Finance Supervisor

The Finance Supervisor role participates and is involve in all aspect of accouting and working from transaction level through the financial statement level, in a supervisory position. This role also provides analytical reviews on monthly and periodic financial numbers, insightful support to the leadership on planning cycle, forecasting, managing various ad hoc projects and business initiatives in support of the finance function.

The role provides leadership role in a team of 3-5 Finance Analysts or more, by coaching, training and task management to support the team and Finance Manager.

Depending on the assigned areas of Finance and level of skills and experience, the role can be assigned to multiple individuals to function as Finance Supervisors.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plans and drives monthly closing activities, including review of AR/AP transactions, P&L and tax entries, prepayments, fixed assets, depreciation, inventory movements, month-end journals, closing adjustments, and reconciliation entries, while ensuring compliance with SMC reporting timelines.
• Ensures timely and accurate preparation and payment of tax returns, SAP master data setup (GL, Vendors, Customers, Internal Orders, Profit Centers, Cost Centers, Project WBS), GL account reviews, reconciliation management, external audit coordination, and compliance with outsourced process service levels.
• Leads annual budgeting and forecasting activities, including business plan translation, financial modeling, reporting, consolidation review, assumption alignment, and monthly management reporting such as revenue, cost analysis, and BU-level P&L reports.
• Monitors financial performance against budgets, forecasts, prior year results, financial ratios, long-range plans, tax strategy, working capital, and credit management requirements, while supporting month-end close activities and ad hoc financial analysis.
• Manages treasury functions by coordinating disbursements, monitoring cash flow and working capital, maintaining relationships with AP and Payment teams, overseeing billing and collections, and managing short-term securities for excess working capital.
• Plans and manages internal control activities, including cash counts, asset counts, report analysis, risk identification, materiality assessment, likelihood evaluation, and impact analysis on operations and financial performance.
• Oversees team performance through recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management, career development, resource allocation, and continuous improvement initiatives, while partnering with Operations, HR, Quality Management, and Business Development to support business objectives and finance value-adding initiatives.

Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant or with equivalent experience handling same role/capacity for 3 years or longer
• With 3-5 years progressive working experience in different roles within Finance and Accounting areas; PFRS, Philippines Tax Admin and Financial Audit exposure is a must
• Proficient in MS Office Applications
• Proficient in using Computerized Accounting Systems - preferably SAP