Regional Chief Financial Officer — Packaging And Test Network

The mandate

The next planning cycle has brought into focus regional capital and performance discipline lagging the enterprise standard within a institutionally backed fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the packaging and test network during an export-control response. For mandate 523, 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 ₩7,900 billion in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several packaging and test network customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Regional Chief Financial Officer Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 875 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 packaging and test network. The Regional Chief Financial Officer Semiconductor seat must resolve an export-control response, while preserving the underlying strengths of the packaging and test network. For mandate 523, 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 packaging and test network is expected to end with cash, forecast confidence and investment governance. In mandate 523, 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 — Packaging And Test Network requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after an export-control response created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the packaging and test network. 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 packaging and test network, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₩7,900 billion in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Regional Chief Financial Officer Semiconductor organisation of about 875 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the packaging and test network economics and execution constraints created by an export-control response, 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 packaging and test network; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have signed or directly owned board financial statements, liquidity decisions and investment cases at the stated scale in mandate 523.
• Build the Regional Chief Financial Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the packaging and test network, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the packaging and test network 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 packaging and test network, 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 packaging and test network 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 packaging and test network 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 packaging and test network’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Regional Chief Financial Officer mandate’s highest-priority packaging and test network risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical packaging and test network 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 packaging and test network operating constraint behind an export-control response, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 523: 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 Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the packaging and test network, 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 semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services 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 Semiconductor 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 ₩4,600 billion and led an organisation of at least 625 people.

For mandate 523, the board wants two transitions: a difficult packaging and test network portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during an export-control response. As the prospective Regional Chief Financial Officer for this packaging and test network, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 523 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Regional Chief Financial Officer must be based in Seoul; international relocation is supported, but this Semiconductor 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 Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven Regional Chief Financial Officer ownership of at least ₩4,600 billion and leadership of no fewer than 625 employees in a comparable packaging and test network context.
• One completed Semiconductor 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 semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Regional Chief Financial Officer-level packaging and test network consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Seoul location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 523.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Regional Chief Financial Officer package is ₩580–800 million base + annual incentive and equity, calibrated to the final packaging and test network scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 523 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Regional Chief Financial Officer appointment in Seoul, centred on the packaging and test network, 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 523.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 523. 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 523.