
Finance Head
Role description
From the employer**PRIME Philippines** is a dynamic, founder-driven, and leading full-service commercial real estate consultancy firm in the Philippines. Established in 2013, we have rapidly evolved from a bold startup into one of the country’s fastest-growing real estate service companies. We specialize in providing integrated, data-driven, and market intelligence-based real estate solutions to a wide range of clients—including developers, investors, occupiers, and landowners.
At PRIME Philippines, growth is in our DNA. We offer a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where top talent can fast-track their careers, take ownership of major projects, and grow alongside the business.
**Our Vision & Mission**
- **Our Vision:** PRIME Philippines commits itself to be the 1st Filipino Real Estate Service Firm to go overseas.
- **Our Mission:** We exist to provide real estate service at the highest standard. We deliver innovative, effective, and personalized real estate solutions that bring success to our clients.
**What We Do**
We offer a comprehensive suite of tailored services designed to meet the evolving needs of businesses across various industries, including:
- Commercial Brokerage & Property Acquisition/Disposal
- Corporate Office and Retail Solutions
- Research, Advisory, and Consultancy
- Property Management
Headquartered in Quezon City with strategic regional offices in key growth cities like Cebu and Davao, PRIME Philippines serves both local and international clients. Having successfully handled thousands of real estate projects and transactions, we are actively expanding our footprint.
If you are a driven professional looking to make a tangible impact, challenge the status quo, and be part of a homegrown brand taking on the global stage, your next growth chapter starts here.
**About the Role**
We are looking for a **high-caliber Financial Controller / Head of Finance** to lead and strengthen the finance and accounting operations of a fast-growing Philippine business group in the real estate services and flexible workspace industry.
This is a critical leadership role for a hands-on finance operator who thrives in building structure, enforcing discipline, improving controls, and driving reporting accuracy across multiple business entities.
If you are the kind of finance leader who values integrity, ownership, operational excellence, and building strong teams, not just preparing reports, we’d like to speak with you.
You will be the key finance operations leader responsible for ensuring that the organization’s financial engine runs accurately, efficiently, and with strong governance.
This role goes beyond accounting execution. You will establish discipline, improve systems, enforce controls, and lead a growing finance team through the next stage of scale.
You will oversee accounting, financial reporting, compliance, treasury coordination, and internal controls across multiple entities and subsidiaries.
**Key Responsibilities**
**1. Financial Reporting & Close Management**
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process
- Ensure timely and accurate preparation of financial statements and management reports
- Review financial reporting across multiple entities for completeness, accuracy, and consistency
- Ensure reconciliations are completed properly and on schedule
- Identify and resolve reporting gaps, anomalies, and process weaknesses
**2. Compliance & Tax Governance**
- Ensure timely and accurate compliance with all statutory and regulatory obligations
- Oversee tax filing, remittance, and compliance including:
- VAT
- Withholding Taxes
- Income Tax
- Payroll-related statutory obligations
- Coordinate with external auditors, tax consultants, and regulators as needed
- Drive a zero-penalty compliance culture
**3. Internal Controls & Process Excellence**
- Strengthen and enforce internal controls across finance workflows
- Design and improve SOPs, approval workflows, and financial governance processes
- Ensure adherence to company policies and delegated authority frameworks
- Proactively identify control gaps and implement corrective measures
**4. Treasury & Cash Governance**
- Oversee cash monitoring, payment governance, and treasury coordination
- Ensure disbursement controls and cash management discipline
- Support management visibility on collections, receivables, and cash position
**5. Team Leadership**
- Lead, coach, and develop the finance and accounting team
- Build a culture of accountability, ownership, integrity, and operational discipline
- Improve productivity, capability, and execution standards within the team
- Partner cross-functionally with leadership, operations, HR, and business units
**6. Systems & Continuous Improvement**
- Support ERP / finance systems implementation and process automation initiatives
- Drive efficiency improvements and scalable finance operating practices
**QUALIFICATIONS**
We are looking for a strong operator, not just a technical accountant.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- 10+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience
- 5+ years in a leadership role managing finance/accounting teams
- Strong experience in
- Financial reporting
- Multi-entity accounting
- Tax compliance
- Internal controls
- Audit management
- Treasury governance
- Process improvement
**Why Join Us?**
- **We Build Leaders:** We develop talent from within. Our advancement path is real and proven—in fact, several of our current VPs started their journeys here as interns. Through direct mentorship and fast-tracked development, your path to the top is clear.
- **Hyper-Growth Fueled by Resilience:** We are expanding rapidly, opening massive doors for career advancement. This fast-paced environment requires a bounce-back mindset. If you have the resilience to turn challenges into strategy, your opportunities to scale with us are limitless.
- **A Culture That Rewards Impact:** If you step up, we notice. We actively recognize raw initiative, celebrate hard work, and reward those who take radical ownership of their outcomes.
- **Engaging Team Culture:** We believe strong team dynamics build a great workplace. We offer a mix of traditional team-building and fresh, unconventional engagement activities designed to break down silos, spark creativity, and build authentic connections.
- **Founder-Driven & Visionary:** Work directly within a fast-moving, agile ecosystem. Decisions are made quickly, and your ideas have a direct line to the top.
- **Compelling Compensation & Benefits:** Enjoy a competitive base salary with motivating performance incentives. Plus, we’ve got you covered with comprehensive HMO, full statutory benefits, paid leaves, and strong management support.
- **Shaping Real Estate Consultancy:** Collaborate daily with a vibrant, diverse, and passionate team of professionals genuinely excited about driving the industry forward.