Finance Officer

Centro-Med Enterprises; Manila; On-site; PHP 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Centro-Med Enterprises in Manila, Philippines seeks a competent Accountant for Financial Reporting and Month-End Closing. You will prepare and review trial balances, schedules, adjusting entries, and monthly management reports to support decision-making.

The role also involves coordinating cut-off procedures, ensuring full recognition of revenue, expenses, and tax entries, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accountancy and relevant certification is an advantage.
• At least 3 years of experience in general accounting or financial reporting.
• Experience with trading, distribution, importation, inventory, or project-based operations preferred.
• Working knowledge of Philippine Financial Reporting Standards and Philippine tax regulations.
• Advanced Excel skills; ERP experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review trial balances, schedules, adjusting entries, and monthly management reports.
• Coordinate cut-off procedures and ensure complete recognition of revenue, COGS, inventory movements, expenses, accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and tax entries.
• Investigate unusual balances, variances, and misclassifications before submission to the Finance Manager.
• Reconcile bank accounts, receivables, payables, inventory, advances, revolving funds and other balance-sheet accounts.
• Maintain proper account coding and CME Master Chart of Accounts usage.
• Validate schedules and resolve reconciling items with responsible teams.
• Review APVs, vouchers, liquidations, and related entries for accuracy and documentation.
• Monitor compliance with finance policies, approval limits, and document-retention requirements.
• Recommend controls and process improvements to reduce errors and financial risk.
• Assist in budgets, forecasts, cash-flow projections and departmental analyses.
• Explain variances, trends and risks against budget.
• Prepare costing, margin and profitability analyses as assigned by Finance Manager.
• Review VAT, EWT, payroll-related entries and other taxes.
• Coordinate with external audit, tax review, bank requirements and management requests.
• Support QuickBooks controls and the implementation of Dynamics 365 BC, including mapping and testing.
• Collaborate with AP, AR, treasury, invoicing, purchasing, warehouse, and sales to meet reporting deadlines.
• Guide accounting staff on documentation, coding, reconciliation, and closing requirements.

Skills

General accounting

Financial reporting

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's in Accountancy

Certification (advantage)

Tools

QuickBooks

MS Dynamics 365 BC

Job description

Financial Reporting and Month-End Closing

• Prepare and review trial balances, schedules, adjusting entries, and monthly management reports.
• Coordinate cut-off procedures and ensure complete recognition of revenue, cost of sales, inventory movements, expenses, accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and tax-related entries.
• Investigate unusual balances, variances, and misclassifications before submission to the Finance Manager.

Account Reconciliations and Data Integrity

• Ensure timely reconciliation of bank accounts, receivables, payables, inventory, advances, revolving funds, and other balance-sheet accounts
• Maintain proper account coding and consistent use of the CME Master Chart of Accounts.
• Validate supporting schedules and resolve reconciling items with the responsible teams.

Accounting Review and Internal Controls

• Review APVs, payment vouchers, journal vouchers, liquidations, and related accounting entries for accuracy, authorization, account classification, and complete documentation.
• Monitor compliance with finance policies, approval limits, cash-advance rules, and document-retention requirements.
• Recommend practical controls and process improvements to reduce errors, delays, and financial risk.

Budgeting Cash Flow and Financial Analysis

• Assist in preparing budgets, forecasts, cash-flow projections, and departmental or regional financial analyses.
• Monitor actual results against budget and explain material variances, trends, and risks.
• Prepare costing, margin, and profitability analyses as assigned by the Finance Manager.

Tax Compliance and Audit Support

• Review the accounting treatment of VAT, EWT, payroll-related entries, and other applicable taxes.
• Assist in preparing BIR schedules and requirements and ensure that supporting records agree with the general ledger.
• Coordinate documents and schedules for external audit, tax review, bank requirements, and management requests.

Systems and Team Coordination

• Support QuickBooks controls and the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, including mapping, data validation, testing, reconciliation, and user support.
• Coordinate with AP, AR, treasury, invoicing, purchasing, warehouse, sales, and other teams to resolve accounting issues and meet reporting deadlines.
• Guide accounting staff on documentation, coding, reconciliation, and closing requirements, and perform other finance-related duties assigned by the Finance Manager.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accountancy; relevant certification is an advantage
• At least 3 years of experience in general accounting, financial reporting, or a similar finance role
• Experience in trading, distribution, importation, inventory, or project-based operations is preferred
• Working knowledge of Philippine Financial Reporting Standards and Philippine tax regulations
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, or a similar ERP is an advantage