Finance Operations Senior Officer - Importation

SEAOIL Philippines, Inc.; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

SEAOIL Philippines, Inc. is seeking a Finance Operations Senior Officer - Importation to oversee importation and cargo release processes, coordinating with suppliers, government agencies, shipping lines, brokers, and banking partners to ensure timely settlement and compliant documentation.

You will handle liquidation, BIR surety bonds, DOE reporting, ERP entries, audits, and VAT compliance, building on 2–4 years in import finance roles.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in import documentation, customs clearance, or treasury.
• Experience with import documentation, customs clearance, supplier payments, and bank transactions.
• Exposure to international trade processes (import/export payments, foreign currency transactions, LC/TT) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Process importations and final liquidation to ensure timely cargo release.
• Submit final liquidation documents and additional payments per cargo.
• Handle BIR surety bond requirements for annual excise tax compliance.
• Monitor imports to ensure renewal of BOC import accreditation.
• Submit monthly DOE reports.
• Encode ERP/Vend bill to accrue import costs.
• Prepare for ANL audits by BOC for importations.
• Verify VAT outputs for ATAX compliance.
• Prepare correspondence with government agencies about imports.

Skills

Import documentation

Customs clearance

Finance operations

Treasury / accounts payable

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Are you ready to start your legaSEA? SEAOIL is looking for passionate talents to help make a difference in the lives of Filipinos and fuel their better future. Here's your chance to grow your career with the largest and leading independent fuel company in the country - join us as our next Finance Operations Senior Officer - Importation!

What is this role about?

The Finance Senior Officer is responsible for overseeing importation and cargo release processes, including coordination with suppliers, government agencies, shipping lines, brokers, and banking partners to ensure timely settlement, compliant documentation, and efficient execution of international trade transactions.

What will YOU do?

• Process fuel and ethanol importations (tentative liquidation) to ensure operational efficiency, timely and compliant cargo release.
• Submit fuel and ethanol - final liquidation to submit all pending documents and additional payments for each fuel and/or ethanol cargo.
• Handle BIR surety bond requirement to comply with the annual Surety Bond Requirement of the BIR relative to Excise Tax.
• Monitor Finance Officer - imports to ensure timely renewal of BOC import accreditation
• Submit DOE reports to comply with the monthly reportorial requirement of DOE
• Encode ERP / Vendbill to ensure timely accrual of costs relative to importations
• Handle ANL audit by BOC to ensure completeness and readiness of docs for Fuel and Ethanol importations
• Verify finance officer imports to comply with VAT Output requirement of ATAX
• Prepare correspondence with government agencies related to importations

What will YOU need?

• At least 2–4 years of experience in import documentation, customs clearance, regulatory compliance, finance operations, treasury, accounts payable, or banking-related roles
• Experience handling import documentation, customs clearance, supplier payments, bank transactions, and financial documentation.
• Exposure to international trade processes (e.g., import/export payments, foreign currency transactions, LC/TT) is an advantage