Regional Chief Financial Officer — Cybersecurity Hub

The mandate

The next planning cycle has brought into focus regional capital and performance discipline lagging the enterprise standard within a institutionally backed multinational global-capability-centre network. The immediate arena is the cybersecurity hub during an attrition and capability gap. For mandate 223, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Regional Chief Financial Officer operating perimeter covers approximately PHP 3,350 million in annual global services budget, with activity spanning several cybersecurity hub customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Regional Chief Financial Officer Global Capability Centres remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,525 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Regional Chief Financial Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the cybersecurity hub. The Regional Chief Financial Officer Global Capability Centres seat must resolve an attrition and capability gap, while preserving the underlying strengths of the cybersecurity hub. For mandate 223, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Regional Chief Financial Officer’s first year on the cybersecurity hub is expected to end with cash, forecast confidence and investment governance. In mandate 223, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The Regional Chief Financial Officer — Cybersecurity Hub requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after an attrition and capability gap created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the cybersecurity hub. Interim coverage protects essential decisions, but split ownership cannot continue through the next operating gate. The board intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 4–6 weeks while preserving confidential, evidence-led diligence.

What you will own

• Set the Regional Chief Financial Officer value-creation thesis for the cybersecurity hub, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately PHP 3,350 million in annual global services budget, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Regional Chief Financial Officer Global Capability Centres organisation of about 1,525 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the cybersecurity hub economics and execution constraints created by an attrition and capability gap, with Regional Chief Financial Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Regional Chief Financial Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the cybersecurity hub; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have signed or directly owned board financial statements, liquidity decisions and investment cases at the stated scale in mandate 223.
• Build the Regional Chief Financial Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the cybersecurity hub, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Global Capability Centres organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the cybersecurity hub baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to regional capital and performance discipline lagging the enterprise standard, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Regional Chief Financial Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the cybersecurity hub, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable cybersecurity hub trend against cash, forecast confidence and investment governance, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Regional Chief Financial Officer’s agreed first-year cybersecurity hub value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Regional Chief Financial Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the cybersecurity hub’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Regional Chief Financial Officer mandate’s highest-priority cybersecurity hub risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical cybersecurity hub talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Regional Chief Financial Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Regional Chief Financial Officer-owned improvement in the cybersecurity hub operating constraint behind an attrition and capability gap, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 223: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Regional CFO, Divisional CFO or Finance Vice President in a institutionally backed Global Capability Centres or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the cybersecurity hub, your Regional Chief Financial Officer track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from GCCs, shared services, enterprise technology, business services or multinational operations will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Regional Chief Financial Officer brief.

As a Regional Chief Financial Officer candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Global Capability Centres or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of PHP 1,950 million and led an organisation of at least 1,075 people.

For mandate 223, the board wants two transitions: a difficult cybersecurity hub portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during an attrition and capability gap. As the prospective Regional Chief Financial Officer for this cybersecurity hub, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 223 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Regional Chief Financial Officer must be based in Manila; international relocation is supported, but this Global Capability Centres role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Regional CFO, Divisional CFO or Finance Vice President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Global Capability Centres governance forum.
• Proven Regional Chief Financial Officer ownership of at least PHP 1,950 million and leadership of no fewer than 1,075 employees in a comparable cybersecurity hub context.
• One completed Global Capability Centres or adjacent-sector example of regional capital and performance discipline lagging the enterprise standard with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from GCCs, shared services, enterprise technology, business services or multinational operations; experience that is purely functional and lacks Regional Chief Financial Officer-level cybersecurity hub consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Manila location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 223.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Regional Chief Financial Officer package is PHP 20–28 million base + annual incentive and LTI, calibrated to the final cybersecurity hub scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 223 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Regional Chief Financial Officer appointment in Manila, centred on the cybersecurity hub, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 223.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 223. Identifying information will follow only when both sides elect to proceed under confidentiality; nothing in the published mandate should be treated as a clue to ownership or brand for mandate 223.