Job Summary
The Regional Finance Director, M&A Integration (APAC) will be a critical leadership role responsible for overseeing the full spectrum of financial operations across the Asia Pacific region, with a primary focus on the successful financial integration of newly acquired entities. This role serves as the key interface between the regional teams and European Headquarters, driving change management, harmonizing financial processes, and ensuring regional compliance and reporting standards are aligned with global corporate strategy and policies.
Key Responsibilities
1. M&A Integration and Harmonization (Primary Focus)
Lead Post-Acquisition Integration: Drive and manage the end-to-end financial integration roadmap for all M&A activities in the APAC region, ensuring alignment with global standards and delivery against planned synergy targets.
Financial System Harmonization: Oversee the migration and integration of acquired entities' financial systems (e.g., ERP, planning, and reporting tools) into the global standardized platform.
Policy & Process Harmonization: Standardize regional financial policies, accounting processes (R2R, P2P, O2C), internal controls, and chart of accounts to ensure consistency and compliance across all regional entities and with European HQ requirements.
Due Diligence Support: Provide financial expertise and support during the pre-acquisition due diligence phase, focusing on financial processes, internal controls, and potential integration risks.
2. Change Management and Transformation
Lead Change Initiatives: Act as a champion for organizational and process change within the regional finance function, effectively communicating the vision and necessity of transformation to local teams and stakeholders.
Talent Integration: Manage the integration and restructuring of finance teams in acquired businesses, implementing talent development programs and fostering a high-performance culture across the region.
Process Optimization: Identify and implement best-practice financial processes and controls to improve efficiency, reduce operational risk, and enhance the quality and timeliness of financial data.
3. Regional Financial Leadership and Control
Financial Reporting & Controlling: Ensure timely and accurate regional financial reporting (statutory, management, and regulatory) is delivered to European HQ under IFRS/US GAAP and local reporting standards.
Budgeting & FP&A: Oversee the regional budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning cycles, providing strategic financial analysis and performance insights to the CEO/MD and HQ leadership.
Compliance & Risk Management: Own the regional financial control environment (e.g., SOX Compliance if applicable) and manage regional tax, audit, and legal compliance in collaboration with Group functions.
Stakeholder Management: Manage the relationship between the APAC regional leadership team, local finance teams, and European HQ, ensuring clear communication and alignment on strategic and operational priorities.
Qualifications and Experience
Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business. CPA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent professional accounting qualification is mandatory. An MBA or Master's degree is highly desirable.
Experience:
Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in a regional Finance Director or Head of Finance role within a multinational corporation (MNC).
Proven track record of managing and executing M&A financial integration, change management, and process harmonization projects.
Expert-level knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP and strong exposure to a complex regulatory environment (e.g., public company reporting).
Extensive experience reporting to an overseas (preferably European or North American) Head Office.
Proficiency with large-scale ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) and financial consolidation/reporting tools (e.g., Hyperion, Anaplan).
Skills:
Exceptional leadership and team-building skills, with experience managing multi-site and multi-cultural teams.
Strong business acumen and strategic thinking capacity to translate financial data into business decisions.
Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills (written and verbal English is mandatory; a regional language proficiency is a plus).
