Pacific Cross International
Regional Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Asia Pacific
Overseeing finance functions of the group operations in PH, TH, VN, IN, HK, SA, and BVI (10 legal entities)
KEY INITIATIVE(S): Establishing the regional governance functions in Finance and Enterprise Risk Management, including developing strategic plans.
IFRS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE (Asia Pacific) - Concurrent (Mar 2021 - Present)
Leading the group’s transition to the new standards, including impact assessment, accounting position, vendor selection, target operating model, and system implementation.
MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS (Philippines) - Cc (Mar 2021 - Apr 2022)
Member of the Board Committees - Executive, Investment, Related Party Transaction and Corporate Governance.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENT(S): Established Board governance and meeting protocol
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (Philippines) - Concurrent (Jan 2021 - Feb 2022)
KEY INITIATIVE(S): Sponsoring almost 60 projects that already resulted in USD15.0M accounting correction, 20% increase in investible funds, identification of USD2.0M one-time expense savings, and USD0.3M annual recurring savings, decrease in reconciliation backlogs, and stabilization of financial operations after a significant fraud incident.
OTHER CONCURRENT ROLES & KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- CHIEF RISK OFFICER and CHAIRMAN - RISK MANAGEMENT STEERING COMMITTEE (Mar 2021 - Apr 2022) - Reestablished enterprise risk management framework and activities
- CHAIRMAN - FRAUD MANAGEMENT / EVALUATION COMMITTEE - (Mar 2021 - Feb 2022) - Reestablished governance process and managing reported incident’s investigation
- CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER - Interim (May - Jul 2021) - Established and implemented governance framework
- CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - Interim (Jul - Aug 2021)