Finance Controller

Our client is a Payment Service Provider (PSP) that offers businesses across Asia Pacific an integrated platform for online, in-store and business-to-business payments. The PSP holds regulatory licences in several markets and is backed by leading global investors. It is now strengthening its finance leadership to support continued regional growth.

As Financial Controller, you will head the finance function across the group’s regional entities. Your scope will cover the full spectrum: accounting and close, merchant settlement and reconciliation, safeguarding of customer funds, regulatory reporting, audit and tax. This is a hands-on leadership role. It suits someone who enjoys working directly with the data, and who also acts as a strategic partner to management on profitability, pricing and investment decisions.

Your Responsibility:

• Lead the monthly and year-end close for all group entities, and deliver accurate, timely financial statements
  
• Maintain the general ledger, including accruals, revenue recognition, intercompany balances and FX
  
• Prepare management reports for senior management, the board and investors
  
• Oversee settlement and merchant payout reconciliations, and fix recurring issues at their source with internal teams
  
• Manage the safeguarding of customer funds and regulatory reporting across all licensed markets
  
• Maintain strong internal controls and documentation to meet audit and regulatory requirements
  
• Manage statutory audits, tax filings and compliance deadlines across the group, working with external auditors, tax advisers and corporate secretaries
  
• Track key business metrics such as margins and cost to serve, and advise management on pricing, budgeting and growth
  
• Negotiate terms with banks, payment partners and vendors, and keep costs under control
  
• Lead and develop the finance team, and improve processes and automation as the business scales
  

• At least 6 years of finance experience, with a foundation in external audit or assurance (Big 4 or equivalent firm)
  
• Finance qualifications such as CA (Singapore), ACCA, CPA is highly beneficial
  
• Proven ownership of a full-cycle financial close and statutory audit process
  
• Experience managing audits across multiple legal entities or jurisdictions
  
• People management experience, or demonstrated readiness to lead a team
  
• Hands-on approach, comfortable working through high-volume transaction reconciliations
  
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills for working with large datasets
  
• Experience in payments, fintech, e-money or financial services, particularly merchant settlement, float management or safeguarding, is an advantage
  
• Working knowledge of payments licensing and safeguarding requirements in the region is an advantage
  
• Knowledge of SQL, or willingness to pick it up, is an advantage
  
• Experience building a finance function in a high-growth environment is an advantage
  
• Strong ownership of deadlines, an analytical mindset focused on root causes, and the confidence to raise issues early with senior management
  

• Visible influence on pricing, cost structure and business strategy
  
• Broad, end-to-end ownership of a regulated, multi-entity finance function
  
• Learning and development support, including professional membership sponsorship