Head Finance

Company overview

Our client is a well-known, dynamic F&B group with a portfolio of 8+ 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 10 years experience, with at least 3 years in a senior finance leadership 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. 
• Hands-on experience with franchise / licensing business models, outlet roll-out / capex planning preferred. 
• 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 (Thai and English) 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.