APAC Head of Finance

Who We Are

[Employer hidden] Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies. When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential.

Role Summary

The WM APAC Division undertook a transformational restructure during 2025 to move to a largely sectorised go-to-market sales approach. This role is a key leadership team position within the APAC Division. The APAC Head of Finance acts as a true business partner to the APAC Divisional Director and their leadership team to ensure the Division is able to deliver their operational and financial objectives. The role has five direct reports together with ultimate oversight of the APAC finance functional team (c.20 colleagues in aggregate).

What you’ll be doing

• Provide high quality financial insight and expertise as a business partner to the WM APAC Divisional Director
• Lead the Finance Function within the APAC Division and be a key member of the Global WMFTS Finance Function Leadership team, working closely with the WMFTS Finance Director
• Own and develop the APAC Division Finance operating model ensuring both high quality Compliance and Financial reporting alongside designing and implementing an efficient structure
• Directly responsible for all aspects of Financial Reporting (both Management and Statutory reporting), Planning, Compliance & Governance within the APAC Division
• Strong technical accounting skills to ensure alignment to accounting policy requirements, with a particular focus on revenue recognition, cross border movements, fixed assets and inventory management
• Own, manage and deliver the annual reporting and forecasting cycle outputs within the WMFTS APAC Division, the WMFTS Business and the wider requirements of the Spirax Group
• Provide comprehensive and insightful management reporting within the Division which acts as a key performance driver
• Understand how financial and operational performance are linked and bring financial performance to life by storytelling
• Play active role in the APAC Leadership Team to coordinate and communicate policies and decisions
• Enforce and monitor execution of DOA within the region via approval tools such as BPM and CRM and MS PowerApps
• Own the relationship with the external audit firm and the APAC Division, coordinating audit work
• Responsible for the internal control environment within the Division and ensure prompt closure of all audit actions

Who you’ll be working with

• Business partner to both WM APAC Division Director and WM Global Finance Director
• Member of both the APAC Division and Global Finance Leadership teams
• Work closely with the Spirax Group functions, primarily Group Finance & Internal Audit
• Own the Finance function across all the WMFTS APAC sites
• Build strong relationships with key individuals within each sector team and physical site

This is what you’ll need to be successful

• Finance experience – proven senior finance functional leader with recognised accounting qualification and international business and manufacturing exposure
• Analytical, structured, and agile thinker
• Ability to evaluate and assess operating models and deliver change
• Pragmatic and contextually aware – identifies appropriate metrics
• Clear communicator – presents data in a simple and structured way
• Constructive challenger – frames thinking in an accessible way
• Influences laterally – identifies key stakeholders
• Engages at all levels – works effectively with people of all types
• Organised and structured – establishes priorities and coordinates others
• Self-assured – confident in expertise, provides recommendations in a balanced manner
• Continuous improvement mindset – learning oriented and open to change
• Resilient and resourceful – works through conflict, solutions-focused

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures. At Watson-Marlow, we offer a generous benefits package. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Company Overview

At [Employer hidden] Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products.