Head of Finance, APAC

Who We Are

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology 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. Visit our website to learn more.

Role Summary

The WM APAC Division undertook a transformational restructure during 2025 in order to move to a largely sectorised go-to-market sales approach with the sales teams supported by Customer Experience and Finance & Business Compliance teams that operate across the Division via teams that cluster across geographic locations. The new structure will enable the Division to better support the future strategic growth ambitions of the WMFTS business.

This role is a key leadership team position within the APAC Division. The APAC Head of Finance acts 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 is expected to provide both functional finance and compliance expertise, as well as a wider strategic business perspective, to the leadership team and play a key part in creating a strongly performing and highly collaborative Division.

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

• You will provide high quality financial insight and expertise as a business partner to the WM APAC Divisional Director
• You will 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
• You will own and develop the APAC Division Finance operating model ensuring both high quality Compliance and Financial reporting alongside designing and implementing an efficient structure which reduces complexity, identifies core activities and leverages scale
• You will be directly responsible for all aspects of Financial Reporting (both Management and Statutory reporting), Planning, Compliance & Governance within the APAC Division
• You will have strong technical accounting skills to ensure alignment to accounting policy requirements, with a particular focus on key Sales focus areas, including revenue recognition, cross border movements of products, fixed assets and inventory management
• The role will own, manage and deliver the annual reporting and forecasting cycle outputs within both 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 and facilitates (i) the early identification of issues and (ii) opportunities to drive performance improvement
• You will be required to have the ability to understand how the financial and operational performance of the Division are linked and bring the financial performance to life by storytelling and highlighting the key operational levers and drivers of financial performance delivery.
• Play active role in the APAC Leadership Team to coordinate and communicate policies and decisions across the multiple businesses and functions that exist in the Asia Pacific.
• Enforce and monitor execution of DOA (Delegation of Authority) within the region, via the various approval tools such as BPM and CRM and MS PowerApps.
• You will own the relationship with the external audit firm and the APAC Division, coordinating the audit work and ensuring all issues are dealt with efficiently and effectively
• You will be responsible for the internal control environment within the Division and ensure prompt closure of all audit actions and ongoing compliance with the Spirax Group's G3 control framework requirements
  
  

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.You will play a key role within these teams by building strong, collaborative relationships with peers and by bringing valuable insight, expertise and perspective to the teams
• You will work closely with the Spirax Group functions, primarily Group Finance & Internal Audit, as well as wider stakeholders across the Spirax Group, including your peers within the STS & ETS businesses
• You will own the Finance function across all the WMFTS APAC sites.
• Building strong relationships with the key individuals within both each sector team and each physical site will be crucial to success as will being a visible, supportive senior leader to the local finance teams within each site
  
  

This is what you'll need to be successful in this role

• Finance experience – a proven senior finance functional leader with a recognised accounting qualification and wide-ranging portfolio of experience which demonstrates both international business and manufacturing exposure
• Analytical, structured, and agile thinker – accurately analyses data and provides accessible insight to support understanding of the issue and enable decision-making
• An ability to evaluate and assess operating models and to deliver change in a structured and deliberate manner to drive efficiency and increase organisational stability
• Pragmatic and contextually aware – identifies the appropriate metrics to analyse and effectively interpret data in the context of manufacturing performance
• Clear communicator – presents data in a simple and structured way that is accessible to different types of audiences.
• Constructive challenger – is aware of their audience and frames thinking in an accessible way, articulating practical implications and relevant considerations to enrichen decisions
• Influences laterally – identifies key stakeholders that impact the P&L and partners with them to deliver integrated results and ongoing improvement
• Engages at all levels – works effectively with people of all types and disciplines, both at site level and at executive level
• Organised and structured – establishes priorities and coordinates others to deliver to deadlines
• Self-assured – is confident in their expertise and focused on their value-add as a partner and enabler. Provides recommendations in a balanced and assured manner and is able to gain alignment and deliver change.
• Continuous improvement mindset – learning oriented and open to change, proactively identifies better ways of doing and is open to new ideas
• Resilient and resourceful – works through conflict and engages with issues in a solutions-focused manner
  
  

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group:

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package tailored to each region, which may include flexible working, volunteering leave, private healthcare, enhanced retirement plans, and more. Additional support is available through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Our Values:

The successful candidate will always consider the safety and wellbeing of others. They will look to build relationships across the business, working collaboratively, sharing expertise and helping others. They will seek excellence in all they do and operate with integrity and respect whilst always putting the customer first.

Company Overview:

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. 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, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!