Financial Controller

About Apeiron

Apeiron is the next generation professional services firm. Our services and solutions are tailored to the needs of start-ups and enterprise companies in Southeast Asia and beyond. With a strong presence in both Singapore and the Philippines, Apeiron offers technology-enabled professional services designed to support businesses at every stage of their growth.

Our culture is fast-paced and unique, we recognize great achievements with great rewards. To support our ambitious growth, we are looking for commercially astute, ambitious individuals who can bring fresh and innovative thinking to Apeiron and play a part in driving us forward in reimagining professional services. Apeiron believes in the power of meritocracy. We invest in the development of our people to help everyone achieve their full potential.

About the Client

A fast-growing technology company that is driving innovation toward a more sustainable and energy-efficient Philippines. Its renewable energy arm leads the shift to accessible, affordable, and clean solar power for households and businesses, while its product and distribution division advances smart energy systems, smart door locks, and other tech solutions. Together, the company

is shaping a future where sustainability and technology work hand in hand to power everyday life.

Benefits include

● Quality-driven environment

● Healthy work-life balance

● Hybrid set-up of at least four times a week at the office

● Health Insurance

We are looking for a Finance Controller

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The Financial Controller will lead financial reporting, controllership, and compliance for one of the technology companies in the Philippines, ensuring accurate business unit and corporate financials while supporting the company's growth and expansion. This role oversees accounting, corporate finance, internal controls, and regulatory compliance, working closely with senior management to drive financial efficiency and strategic growth.

The Finance Controller will oversee and directly manage all Finance and Accounting Managers and Heads across the group's divisions and business units. He/she will work closely with senior

management to support the group's strategic growth, optimize performance, and strengthen financial governance.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting & Consolidation

● Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with IFRS/GAAP.

● Consolidate business unit financials, ensuring accuracy and transparency.

● Prepare segmented financial reports showing both consolidated group performance and detailed results per company, business unit, and sales channel.

● Manage the accruals, amortizations and adjustments, and financial consolidations across different business units.

● Oversee business unit financial reporting, ensuring proper tracking of revenue, costs, and profitability per location.

● Develop and maintain a unified chart of accounts and reporting framework across all entities to ensure consistency in consolidation.

● Provide financial insights and variance analysis to leadership for strategic decision-making.

● Support the executive team and board with group-level financial dashboards, forecasts, and scenario analyses.

Accounting & General Ledger Management

● Ensure the timely and accurate closing of financial books each period.

● Ensure accurate store-level financials, including cost of goods sold (COGS), labor expenses, and operating expenses.

● Supervise the Fixed Assets Accounting team to track capital expenditures, depreciation, and disposals related to store operations.

● Manage Inventory Accounting, ensuring cost of sales (COS) computations align with actual inventory movements at the store-level.

● Maintain compliance with internal financial controls and accounting policies.

● Oversee intercompany transactions, eliminations, and reconciliations between entities within the group.

Sales Reconciliation and Working Capital Management

● Oversee sales reconciliation with online and offline stores

● Develop and manage the online transactions, ensuring accurate billing and timely collections.

● Work with finance operations and legal teams to ensure effective and efficient credit issuance, and actions on aging accounts.

● Manage sufficiency of cash flows, including spearheading projects in optimizing internal working capital and/or external fundraising efforts (e.g., equity, loans)

● Implement cash management frameworks for each entity while ensuring group-level liquidity optimization.

● Monitor intercompany loans and advances to ensure proper documentation and settlement.

Internal Controls & Compliance

● Implement and maintain internal controls at the business unit level to minimize fraud risks.

● Lead business unit spot audits to ensure compliance with internal controls, regulatory, tax, and government requirements.

● Collaborate with the legal team to ensure tax and other regulatory compliance

● Standardize compliance processes across entities, ensuring uniform financial discipline across the group.

Process & Systems Improvement

● Optimize financial processes, including store-level reporting, reconciliation automation, and

cost control measures.

● Provide training and guidance to the accounting and finance team on best practices to drive better reporting and business results.

Key Qualifications

● Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA preferred.

● 5+ years of experience in financial controllership, accounting, or audit, preferably in retail, wholesaling, and/or construction.

● Strong knowledge of IFRS, GAAP, tax regulations, and internal controls.

● Experience in financial consolidations, e-commerce finance, and multi-entity accounting is a plus.

● Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP, NetSuite, QuickBooks, or similar platforms).

● Strong leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment.

Key Success Metrics

● Timeliness & accuracy of financial reporting and consolidation

● Efficiency of sales reconciliation and working capital management

● Compliance with tax and audit requirements

● Improvement in financial processes and automation

● Effective cost control and variance analysis