Senior / Principal Program Manager - Controllership (Bangkok Based, Relocation Provided)

 

The Opportunity

We’re hiring a Senior Program Manager / Principal Program Manager (level of individual candidates to be determined as part of interview process based on experience and fit) to lead strategic as well as tactical cross-functional initiatives across the organization, including but not limited to covering Accounting and Finance Operations (e.g., AP, AR, Credit Risk, Accounting, Collections and other cross functional initiatives). This role requires a delivery leader who can manage and present to stakeholders at all levels, including C-suite executives, and has sufficient finance and accounting knowledge to translate strategies and problems into clear, actionable plans—driving clarity, alignment, and measurable outcomes across workstreams. 

In This Role, You Will: 

• Lead end-to-end delivery of controllership, finance operations and other initiatives: scoping, planning, execution, change management, and post-implementation tracking. 

• Build and maintain actionable plans with clear milestones, dependencies, owners, and governance cadences - supporting owners to unblock issues and keeping delivery on track. 

• Drive program discipline: clear business requirements, decision logs, timelines, and measurable success metrics. 

• Act as the central point of alignment across teams—identify misalignment early, facilitate decisions, and ensure timely escalation when needed. 

• Partner with teams outside Finance (Product, IT, Legal, Commercial) to design and implement end-to-end solutions as needed. 

• Prepare and deliver executive-ready materials (steerco decks, one-pagers, decision memos) highlighting progress, issues, and trade-offs to senior leadership including C-suite. 

Example Initiatives You May Manage:

• Coordinate improvement of specific metrics across organization like cash flow metrics for example through better AR collections prioritization, dispute resolution workflows, payout timing optimizations, and operational controls. 

• Enhance the balance sheet reconciliation process through a more robust review mechanism and improving reconciliation standards. 

• Establish new business models and ensure scalable finance processes are in place (accounting treatment alignment, operational workflows, controls, reporting readiness). 

• Cross-functional finance initiatives involving tooling, automation, data flow changes, and operating model redesign. 

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• 8+ years in program management or project management, preferably in consulting or finance transformation environments. 

• Strong problem-solving skills; comfortable structuring ambiguous strategies and/or problems into executable plans. 

• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and manage complex stakeholder environments across multiple teams. 

• Proven experience producing and presenting executive-level communications (e.g. steering committees, senior leadership updates). 

• Sound working knowledge of accounting and finance operations concepts. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English. 

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. 

• Experience in relevant industries such as travel tech, e-commerce and fintech is a plus. 

• Experience with finance transformation, controllership operations or large-scale process redesign. 

• Familiarity with internal controls, audit requirements, and governance models (SOX experience a plus if applicable). 

• Experience partnering with product/engineering or data teams on process/tooling changes. 

• Relevant certifications that augment program management like PMP / PRINCE2 / Agile are a plus. 

• Confident, structured, and able to drive decisions in senior forums. 

• Comfortable challenging assumptions and resolving conflict constructively. 

• Detail-oriented while maintaining a strong grasp of business outcomes. 

• High ownership, bias for action, and strong follow-through. 

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