Financial Project Manager (Core Banking Operations)

The role

You will lead the Finance side of the core banking system project. This involves turning accounting needs and regulatory obligations into system requirements and managing delivery.

What you will do

• Lead the core banking system project from the Finance side
• Own the plan including scope, milestones, dependencies, and risk tracking
• Act as Finance subject-matter voice for vendor selection, design, and rollout
• Run UAT, data-migration validation, and cutover planning
• Coordinate with IT/Engineering and vendors
• Connect Finance, IT/Engineering, and Compliance to surface regulatory gaps
• Turn accounting needs and regulatory obligations into system requirements
• Build and drive the accounting-backlog remediation plan
• Integrate month-end and period-end close and reporting with the GL
• Take Odoo accounting-automation work into documented and audit-ready process

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in finance/accounting project management
• Solid grip on accounting fundamentals and the close process
• Proven automation experience leading or driving process-automation initiatives
• Practical Odoo or comparable ERP experience for accounting automation
• Strong IT literacy in system architecture, data flows, and technical requirements
• Strong project-management discipline in scoping, milestone tracking, risk management, and stakeholder communication

Nice to have

• using AI where it applies

Benefits

• Stock option plan with four-year vesting and 25% cliff
• Hybrid-first work environment
• Company-provided tools and equipment
• Medical insurance support for you and your family
• Access to an internal mental health support specialist
• 22 vacation days, Philippine public holidays, and 15 sick days
• 105 days of paid maternity leave
• Up to 14 days of paid paternity leave for employees relocating to Manila
• Relocation support including flights, two weeks of accommodation, visas, paperwork, and logistics
• Reimbursement of eligible pet relocation expenses
• USD 2,500 per year for flights home
• Baby and family stipends for employees relocating to Manila

About the company

Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia. The team is hybrid-first and spans 45+ countries.