Senior Finance Manager

Company overview

Our client is a well-known, dynamic F&B group with a portfolio of 10+ brands (including flagship premium Korean BBQ and trendy bubble-tea concepts), more than 1,000 employees overall, and around 40 outlets combining company-owned and franchise operations across Thailand.

The group is poised for growth (expansion of outlets, international licensing/franchising, digital/omni-channel initiatives) and seeks a high-impact finance leader to help scale the business responsibly and strategically.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership to the Group: develop financial strategy, dashboards, forecasting, business modelling, P&L oversight across the brand portfolio.
• Oversee the full finance function: accounting, tax, treasury, budgeting, financial reporting, internal controls and compliance (Thai GAAP / IFRS as applicable).
• Drive cost and margin improvement initiatives across owned outlets and franchise/business-partner models: pricing strategy, cost of sales, labour efficiency, overheads.
• Partner with Operations, Brand, and Franchise teams to evaluate new outlet openings, franchising/licensing opportunities, and capital expenditure proposals.
• Lead strategic planning: scenario modelling for growth (new brands, new markets, overseas), M&A or JV opportunities if applicable.
• Liaise with banks, investors, auditors, and external advisors; ensure proper corporate governance frameworks as the business scales.
• Build and strengthen finance team capability: mentor senior finance staff, implement improved systems and reporting processes, ensure scalable infrastructure.
• Manage month-end close, financial statements, board packs and present to leadership and stakeholders.

Ideal Experience & Skills

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years' progressive finance experience, with at least 2-3 years in a senior finance role, preferably in the consumer, F&B, retail or hospitality sector
• Strong P&L ownership experience, you have been responsible for multi-site, multi-brand operations, not just a single entity.
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, business modelling, strategic planning; comfortable building financial models to support growth decisions.
• Demonstrated success in value-creation initiatives: cost optimisation, margin improvement, operational finance partnering.
• Prior experience working with external stakeholders (investors, banks, auditors) and ensuring governance/compliance.
• Excellent leadership skills; experience building or transforming a finance function to support multi-brand/multi-entity business.
• High integrity, strong communication skills to interface with senior management and external stakeholders.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strategic thinker with commercial acumen; you see the business beyond numbers.
• Hands on approach to work, independent
• Results-driven, action-oriented; you can dive deep into details but maintain the big picture.
• Strong people leadership: building, mentoring, influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent modelling & analytical skills; high proficiency in Excel; experience with ERP/finance systems.
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving environment; comfortable with ambiguity and scaling complexity.
• Collaborative mindset: able to partner with operations, marketing, franchise teams, while holding finance discipline.
• Ethical and transparent; high standard of corporate governance and internal control mindset.