to radically improve economic circumstances for tens of millions of people. We're doing this by building an all-encompassing trade & finance platform which provides our clients with payments, credit, and commerce tools to enable them to grow.
SMBs employ 67% of the labor force and contribute 45% of GDP. SMB growth has a large, lasting impact on the economy and the tens of millions of livelihoods they support. As the catalyst for SMB growth we create wealth for underserved segments, drive improvement in living standards and accelerate the expansion of the new middle class.
First Circle is a double-bottom-line business with a large commercial opportunity alongside our social mission. SMBs have an annual turnover of -$2T in Southeast Asia and $350b in the Philippines alone. Our payments, credit, digital banking, and B2B e-commerce products transform the trajectory of small businesses and the mindset of their owners. Success means creating $ billions in wealth creation for our clients. Our product suite has something for all businesses, high margins, and large network and data lock-in effects. This is a $multi-billion opportunity.
About our culture
First Circle has a strong mission-driven culture. Our team is equally motivated by our social purpose, the intellectual stimulation of solving hard problems, and the commercial potential of our business.
At First Circle, a person's trajectory is at least as important as their performance. We value youth and diversity because we believe that curiosity and boldness will bring us to the next level. We believe the best team dynamic is the combination of exceptional leaders who are both builders and coaches whose vision is carried out by a team of high potential, high-growth people whose intellect and ethics enable them to carry responsibility far beyond their years of experience.
We categorize our culture as a "supportive meritocracy". Supportive as we recognize that team's output is multiple of the sum of individual parts. Meritocracy because the only thing that matters is the contribution to the customer, company, and community.
About the role
With ambitious growth plans, we are looking to hire a Financial Controller who can ensure money flows seamlessly, we have best-in-class reporting, and our controls are flawless. The Finance Controller is a senior position in First Circle and leads a team that looks after not just the core finance functions, but also finance banking operations so you will get a wide view of the company with daily interaction with other departments. Reporting to the VP of Finance, you will lead all technical finance & reporting areas, whilst scaling and developing a high-performing team that is well integrated within the business. You will also be involved with the operational side of the business, ensuring new products are correctly set up with regard to finance.
Performance Objectives: Reporting & Compliance
Oversee the core finance team, responsible for all standard finance functions: accounting and reporting, controls, accounts payable, tax and statutory reporting, payroll & audit
Manages the internal & external monthly, quarterly and annual closing process and ensures SLAs are met
Ensure all monthly payroll & taxes are calculated accurately and filed on time
Manage SG & PH audit and ensure audit readiness, and meet agreed-upon audit timeline
Work cross-functionally to support compliance, regulatory, tax, and legal requests
Building a robust controls environment and managing a variety of technical, operational, and project workstreams that impact finance processes
Prepare financial planning and analysis including forecasting, budget, and cash flow management
Manages operation & structure of accounting system (SAP ByDesign) and use of payroll system (Sprout)
Using technology to scale a hyper-growth finance function and staying up to date on relevant industry news, rule changes, and researching how they will impact the business
Play a pivotal role in the acquisition of various companies & design data migration plans to consolidate all numbers & processes both into the finance system & data warehouse
Operations
Oversee the finance operations team, responsible for loan management system maintenance, repayment & interest posting, bank deposits, customer payment collection, and designing new finance processes as we launch new products.
Oversee all loan management system postings & reconciliations for both lending and repayments
Ensure customer repayment process is efficient & seamless, playing a part in improving the customer experience by designing & implementing new payment channels
Maintain and update operational procedures to ensure the team has best-in-class documentation & training
Driving the team's operational efficiency, automation, and productivity agenda including identifying opportunities to improve operations, driving change, and keeping abreast with and adopting new technologies for use within the organization - in particular integrating with our finance system & data warehouse to build automated dashboards.
Continuous engagement with a range of departments including sales, collections, data, product & tech.
Characteristics of a great candidate
Outcome owner: you naturally seek accountability and responsibility. You're honest about success and failures recognizing that truly embracing reality is the only way to move forward.
High levels of perspective: as a multi-dimensional thinker you enjoy shaping business strategy at levels of abstraction, connecting this to the current business context to break down strategic goals into executable outputs.
Synthesis: you can navigate a complex set of inputs and crystallize your thinking into a synthesis that you can organize and communicate.
High personal standards: you take satisfaction in producing excellent work. You demand more from yourself and others, constantly raising the bar.
Independently driven: the initiative to set the agenda and drive forward toward goals, leading with great personal will and inspiring action in others.
Discipline: Organized, Detail-oriented, and Dependable. This means that they are methodical and structured in the way they deliver results, they complete objectives as flawlessly as possible and can be counted on to deliver.
Ambitious: you possess the ambition and bravery to make bold bets with the execution agility to break this down into small steps. You're not afraid of failure on the path to success.
Grit and a strong moral compass: possess the integrity and courage to address issues that you perceive as wrong, extending from work problems to anomalous behavior, regardless of the context.
Qualified Accountant & experience within audit and industry with strong knowledge of IRFS
Strong people management skills with at least 3+ years in management position/s
Philippines payroll & tax expertise
Experience in setting up new entities, and handling acquisition accounting
SAP ByDesign & SQL experience preferable
Bonus Points:
Specifically passionate about financial inclusion, social change in developing countries, and a mission-driven organization
Deeply interested in financial technology - digital payments, data-driven lending, and digital banking
Banking & fintech experience desirable
Why you should apply
Join the company at an incredible time in our journey as we've survived a traumatic pandemic experience and are now perfectly poised to expand products and rapidly expand our user base
Enjoy high levels of personal growth working with very smart, high-performing people who have excelled at some of the world's best companies, each of whom possesses high levels of personal integrity and will invest in your development
Build lifelong relationships as you play a long-term game with long-term people
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