Overview
Finance Manager Jobs in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka at CentrePal
Title: Finance Manager
Company: CentrePal
Location: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Company Description
CentrePal is an Australian founded, Microsoft certified ISV delivering CCaaS, Voice AI and CX Automation in the Microsoft Teams and Azure AI ecosystem. Headquartered in Melbourne and trusted by organisations globally, CentrePal supports customers across multiple geographies and is scaling rapidly – focused on operational excellence while helping organisations modernise CX, reduce cost to serve, and scale securely on a Microsoft first platform.
Role Description
As the Finance Manager, you’ll own the day-to-day finance function and support leadership with accurate reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance. You’ll partner with internal teams and external advisors to strengthen financial controls, maintain statutory obligations, and keep the business running smoothly. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with no direct people management.
What you’ll do
Financial reporting, close & treasury
- Run monthly close across multiple entities, including journals, reconciliations, and management reporting
- Own day-to-day finance operations: invoicing/collections (AR), bill payments (AP), and payroll coordination
- Manage cash flow and treasury, including multi-currency transactions, rolling cash forecasting, and FX exposure monitoring
Planning, analysis & decision support
- Maintain the operating model: budget, forecast, and Budget vs Actuals tracking with clear variance commentary and actions
- Build and maintain financial models for pricing, growth scenarios, hiring plans, and strategic initiatives
- Provide practical, data-driven support to the leadership team – translate numbers into decisions, priorities, and clear next steps
Governance, compliance & process improvement
- Own the end-to-end finance function as a hands-on individual contributor: execute, improve processes, and strengthen controls
- Manage statutory compliance, tax and filings across jurisdictions, working with external advisors and accountants as required
- Lead R&D grant preparation and supporting evidence gathering in collaboration with engineering and external advisors
- Own procurement and spend governance: manage vendors and subscriptions, maintain renewals visibility, and ensure purchasing discipline
What you bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting (or related) and CA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent) required
- 5+ years’ progressive experience across financial accounting, FP&A and consolidation (multi-entity/multi-region preferred)
- Strong grasp of accounting standards, statutory reporting, and financial controls
- Proven budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and analytical decision support skills
- Strong systems literacy across CRM and Accounting platforms; comfortable adopting modern tooling including AI Copilots for finance
- Execution-focused individual contributor (no direct people management), able to work autonomously
Why CentrePal
This is a growth-stage environment where finance and operations are central to scaling with discipline. The role offers high visibility and autonomy, with ownership across reporting, planning, controls and execution, plus the opportunity to improve workflows using modern systems and AI-enabled tools. It suits someone who collaborates, takes ownership, and wants to make a visible impact as the organisation grows.
Questions or confidential conversation: [email protected]
To apply: Click Apply Now and attach your CV
Recruitment agency applications will not be considered.
Follow us on LinkedIn for job opportunities and company updates.
IMPORTANT: By submitting your application for this job opportunity, you consent to CentrePal Pty Ltd retaining your CV, profile, and any other information collected during the recruitment process for a period of six months. This information may be stored and used by CentrePal Pty Ltd for consideration in other potential job opportunities that may arise within the organisation during this time. Your personal data will be treated confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection laws. If you wish to withdraw your consent or request the deletion of your data, please contact us at [email protected]
