Qualifications:
The Accounting and Finance Department Manageris responsible foroverseeing the company's entire financial operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across accounting processes. This role provides leadership to the entiredepartment'sfunctions, while delivering financial insights that support strategic decision-making. The Manager ensures proper cash flow management, statutory compliance, and strong internal controls, enabling the company to achieve its businessobjectiveswith financial stability and integrity.
The role also serves as policy owner for accounting and finance-related policies and processes, ensuring these policies are properly documented and communicated through official memorandums.
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, or related field.
- CPAlicensepreferred.
- At least 510 years of progressive accounting/finance experience, with 35 years in a managerial role.
- Strong knowledge of Philippine taxation, statutory compliance, and financial reporting standards.
- Proficiencyin SAP,Netsuite, or other ERP systems and MS Excel.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
Key Responsibilities:
Department Leadership & Supervision
- Lead, mentor, and supervise team members.
- Review and approve staff outputs to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with accounting standards.
- Allocate and delegate responsibilities tomaintainsmoothdepartment workflow.
- Conduct regular meetings to track performance, resolve issues, and align priorities.
Financial Management & Reporting
- Oversee preparation ofaccurateandtimelyfinancial reports (daily, weekly, monthly, annual).
- Review and analyze cash flow, budgets, forecasts, and project costing reports.
- Provide management with financial insights and recommendations for decision-making.
- Monitor receivables, payables, collections, and expenditures.
Compliance & Control
- Ensure compliance with applicable financial regulations, taxation, and statutory reporting.
- Review and approve tax filings, government remittances, and regulatory submissions.
- Oversee internal controls, audit requirements, and risk management practices.
- Coordinate with auditors, banks, and government agencies.
Systems & Process Improvement
- Supervise SAP and other financial system administration.
- Drive process improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and internal control.
- Implement accounting best practices and ensure alignment with company policies.
Strategic Finance Support
- Partner with senior management toprovidefinancial guidance for business growth.
- Support long-term financial planning, cash flow forecasting, and budget management.
- Deliver financial analysis to evaluate business performance and support decision-making.
Policy Development & Communication
- Act as policy owner for accounting and finance-related policies.
- Draft and issue accounting and finance-related memorandums to communicate policies, procedures, and updates clearly to employees and stakeholders.
- Coordinate with corresponding departments to ensure proper dissemination and alignment of policies with company standards.
Other Responsibilities
- Participate in project implementation related to process improvements and control measures, cross-department initiatives, and administrative tasks assigned by management.
- Continuously enhance professional knowledge through training, certifications, and awareness of industry best practices.
