The Senior Accountant - General Ledger & Reporting plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of the company's financial records. This position leads the execution of general ledger activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, and closing procedures, while supporting the Finance Manager in reporting, budgeting, and regulatory compliance.
You will be the steady hand that ensures financial data is complete, accurate, and ready for both internal decision-making and external audit.
Key Responsibilities
General Ledger & Month-End Close
- Maintain and ensure the integrity of the general ledger across all accounts.
- Prepare and post journal entries related to monthly and quarterly closing activities, including accruals, amortizations, and intercompany adjustments.
- Perform account reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts such as cash, payables, prepaids, and accruals.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies, ensuring accurate financial reporting and ledger hygiene.
Expense Monitoring & Non-Cash Items
- Monitor monthly expenses and validate accruals for completeness and cut-off accuracy.
- Maintain and update schedules for prepayments, depreciation, and amortizations.
- Ensure proper GL classification of all expenses and non-cash items, in coordination with the Finance Manager and relevant accounting team members.
Subsidiary Ledger Monitoring (AP, Prepayments, Depreciation)
- Monitor the accuracy and completeness of subsidiary ledgers, including Accounts Payable, Prepayments, and Fixed Assets.
- Coordinate with the AP team to ensure proper coding, timing, and completeness of vendor invoice entries.
- Monitor and review AP ledger postings for accuracy, while preparing and posting journal entries related to prepayments, amortization, and depreciation in line with the month-end close.
- Flag discrepancies or irregular balances for resolution before closing.
Reporting & Analysis Support
- Support the Finance Manager in preparing management reporting packs and variance analyses by providing reconciled actuals, ledger-level trends, and cost center breakdowns.
- Identify material trends or anomalies in financial data and escalate findings for further review and action.
Budgeting & Forecasting Support
- Coordinate with the Finance Manager by supplying historical data, cost breakdowns, and ledger insights to support budgeting and forecasting efforts.
- Assist in validating cost assumptions and flag unusual activity relevant to planning processes.
Compliance & Audit Support
- Assist the Finance Manager in preparing audit schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation required for BIR, LGU, BOC, and other regulatory reporting.
- Ensure all accounting records and supporting files are compliant and audit-ready.
Treasury & Cash Support
- Provide reconciled cash balances and bank-related entries to support Treasury in cash flow monitoring and reporting.
- Ensure accurate and timely posting of bank transactions to the general ledger.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
- Stay familiar with adjacent accounting processes (e.g., receivables, payables, tax) to contribute to team-wide process improvements and maintain flexibility across functions.
- Collaborate with peers to share knowledge, improve workflows, and ensure continuity of deliverables when needed.
- Support a culture of operational resilience and cross-training by proactively engaging with other accounting functions during transitions, projects, or process reviews.
Qualifications & Competencies
- Accounting Expertise - Strong knowledge of Philippine accounting standards, full-cycle accounting, and audit readiness. Familiarity or Expertise in Percentage of Completion Accounting, Cost Accounting, and Construction Accounting is a plus
- ERP & Excel Proficiency - Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, etc.) and experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar.
- Attention to Detail - High accuracy in reconciliations, journal entries, and ledger maintenance.
- Analytical Thinking - Able to detect discrepancies, identify root causes, and suggest corrective actions.
- Process Ownership - Executes assigned tasks independently while ensuring quality and timeliness.
- Communication Skills - Able to coordinate effectively with Finance, AP, and other departments.
- Collaboration & Flexibility - Works closely with the Finance Manager and other team members, with openness to supporting broader team needs when required.
