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The company designs advanced semiconductors and data centre hardware that provide the specialised processing power needed to drive AI innovation, while delivering the efficiency required to support its broader adoption. As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. We are opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Bengaluru, which will play a central role in Graphcore's work, building the future of AI computing.\nThe Role\nThe Senior Finance Manager - APAC will be responsible for overseeing the finance operations of Graphcore's APAC entities, initially India and Taiwan. Based in Bangalore, this role will provide financial leadership across the region while partnering closely with outsourced accounting providers, the UK Group Finance team and local business leaders.\nThis is a broad, hands-on finance leadership role with responsibility for financial governance, statutory compliance, payroll oversight, treasury, business partnering and internal controls across the region. Whilst transactional accounting and local bookkeeping activities are performed by external service providers, the Senior Finance Manager retains ownership for the quality and integrity of the financial information, ensuring local accounting complies with Group policies and statutory requirements.\nThe role will oversee monthly reporting from the outsourced accounting providers, manage the integration of local financial information into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for Group reporting, and support the continued development of scalable finance processes and controls as Graphcore expands across APAC.\nReporting to the VP Finance in the UK, this position will work closely with the wider Global Finance team, People, Facilities and local leadership to ensure Finance provides an outstanding service to the business.\nKey Responsibilities\nFinance Operations & Governance\nManage the relationship with outsourced finance providers in India and Taiwan, ensuring agreed service levels are delivered.\nReview and approve monthly management accounts prepared by external accounting providers.\nEnsure local accounting complies with Group accounting policies and statutory requirements.\nReview balance sheet reconciliations and oversee resolution of accounting issues.\nAct as the finance lead for the APAC entities, ensuring robust governance and financial control.\nGroup Reporting\nCoordinate monthly financial reporting from local accounting providers.\nPrepare and post monthly journals into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to record the financial results of the APAC entities within the Group accounts.\nReconcile local statutory accounts to Group reporting.\nSupport month-end close activities and Group reporting requirements.\nSupport future integration of APAC entities into the Group ERP environment.\nStatutory Compliance, Payroll & Treasury\nOversee statutory accounting, tax compliance and regulatory reporting across the APAC entities.\nManage relationships with external accountants, payroll providers, tax advisers and auditors.\nWorking with the People team, review and approve monthly payroll prepared by local payroll providers prior to processing.\nOversee banking relationships, cash management and treasury activities including review and approval of payment runs.\nEnsure all statutory filings and compliance obligations are completed accurately and on time.\nBusiness Partnering & Local Support\nAct as the primary Finance point of contact for the India and Taiwan entities, supporting employees, managers and local leadership.\nPartner closely with the People team on payroll, employee lifecycle activities, benefits administration and other finance-related people matters.\nWork collaboratively with Facilities and Workplace teams to support office operations, vendor management and local expenditure.\nProvide guidance to employees on Company finance policies, including travel, expenses, purchasing and procurement.\nSupport budgeting, forecasting and financial planning for the APAC entities.\nProvide commercial insight and financial guidance to support business decision-making.\nFinancial Controls & Process Improvement\nDesign, implement and maintain local financial controls to complement Group policies and meet local statutory requirements.\nDevelop controls for locally managed assets, including fixed asset registers, asset tracking and periodic verification.\nEnsure appropriate approval workflows exist for purchasing, expenses, payroll and payments.\nDrive continuous improvement in finance processes, documentation and reporting.\nSupport finance transformation initiatives, including future ERP implementation and process automation.\nGlobal Finance Collaboration\nAct as the primary liaison between the APAC entities and the UK Group Finance team.\nSupport Group audits and other corporate finance initiatives.\nShare best practice and contribute to the ongoing development of the global finance function.\nCandidate Profile\nQualifications & Experience\nQualified Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.\n6+ years' post-qualified experience, ideally within an international technology, semiconductor or engineering organisation.\nExperience managing or overseeing outsourced accounting providers or shared service finance operations.\nStrong knowledge of statutory accounting, financial reporting and internal controls.\nExperience working with multinational organisations and multiple legal entities.\nExperience of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or a comparable ERP system would be advantageous.\nStrong Excel and financial analysis skills. \nExperience working with external auditors, tax advisers and payroll providers.\nExperience supporting month-end reporting and Group consolidations.\nExperience in designing or using agentic workflows to improve finance processes would also be highly beneficial.\nSkills & Competencies\nExcellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.\nStrong commercial awareness with the ability to partner effectively with business leaders.\nExcellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across countries and time zones.\nHigh attention to detail with a strong focus on financial governance and controls.\nConfident working independently while collaborating with globally distributed teams.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nMindset & Approach\nBuilds trusted relationships through collaboration, openness and integrity.\nTakes ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality outcomes.\nEnjoys building scalable processes and improving the way Finance supports the business.\nPragmatic, commercially minded and solutions focused.\nComfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving international environment.\nBalances strong financial governance with a practical, business-focused approach.\nMotivated by enabling employees and business leaders while 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