Job Description

Keegan Adams Recruitment – New South Wales

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An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Finance Director – APAC to join a leading global investment management organisation. Operating as the senior finance leader for the Asia-Pacific region, this is effectively a Regional CFO-level role with end-to-end responsibility across FP&A;, statutory and regulatory reporting, accounting, audit, tax, controls and broader commercial finance. This is a highly visible leadership position, partnering with senior executives across APAC and global finance while leading an established regional finance team.

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The Role

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Working within a sophisticated global and highly matrixed environment, you will take overall accountability for the APAC finance function and act as a key commercial and strategic partner to regional leadership.
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- Lead the finance function across APAC
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- Take overall accountability for FP&A;, accounting, statutory and regulatory reporting, audit, tax and financial controls.
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- Lead budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and analysis of regional financial performance.
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- Provide commercial insights and recommendations to APAC and global senior leadership.
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- Participate as a member of the Asia-Pacific senior leadership team, providing regular financial reporting and insights to executive management.
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- Partner closely with the APAC COO and other senior regional and global executives.
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- Oversee statutory reporting across multiple jurisdictions in accordance with IFRS and applicable local GAAP requirements.
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- Maintain a robust control environment and act as a senior point of contact for auditors, regulators and internal stakeholders.
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- Support strategic initiatives and M&A; activity, including financial modelling and evaluation of potential acquisitions and new business opportunities.
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- Partner with global tax and treasury teams across regional tax strategy,



cash management, funding and capital efficiency.
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- Provide financial oversight and reporting relating to regulated investment structures and associated Boards/Trustees.
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- Oversee client and product pricing decisions across APAC.
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- Lead, develop and empower an experienced finance team across Sydney and Tokyo, while working closely with offshore support functions.
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- Drive transformation, automation and continuous improvement across the regional finance function.
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About You

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This position requires a seasoned finance leader who can operate at both a strategic and operational level and is comfortable navigating a complex global organisation.
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- Significant senior finance leadership experience within financial services.
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- Asset or investment management experience is highly regarded.
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- Strong APAC experience, ideally having worked within a regional finance function spanning multiple jurisdictions.
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- CA or CPA qualification.
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- Big 4 experience is highly preferred.
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- Broad technical and commercial finance capability spanning FP&A;, statutory reporting, accounting, audit, tax and regulatory reporting.
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- Experience leading established, high‐performing finance teams.
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- Strong understanding of operating within a global matrix environment with multiple reporting lines and stakeholder groups.
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- Experience partnering with C-suite executives and presenting financial performance and recommendations to senior leadership.
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- Exposure to Boards, regulated investment structures or the superannuation/master trust workplace would be highly regarded.
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- Experience supporting M&A;, acquisitions, financial modelling or other strategic initiatives.
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- The ability to balance oversight with delegation, empowering experienced team members while maintaining accountability for regional outcomes.
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- Strong commercial judgement, executive presence and the ability to build trusted relationships across multiple functions and geographies.
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📌 Director of Finance - APAC (New South Wales)
🏢 Keegan Adams Recruitment
📍 New South Wales