Finance Officer: Month-End & ERP Controls Lead

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

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.