Accountant

Cobden & Carter International; Compostela; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Cobden & Carter International is seeking an experienced Accountant for our Cebu City operations. The role covers end-to-end accounting cycles for local companies, invoicing, tax declarations, and reconciliations.

You will collaborate with the local team and external consultants to ensure accurate financial reporting. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years in accounting, strong English communication, and experience in IFRS with strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of accounting experience, preferably in shipping or energy.
• Strong knowledge of accounting, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• With excellent English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all accounting cycles for local companies.
• In charge of invoicing, supplier payments, and SOA reconciliation.
• Prepare monthly tax declarations with local team or tax consultant.
• Perform bank, intercompany, payroll, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Assist IFRS bookings with the Financial Controller.
• Prepare and record closing bookkeeping for P&L cut-off and forex re-evaluation.

Skills

Financial reporting

Reconciliations

Tax compliance

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Job description

Accountant

Company : Cobden & Carter International Job Type : Full Time Cebu City Cebu Philippines

Job Description - Accountant

Duties and responsibilities

CLOSING / BOOKKEEPING

• In charge of all accounting cycles on one or more local companies (booking, lettering accounts, accounting review, accruals estimate)
• In charge of invoicing and customers recovery
• In charge of suppliers' payment (voucher request)
• In charge of pointing the Supplier's Settlement of Accounts (SOA) and reconciliation, and in charge of the reconciliation and analyze of Ship owners (SO) accounts with End Client (EC) accounts
• In charge of intercompany rebilling if necessary
• In charge of monthly tax declarations in cooperation with the local team or with the tax consultant (control of the document prepared before submitting)
• In charge of all accounting reconciliations (bank reconciliations performed by Treasury but under the accountant review), intercompany reconciliations, petty cash reconciliation, tax reconciliation, payroll reconciliation, GL / PL / SL reconciliation
• In charge of assets management (assets identification, assets depreciation calculation)
• In charge of the analytical booking
• In charge of preparing and recording all the closure bookkeeping (P&L cut off : income and expenses accrual, prepaid income and expenses, Re-evaluation Forex)
• In charge of IFRS booking in cooperation with the Financial controller

FINANCIAL REPORTING:

• Prepare and compile all the working files relating to account analysis for audit review (annual closure, monthly and quarterly reporting)
• Assist the Financial controller with the Financial Statements' preparation
• Assist the Financial controller with Audit queries
• Assist Financial controller with analytical review and analysis (Sales, Gross Margin, Overheads)

CORPORATE TAX MANAGEMENT:

• Liaise with external tax consultants for tax matters (in collaboration with the Tax referent and the Financial Controller)
• Voucher requests preparation for tax payments as per set due dates

This list is not exhaustive and some new tasks may be requested for the needs of the Finance department.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of accounting experience, preferably in the shipping or energy industry.
• Strong knowledge of accounting, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• With excellent English communication skills