Accounts P/R Analyst II - French Bilingual

Reed Elsevier Philippines; Quezon City; Hybrid; PHP 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work setup

IT Equipment provided

HMO Coverage starting Day 1 for you +

Retirement package with company match

Life and Accident Insurance starting/D

24 annual PTOs (+6 after 5 years)

Merit increases and incentives

Learning and certification programs

Job summary

Reed Elsevier Philippines is seeking a detail-oriented finance professional to advance AP/AR analysis, reconciliations, and reporting with growing independence. The role focuses on credit control, data analysis, and ensuring timely collections within a hybrid work environment.

You will work with P2P processes, risk management, and financial controls, applying analytical skills and effective stakeholder communication to support accurate financial statements and decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• With at least 1 year relevant work experience in P2P - Travel and Expense/Royalty preferred
• Fluent in French - (Speaking/Writing)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Ability to quickly learn and apply enterprise AI tools and technologies to support technical workflows and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Credit Control and Collections - Analyze aged debtor data and identify root causes of delays in cash collections, taking appropriate action to resolve outstanding payments and referring complex or contentious issues to line management.
• Financial Management and Control - Monitor and analyze data using established finance systems and protocols.
• Data Collection and Analysis - Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats.
• Organizational Risk Management - Gather, monitor, and analyze risk data and recommend further investigation. Involves using established risk management models, systems, and protocols and working under direction.
• Document Preparation - Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports.
• Solutions Analysis - Find the most effective ways to respond to routine functional inquiries. Involves following procedures and precedents.
• Quality Assurance - Carry out relatively simple testing and quality assurance tasks.
• Operational Compliance - Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
• Personal Capability Building - Develop and maintain excellent process or technical skills by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.

Skills

P2P experience

French fluency

Financial accounting

Data control

Budget and control

Computer skills

Numerical skills

Verbal communication

Data interpretation

Review and reporting

Analytical process techniques

Gap analysis

Management accounting

Financial analysis

Costing and budgeting

Risk management techniques

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

Join us and enjoy benefits designed to help you thrive:

• Flexible hybrid work setup.
• IT Equipment provided.
• HMO Coverage starting from Day 1 for you and FOUR Free dependents.
• Attractive retirement package with company matching.
• Life and Accident Insurance starting Day 1.
• 24 annual PTOs, additional 6 once you reach your 5th year with us.
• Competitive benefits with annual merit increase and incentives.
• Continuous improvement for our employees (workshops, certification programs, learning sessions, etc.)

Job Summary

Developing Professional performing AP/AR analysis, reconciliations, fraud detection, transaction verification, reporting, and issue resolution with increasing independence and working knowledge.

Job Responsibilities

Credit Control and Collections - Analyze aged debtor data and identify root causes of delays in cash collections, taking appropriate action to resolve outstanding payments and referring complex or contentious issues to line management.

Financial Management and Control - Monitor and analyze data using established finance systems and protocols.

Data Collection and Analysis - Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats.

Organizational Risk Management - Gather, monitor, and analyze risk data and recommend further investigation. Involves using established risk management models, systems, and protocols and working under direction.

Document Preparation - Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports.

Solutions Analysis - Find the most effective ways to respond to routine functional inquiries. Involves following procedures and precedents.

Quality Assurance - Carry out relatively simple testing and quality assurance tasks.

Operational Compliance - Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.

Personal Capability Building - Develop and maintain excellent process or technical skills by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.

Experience Level

Recommended General Experience

Sound experience and understanding of straightforward procedures or systems (7 to 12 months)

Recommended Managerial Experience

Very limited (0 to 3 months)

Applicable Skills

Financial Accounting - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to apply financial accounting principles, classifying, measuring and recording company financial transactions. Typically works with guidance.

Data Control - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to acquire, organize, protect and process data in order to fulfill business objectives. Typically works with guidance.

Budget and Control - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to create, analyze and monitor budgets in line with organizational and project/program criteria; identify trends and forecasts. Typically works with guidance.

Computer Skills - Experienced - Works with full competence to understand and effectively use standard office equipment and standard software packages to support business processes. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

Numerical Skills - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to understand numerical concepts and use them to carry out mathematical operations e.g. in order to analyze reports. Typically works with guidance.

Verbal Communication - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, and policies by means of clear and effective verbal communications. Typically works with guidance.

Data Interpretation - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to interpret data by examining patterns, trends, relationships, and implications to draw meaningful conclusions and answer critical questions. Typically works with guidance.

Review and Reporting - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to create reports, and review reports created by others, for various audiences as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of reports. Typically works with guidance.

Analytical Process Techniques - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to apply appropriate analytical processes and procedures to support research schedules. Typically works with guidance.

Perform Gap Analysis - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to conduct gap analysis between current and future states to identify components of the overall change strategy. Typically works with guidance.

Management Accounting - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to professionally interpret financial information to support business decision making. Typically works with guidance.

Financial analysis - Intermediate - Applies concepts of knowledge / skill and requires guidance but not constant supervision

Costing and Budgeting - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to systematically estimate, allocate, and control costs in order to manage financial resources effectively. Typically works with guidance.

Risk Management Techniques - Intermediate - Works at an intermediate level to identify, assess, prioritize and manage risks. Typically works with guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• With at least 1 year relevant work experience in P2P - Travel and Expense/Royalty preferred
• Fluent in French - (Speaking/Writing)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Ability to quickly learn and apply enterprise AI tools and technologies to support technical workflows and business objectives.