shared service finance ControllerCircles Life Technology Philippines, Inc.

Why apply to Circles.Life?Circles.Life is not just your digital telco provider. Since our launch, we revolutionised the telco industry by seamlessly integrating both telco and digital lifestyle services on our Circles-X platform. Over the past years, we have captured more than 5% market share in Singapore, launched in Australia and Taiwan while attaining record breaking CSAT and NPS (+50). We were voted the Top Employer in Digital Telco and became an accredited winner in showcasing excellence in workplace culture in 2019. As we're growing to become the biggest and most loved brand, we are looking for a Finance Shared Service Controller, based in Philippines.
Mission of the role:Reporting to the Group Finance Controller, you will be leading the Philippines Finance Shared Service Organization in Circles.Life, managing the various aspects of accounting operations, monthly close, reporting and compliance activities across the group. You will be an integral part of the Finance team supporting the success of Circles.Life.
What your role here would be like:
Lead and motivate a Philippines Finance Shared Service (PFSS) Team to deliver high quality services within expected turnaround times, to support the growth of international operation.
Management of the timely and accurate production of all financial and statutory accounting, reporting and outputs as well as tax compliance
Develop and improve financial controlling and accounting operations functions
Managing finance projects aimed to improve existing finance processes such as the creation of new value-added tasks to optimise current finance service level.
Manage the monthly/quarterly/annual close periods and ensure completeness of all financial, statutory and group accounting and reporting whilst ensuring compliance with accounting principles/standards and relevant regulations.
Actively promote the sharing of new ideas and best practice across all areas.
Play a lead role in improving the strength of finance talent within the PFSS team; recruit and develop individuals to facilitate proactive succession planning at all level.
Manage, coach, and mentor employees of the PFSS team as appropriate.
Ensure internal control systems are in place, with strict adherence of the Circles Group policies and procedures
Develop new and review existing policies and procedures for the Circles Group
The ideal candidate:
Finance / Accounting related degree and/or professional qualifications (ACCA or CPA)
An accomplished leader and people manager, with a minimum of 10 - 15 years of relevant work experience in a similar position, primarily with reviewing, consolidating and reporting the financial results.
Familiarity with IFRS, Company Act and Tax regulations within the region preferred
A self-starter and hands-on individual, you can work in a fast-paced environment and is independent.
You are confident speaking to senior stakeholders, possess good communication skills.
A high level of integrity, strong personal drive and resourcefulness.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Familiarity with ERP systems (Oracle) is a bonus
Who you'll work with:
Chief Financial Officer
Regional Finance Controller
Circles.Life Regional Leadership team
BENEFITSOne of Circles.Life's key missions is to build the best place to work and grow. In order to do that, we offer:
Exponential career growth & ownership - Completely own your own career and determine how fast and in which direction you grow. Being in a hyper-growth environment means having the opportunity for 10x the learning at 10x the speed; watch your role expand as the company expands.
Impact from Day 1 - Translate idea to action and help us to blaze the trial for innovative products and shake up the telco world, and beyond.
Talent Mobility - Circles.Lifers are given the opportunity to change roles internally, across functions and/or offices, through multiple structured programs (i.e. internal transfers, job shadowing or job rotation). We've witnessed many successful examples -e.g., from HR lead to Business Development Senior Manager.
Talent Development - We stand for a culture of continuous learning and growing. Besides structured career development paths and quarterly performance reviews, we offer monthly learning brown bag sessions, manager training and L&D budget to support development of professional interests and efforts.
Total Rewards (Salary + Equity) - We offer highly competitive salary and bonus inline with top tier technology companies, and equity for ALL employees (up to 6 months of annual salary worth for top performers). That means, unlimited upside based on company's performance.
Benefits - Mobile bill reimbursement for all Circles.Lifers and their dependents and medical insurance. Bonus: Well-stocked pantry and monthly fun activities.
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Circles.Life is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, disability or age.To all recruitment agencies: Circles.Life will only acknowledge resumes from agencies specifically retained for the role.We regret to inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.