Head of Finance

Job Category: Accounting & Finance | JR-20039

Job Location: Clark, Pampanga

Expand your skills and grow your career by being part of a growing AU-based team here in the Philippines! If you are looking for a new job opportunity, apply now for this role!

Why will love working with this Client?

Pinnacle Hire specializes in water pump hire and offers comprehensive solutions for advanced water treatment, storage, and pumping throughout Australia.

Location / Shift

Clark, Morning Shift

NOTE: You must be willing to work in the office in the above office location to apply for this position

Job Summary

The Head of Finance is responsible for leading Pinnacle Hire’s financial control environment, reporting integrity, and finance operations delivery across the business. This role ensures strong financial discipline, accurate and timely reporting, robust financial controls, and scalable finance processes that support business growth and operational performance. The Head of Finance is accountable for delivering reliable financial information, maintaining balance sheet integrity, and leading the day-to-day execution performance of the finance function. The role supports operational decision-making through accurate financial insight, performance transparency, and timely reporting that enables effective business decision-making. The role is also responsible for driving continuous optimisation of finance processes, improving automation, and ensuring the finance function can scale efficiently as the business grows. The Head of Finance operates as the execution leader of the finance function, working in close partnership with the CFO, who retains accountability for financial strategy, capital allocation, commercial finance direction, and external stakeholder engagement.

This Role Is Fundamental To

• Deliver trusted, decision-grade financial information.
• Maintain strong financial control and governance.
• Ensure consistent and scalable finance processes.
• Support working capital discipline and cash performance.
• Provide financial transparency across operations.
  
  

About Pinnacle Hire

• Always Pumping – We stay proactive, driven, and adaptable.
• Only Perfection – We pursue excellence and high standards in everything we do.
• Unstoppable Teamwork – We work together to achieve shared success.
  
  

Alignment with these values will be considered as part of performance reviews and professional development.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

Financial Control & Reporting Excellence 20% – Accountable for the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting across the business.

• Own monthly close accuracy, balance sheet integrity, and reporting timeliness
• Lead statutory compliance, audit coordination, and regulatory reporting
• Maintain strong financial controls across revenue, inventory, and asset accounting
• Drive standardisation of finance processes nationally
• Ensure ERP and reporting systems deliver reliable decision-grade data
  
  

Working Capital Execution & Cash Discipline 15% – Support strong working capital performance and cash discipline across the business.

• Ensure high-quality financial data and process discipline support strong working capital performance and cash outcomes.
• Implement cost-control measures while maintaining operational effectiveness.
• Monitor key financial metrics to identify risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Support growth through disciplined financial management and effective cost allocation.
  
  

Commercial & Operational Finance Leadership 15%

• Partner with Regional Leaders to improve depot profitability and asset returns
• Support pricing strategy, contract profitability, and customer margin analysis
• Deliver profitability visibility by: Customer, Segment, Asset Class, and Contract Type
• Support capital investment analysis and post-investment performance tracking
• Support asset lifecycle decision making (buy, hold, redeploy, dispose)
  
  

Process Optimisation, Automation & Finance Productivity 15%

• Identify, prioritise, and deliver finance process optimisation initiatives.
• Drive automation of manual and repetitive finance processes.
• Improve finance productivity through standardisation and system enhancement.
• Reduce manual processing, duplication, and non-value-add activities.
• Improve reporting speed, data availability, and decision support capability.
• Partner with IT and Systems teams to improve finance system capability and integration.
• Deliver measurable finance efficiency and productivity improvements.
• Build scalable finance processes to support future business growth.
  
  

Asset & Inventory Financial Governance 10% – Support financial visibility, accuracy, and control of fleet and inventory assets

• Maintain accurate asset and inventory accounting
• Support reconciliation between operational and financial asset systems
• Support visibility of asset utilisation, idle asset cost, and asset performance
• Support asset lifecycle financial performance reporting
• Drive continuous improvement in inventory processes, systems, and data quality to enhance visibility, reporting accuracy, and decision-making.
• Support cash flow management through effective inventory capital allocation and minimisation of idle or slow-moving assets.
  
  

Finance Transformation & Capability Building 10%

• Build scalable finance processes to support growth.
• Lead offshore finance delivery model effectiveness.
• Improve automation, data quality, and reporting speed.
• Drive finance maturity uplift across the business.
• Support rollout of profitability visibility models (e.g., Try Before You Buy).
  
  

Leadership & Culture 10% – Leadership & Team Development

• Set clear performance expectations and accountability standards
• Develop technical and professional capability across the finance team
• Drive a continuous improvement mindset across the team
• Foster strong collaboration with Australian stakeholders
  
  

Risk, Governance & Compliance 5%

• Maintain strong financial governance and audit readiness.
• Support contract risk and commercial risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance across tax, payroll, super, and statutory reporting.
  
  

Requirements

Education/Certificates

• CA or CPA qualification preferred.
  
  

Experience & Knowledge

• 5+ years in a senior finance leadership role, preferably within equipment rental, plant hire, or asset-intensive industries.
• Demonstrated success managing high-growth businesses with expertise in cash flow optimisation and cost control.
• Experience leading accounting and transaction finance teams.
• Experience in multi-entity or multi-site businesses.
• Experience working with offshore or distributed teams.
• Experience in asset-intensive or operational businesses (desirable).
• Experience driving process optimisation, automation, and finance transformation (highly desirable).
  
  

Leadership Profile

• Own outcomes end-to-end.
• Escalate risks early and clearly.
• Deliver solutions, not just identify issues.
• Maintain strong financial integrity at all times.
• Drive continuous optimisation and improvement across finance operations.
  
  

optiBPO is an exciting workplace where you will be surrounded by smart, talented, and motivated professionals who support clients across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe. optiBPO helps clients in planning, building, and managing dedicated offshoring teams in the Philippines.

Enjoy great perks and benefits, such as an in-house medical team and HMO coverage. We maintain a healthy workplace that promotes collaboration, creativity, and teamwork. It is important for us to help you advance your career by elevating growth strategies and learning opportunities throughout your career journey with us.

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