Accountant (Financial Control)

CARE PHILIPPINES

Eastern Manila District

Hybrid

PHP 335,000 - 670,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

HMO coverage from Day 1 (up to 2Depend

15 Vacation Leave and 15 Sick Leave

Wellness and Emergency Leave

Life insurance coverage

Hybrid work setup

Opportunity to contribute to high‑imp

Job summary

CARE Philippines is seeking an Accountant to support Finance Operations, Accounts Payable and Reconciliation and Audit. You will help ensure fiduciary compliance, review budgets and financial statements, and support audits and donor reporting.

Hybrid work with on-site reporting at Ortigas Center when required. Responsibilities include cash management, AP/AR processing, general ledger, month-end close, and producing financial reports for internal leadership.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
2 years NGO/development finance and accounting experience preferred
1-2 years of experience in Finance and Accounting
Personal integrity and ability to handle donor and organizational confidences

Responsibilities

Manage cash management and reconciliation processes
Support accounts payable and accounts receivable activities
Assist internal and external audits and provide documentation
Prepare balance sheets, P&L, revenues forecasts, budgets, and cash-flow statements
Ensure compliance with fiduciary duties and corporate governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline with equivalent work experience in NGO and development industry setting for at least 2 years with emphasis on Finance and Accounting

One to Two (1-2) years of experience in Finance and Accounting

Personal integrity, ability to keep customer (donor) and company confidences

Job description

About Us

CARE Philippines is a leading humanitarian and development organization committed to fighting poverty and social injustice, with a strong focus on empowering women and vulnerable communities. As part of the global CARE network, we work alongside partners, donors, and communities to deliver sustainable programs in areas such as emergency response, education, health, livelihoods, and climate resilience.

About the Role

The Accountant's role revolves mainly on the Finance Operations, Accounts Payable and Reconciliation and Audit.

He/She assists the organization comply with fiduciary duties, corporate governance and due diligence requirements. He/She examines the budget,

balance sheet and financial statements for irregularities; manages financial resources and activities; improves the process efficiency; mitigates financial

risks, prevent fraud or theft; monitor and control cashflow; and meets financial objectives like, but not limited to the following:

Closing month-end period;
Recording of expense and processing payment;
Resolving unrecorded disbursement
Supporting the completion of annual audits like ITGC, Financial Statements, and Single Audit
Providing in-country support as needed and requested such as Emergency response (Fund authorization) and Donor reports (USG and Non-USG)

Key Responsibilities

Cash Management and Reconciliation

Ensure that cash amounts in an organization's accounting ledgers reconcile with actual bank balance
Continuously follow-up on all reconciling items and provide regular updates to direct leadership
Maintain documentation for the purpose of supporting files, reports, and data
Adhere to corporate standards and procedures in all reconciliation activities
Assist both internal and external auditors by providing requested documents in an organized state in a timely manner
Perform all other related duties and/or projects assigned to meet the needs of the organization

Accounts Receivable

Create bill, calculate drawdowns and send invoice to donors
Prepare Billing and Revenue Reports; and perform billing month-end activities
Processing accounting receivables and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
Performing day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts receivables' data

Compliance and Audit Support

Support country offices and HQ clients during internal and external audits
Respond to auditors on any queries
Track documentation requirement to ensure that country offices follow the document requirements

General Ledger and Asset Management

Gather all necessary reports and detailed support both periodically and on-demand, including balance sheets, profit and loss statements, revenue forecasts, budgets, and cash-flow statements
Perform month-end and year-end close activities like journal entries, multi-currency processing, allocations, consolidations, fixed asset maintenance, etc.
Send out the following reports to Business Unit(s) for their disposition:

- Unposted Journals
- Suspense Reports
- Catastrophic and Security Contribution

Monitor and report on accounting discrepancies
Support internal or external audit activities
Ensure the integrity of accounting information and reconcile any financial discrepancies by performing or directing research of
accounting issues for compliance, and establish quality over transactions and reporting.
Provide in-country support as needed and requested

Accounts Payable

Receive, process, and verify invoices and supporting documents related to accounts payables.
Manage stakeholders like, but not limited to, providing performance report to the business unit and participating in performance review and/or process improvement meetings
Perform ad-hoc tasks as identified by the Team Lead or higher such as handling requests related to Accounts Receivable,
Cash Management, General Ledger and Expense Module
Protect businesses against unintentional overpayment

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting
(or) Bachelor's degree in a related discipline with equivalent work experience in NGO and development industry setting for at least 2 years with emphasis on Finance and Accounting
One to Two (1-2) years of experience in Finance and Accounting
Personal integrity, ability to keep customer (donor) and company confidences

Preferred Qualifications

CPA, Chartered Accountant, post graduate or other relevant certification
3 years or more relevant experience in progressive finance and accounting from a non-profit organization or for profit organization
Prior experience working with finance and accounting management with a fast paced finance department is preferred

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