Associate Finance Controller (Night Shift)

A.P. Moller - Maersk; Manila; On-site; PHP 558,000 - 893,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk, a Global 500 company, invites you to join our Manila-based accounting team. This role involves day-to-day accounting, coordinating with country teams, and delivering timely financial closes while maintaining strict controls.

You will contribute to process improvements and support audits, while growing in a multinational environment. The ideal candidate has experience in accounting systems (SAP, One Stream) and strong Excel skills, with comfortable mid-shift hours and proficient English

Qualifications

• Good English communications skills for both written and verbal.
• MS Office proficient with emphasis on Excel.
• Experience with SAP Accounting System and One Stream is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day accounting activities.
• Coordinate with country and other teams for information and action.
• Deliver financial close requirements in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance with global and local financial controls.
• Complete deliverables within deadlines and SLA.
• Highlight performance gaps and drive process improvements.

Tools

SAP Accounting System

One Stream - Reporting and Consolidation

MS Office (Excel)

English Communication

Job description

This is an exciting career opportunity to work in a multinational, Global 500 company that makes global trade happen. You will be interacting daily with colleagues internationally, giving you the opportunity to develop your professional skills in a global environment. We provide support for you to shape your own career by achieving expertise and learning on the job.

We offer

Maersk being the global leader in the industry, you’ll have the opportunity to work for a large global organization and get exposure to excellent processes and systems. You will join an organization that offers a challenging and rewarding career where everyone’s contribution is valued and rewarded.

On leadership and mentoring, Maersk has a nurturing management culture. Throughout their career, your leaders will support your ideas and provide necessary advice and training. You’ll be given the opportunity to prove yourself, as well as challenging work that develops your abilities.

On career development, there are wide range of roles in Maersk and Maersk has a very good career mobility program that establishes a culture of priority consideration to internal candidates and to encourage employees to take responsibility for managing their careers whether to move laterally or vertically.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform day-to-day accounting activities
• Connect with the country and other teams for relevant information and action as necessary
• Deliver financial book close requirements in a timely manner, based on set deadlines
• Ensure compliance with relevant financial controls, as determined globally and locally
• Complete deliverables and other assigned tasks within the targeted timeline and SLA, including timely response to inquiries
• Proactively highlight any performance/process gaps and room for improvement, and follow up with the relevant stakeholders
• Utilize accounting knowledge of processes and understanding of impact on other work groups to assist others on more complex issues
• Deliver tax and audit requirements on established deadlines
• Continuously seek, propose, and establish improvements in the processes handled
• Serve as a backup resource in the absence of other team members
• Perform other tasks and ad hoc activities that are deemed necessary, as assigned
• Perform monthly balance sheet review for in-scope entities region, including verifying accuracy and substantiation of all relevant accounts, and implementing appropriate action points in case of deviation from acceptable accounting principles
• Conduct financial statement analysis, coordinate with various process owners to consolidate specific accounting and tax information (as necessary), and provide reports on operational result
• Coordinate internal control attestation with relevant control performers
• Relevant additional tasks, as deemed necessary

Who are we looking for:

• With considerable years of relevant experience
• Good English Communications Skills for both written and verbal
• MS Office Proficient - Excel
• Amenable to work in Mid-shift schedule
• Knowledgeable with SAP Accounting System and
• One Stream - Reporting and Consolidation

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