Director of Finance – Asia Region

🕒 April 29

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Compassion International

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1001 - 5000 employees

Compassion International is a Christian child development ministry aimed at releasing children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty in Jesus’ name.

📋 Description

• Lead and oversee accounting and finance operations across multiple Asia national offices, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulatory, board, and global standards. • Provide strategic direction for budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, capital expenditures, and financial analysis at a regional level. • Ensure timely, accurate submission and administration of regional and country budgets, integrated with strategic planning. • Lead initiatives to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability of finance operations across the region. • Evaluate which finance functions should remain local versus be consolidated into a regional operating model. • Drive process improvement, policy development, and data integrity initiatives, including business intelligence and reporting enhancements. • Lead and develop multiple country-level accounting managers and finance leaders. • Set clear goals and expectations, coach performance, build capability, and strengthen the regional finance leadership bench. • Transition the organization from detailed operational dependence to strategic, leader-led execution. • Partner closely with regional leadership, national office leaders, and global senior leadership. Use financial insight, modeling, and analysis to advise leaders and influence decisions during ambiguity, trade-offs, and competing priorities. • Anticipate regional and global economic trends that may impact financial planning and sustainability. • Uphold Compassion’s commitment to child protection, cultural behaviors, and organization's values in all responsibilities.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong accounting background with senior-leadership responsibility (non-negotiable). • Experience leading multiple teams across countries or complex organizational structures. • Proven ability to operate at a strategic level, without defaulting to day-to-day operational execution. • Demonstrated experience leading organizational change, consolidation, or growth in ambiguous environments. • Corporate-sector finance experience with high standards for reporting accuracy and timeliness. • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with confidence to influence senior leaders. • Comfort navigating cultural diversity, complexity, and evolving structures. • Preferably Regional or multi-country leadership experience in Asia, with exposure to global or matrixed organizations. • Experience working with nonprofit or mission-driven organizations, a plus. • At least Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field. • Professional certification (e.g., CPA, CA, ACCA or equivalent).

🏖️ Benefits

• Amenable to travel up to 10% of the normal schedule