Senior Finance Manager

The Senior Finance Manager is responsible for leading the financial management, planning, reporting and control of the client.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the role is a key business partner to the CEO and leadership team and provides high-quality financial reporting, analysis and advice to the Board and relevant Board committees.

A primary focus of the position is financial planning and analysis (FP&A). The Senior Finance Manager will lead the annual budget, monthly phasing, rolling forecasts, cash-flow forecasting and scenario modelling to provide management and the Board with a clear and timely view of financial performance and outlook.

The Senior Finance Manager is supported by an Accountant responsible for transactional accounting, bookkeeping and preparation of month-end accounts.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the annual organisation-wide budgeting process in partnership with the CEO, leadership team and budget owners.
• Develop detailed monthly phased budgets across revenue, expenditure, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Maintain regular rolling forecasts throughout the year, incorporating actual performance and changes in organisational assumptions.
• Develop short and medium-term cash-flow forecasts, with particular consideration of the highly seasonal nature of Mardi Gras activities.
• Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support organisational planning and strategic decision-making.
• Analyse actual results against budget and latest forecast and identify key financial risks and opportunities.
• Work with budget owners to improve financial accountability and forecasting accuracy.
• Develop event and program budgets and undertake post-event financial analysis to identify performance against budget and key learnings.

CEO & Executive Decision Support

• Act as the primary finance business partner to the CEO.
• Provide timely financial analysis and commercial advice to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Translate complex financial information into clear, practical insights for non-financial stakeholders.
• Proactively identify emerging financial risks, opportunities and performance trends.
• Support evaluation of major initiatives, events, contracts, partnerships and investment decisions.
• Build financial capability and accountability across organisational budget holders.

Board & Committee Reporting

• Prepare high-quality monthly and periodic financial reporting for the Board and relevant Board committees.
• Provide clear commentary covering financial performance, material variances, forecast position, cash flow, risks and opportunities.
• Maintain a current full-year forecast so the Board has visibility of the organisation's expected financial position throughout the year.
• Support the CEO, Treasurer and Board committees with financial analysis and information as required.
• Assist with financial information required for governance, risk management and strategic planning.

Management Reporting

• Own the monthly management reporting cycle and ensure timely and accurate month-end reporting.
• Review monthly P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and supporting reconciliations prepared by the Accountant.
• Maintain reporting that provides visibility by month, event, program and organisational cost centre.
• Maintain an effective Xero tracking/cost-centre structure aligned with the organisation's budgeting and management reporting framework.
• Continually improve reporting to provide useful forward-looking information, not merely historical results.

Financial Control & Compliance

• Maintain an appropriate financial control environment, including delegations, approvals and segregation of duties.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and ensure balance sheet integrity.
• Oversee GST/BAS and other statutory financial obligations.
• Oversee payroll and associated controls and reconciliations.
• Coordinate the annual external audit and statutory financial reporting process.
• Liaise with auditors, tax advisers and other external professional advisers.
• Ensure appropriate financial policies and procedures are documented and maintained.

Finance Leadership, Systems & Improvement

• Manage and develop the Accountant, establishing clear responsibilities, deadlines and performance expectations.
• Establish an efficient month-end timetable and finance calendar.
• Drive automation and process improvement across the finance function.
• Maximise the effective use of Xero and associated finance systems.
• Identify opportunities to automate AP, reconciliations, reporting and other repetitive finance processes.
• Ensure systems and processes can scale effectively during periods of significantly increased transactional activity associated with major events.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• CA or CPA qualified.
• At least five years' relevant post-qualification finance experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of organisational budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling.
• Strong FP&A and commercial analysis capability.
• Demonstrated experience preparing management and Board-level financial reporting.
• Strong management accounting and financial control experience.
• Experience partnering with CEOs, executives or senior operational leaders.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Strong financial systems capability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Highly Regarded

• Experience commencing your career in public practice, audit or business advisory.
• Experience in events, arts, entertainment, membership organisations, hospitality or the not-for-profit sector.
• Experience working in a highly seasonal organisation.
• Strong Xero experience.
• Experience improving finance systems, automation and management reporting.

Key Capabilities

• Commercially minded and forward-looking.
• Ability to explain what happened, why it happened, what is likely to happen next and what management can do about it.
• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Comfortable constructively challenging assumptions.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• Sound judgement with a high level of integrity and confidentiality.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with a willingness to be hands-on when required

Pay: Php130,000.00 - Php160,000.00 per month

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Taguig