Director of Finance – Asia Region

Role Overview

• 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