Finance Director
Job Summary
GoldPhield is conducting a confidential executive search for a Finance Director for a leading renewable energy infrastructure business in the APAC region. This senior leadership role offers complete financial stewardship, spearheading regional FP&A, treasury, capital structuring, and end-to-end financial operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive financial management experience within APAC markets, specifically in renewable energy or capital-intensive infrastructure platforms.
Responsibilities
- Formulate and execute regional financial strategy
- Oversee corporate and project-level treasury operations
- Direct business planning, budgeting, and financial modeling
- Lead financial due diligence and asset acquisitions
- Manage end-to-end regional accounting and reporting
- Build and mentor high-performing finance function
Required Skills
- 15+ years of financial management experience in APAC
- Experience in renewable energy or infrastructure
- Project debt and non-recourse financing expertise
- CA, CPA, or CFA designation required
Job Details
Key Responsibilities
- Formulate and execute the regional financial strategy in alignment with long-term growth goals, supporting multi-jurisdictional clean energy development pipelines and portfolio expansion across APAC.
- Oversee corporate and project-level treasury operations, managing cash liquidity, working capital, FX risk mitigation, non-recourse project finance debt/equity execution, and refinancing initiatives.
- Direct business planning, annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and financial modeling to rigorously track performance across operating assets and pipeline projects.
- Lead financial due diligence, valuation, tax structuring, and commercial negotiation support for asset acquisitions, greenfield/brownfield developments, and joint venture partnerships.
- Manage end-to-end regional accounting, financial reporting, and consolidations across operating entities, ensuring strict compliance with IFRS and local statutory requirements.
- Oversee cross-border tax planning, transfer pricing strategies, internal controls, and regional tax compliance across diverse APAC jurisdictions.
- Serve as the primary senior liaison to regional banking syndicates, institutional investors, project partners, auditors, and regulatory bodies across APAC.
- Partner directly with C-suite leadership and project directors on capital deployment strategy while building, mentoring, and scaling a high-performing regional finance function.
Candidate Requirements
- Minimum 15+ years of progressive financial management experience, including proven leadership within APAC markets.
- Track record in renewable energy, power, utilities, or capital-intensive infrastructure platforms is strongly required.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience structuring project debt, non-recourse financing, and managing complex asset life cycles.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or relevant field; CA, CPA, or CFA designation required.