Finance Manager - Internal Controls & Governance (CPA)

Office location: Quezon City

Work setup: Hybrid (4 days onsite, 1 day WFH)

Schedule: Monday to Friday, Dayshift

Role Overview

The Finance Controls and Governance Manager is responsible for executing and strengthening the organization's internal controls and governance framework across multiple business units. The role supports controls testing, issue remediation, compliance monitoring, process documentation, and quality assurance activities to ensure effective financial governance and operational compliance. This position also partners closely with process owners and IT teams in driving continuous improvement and control enhancement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Must be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is required.
• CIA, ACCA, or other relevant professional certifications are preferred or actively being pursued.
• At least 4–6 years of relevant experience in controllership, internal audit, external audit, risk management, or finance controls.
• Hands-on experience in internal controls testing, documentation, issue remediation, and governance activities.
• Experience supporting multi-entity or shared services environments is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of PFRS and statutory/regulatory compliance requirements.
• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA and analytics/reporting tools is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute enterprise-wide controls testing, including design and operating effectiveness testing across East Zone and Non-East Zone business units.
• Prepare audit-ready workpapers, testing documentation, and evidence logs.
• Track identified issues, validate remediation actions, and escalate overdue or high-risk items.
• Maintain and update finance controls and governance templates, including policies, SOPs, narratives, walkthroughs, and workpapers.
• Review and perform quality assurance checks on owner-prepared documents to ensure alignment with established standards and controls.
• Support process rollouts and organizational changes by coordinating updates with process owners.
• Prepare dashboards and reports on testing results, exceptions, remediation progress, and issue aging.
• Conduct walkthroughs, identify process and control gaps, and support implementation of corrective actions.
• Support QA reviews covering key finance processes such as S2P, R2R, M2C, PS, and A2D.
• Draft training materials and support governance and controls training initiatives.
• Assess control implications arising from ERP or reporting system changes and update controls, RCMs, and testing procedures accordingly.
• Coordinate with IT teams and control owners to validate ERP control configurations and obtain system-generated evidence for testing and audits.
• Identify opportunities for automation and continuous monitoring, including dashboards and exception reporting initiatives.