OpenAI에서 아시아 태평양 지역의 재무 운영을 총괄할 APAC Controller를 채용합니다. 10년 이상의 회계 경력과 다국적 기업 재무 관리 경험이 필수이며, APAC 지역의 재무 인프라 구축 및 규정 준수를 주도하게 됩니다. US GAAP 및 IFRS 전문성을 바탕으로 지역 내 재무 전략을 수립할 리더를 찾습니다.
OpenAI Finance is responsible for ensuring the organization is positioned for success in pursuit of its mission. We partner closely with leaders across the company to build scalable financial infrastructure, maintain strong governance and controls, and support OpenAI's continued global growth.
As OpenAI expands across Asia Pacific, we are seeking an experienced APAC Controller to build and lead our regional controllership function. This role will serve as the senior finance leader for the region, overseeing accounting, financial reporting, compliance, systems, and finance operations across a growing portfolio of legal entities.
We are looking for an experienced APAC Controller to lead OpenAI's accounting and controllership activities across Asia Pacific. Reporting to the International Controller, this role will be responsible for building and scaling the regional finance organization while ensuring strong financial controls, operational excellence, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role. You will partner closely with Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Finance Systems, People, and business leaders across the company to support OpenAI's rapid growth throughout APAC.
As the first senior finance leadership hire dedicated to the region, you will play a critical role in defining how OpenAI scales its finance operations across one of the company's fastest-growing geographies.
This role is based in Singapore and follows a hybrid work model.
Lead all accounting, financial reporting, and compliance activities across APAC legal entities.
Own regional month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes and consolidation into the global group.
Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, IFRS, and local statutory reporting requirements.
Oversee statutory financial statements, audits, board reporting, and regulatory filings across multiple jurisdictions.
Manage complex intercompany arrangements, transfer pricing implementations, and foreign currency matters in partnership with Tax and Treasury.
Partner with Legal, Tax, Treasury, and external advisors on new entity establishment and ongoing compliance requirements.
Drive scalable accounting processes, controls, and operating procedures to support continued regional growth.
Partner with Finance Systems teams on Oracle and broader finance technology initiatives across APAC.
Lead automation and process improvement efforts leveraging AI and emerging technologies.
Ensure strong governance over accounting operations, reconciliations, and financial controls.
Support public-company readiness initiatives, including SOX and internal controls development.
Build, develop, and lead a high-performing APAC finance and accounting organization.
Establish the regional hiring roadmap as OpenAI expands its presence across APAC.
Manage relationships with external accounting firms, payroll providers, auditors, and finance service providers.
Serve as the primary finance representative for APAC entity boards, auditors, and regulatory stakeholders.
Act as the senior finance business partner for APAC leadership.
Support expansion into new markets and jurisdictions across the region.
Partner with global Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, People, and GTM teams to support strategic initiatives.
Help shape OpenAI's long-term international finance strategy and operating model.
CPA, CA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent accounting qualification.
10+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience within multinational organizations.
Significant experience leading accounting and finance operations across multiple APAC jurisdictions.
Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, IFRS, consolidations, intercompany accounting, and foreign currency reporting.
Extensive experience leading statutory audits and corporate compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
Strong understanding of regulatory requirements across key APAC markets including ensuring compliance with the Indian Companies Act.
Strong knowledge of transfer pricing, international corporate structures, and cross-border operations.
Experience implementing or operating large-scale ERP platforms such as Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, or Workday.
Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, rapidly evolving environments while balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution.
Passion for leveraging AI and automation to transform finance operations.
Experience building a regional controllership function from an early stage.
Experience supporting rapid international expansion and new entity launches.
Experience with SOX implementation or public company environments.
Experience with international payroll, equity compensation, and finance operations in APAC.
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
