Global Financial Reporting & Consolidation Lead

IOM - UN Migration; Parañaque; Sur place; PHP 1 000 000 - 2 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

IOM - UN Migration is seeking a National Accounting Officer to lead the team responsible for global financial reporting, consolidation, and period-end closing in line with IPSAS. You will oversee forecasting, adjustments, and reconciliations, ensuring timely and accurate submissions to FAD.

The role requires extensive Oracle Fusion experience, strong leadership, and a track record in financial reporting in a multinational context.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting or a relevant field with five years of relevant work experience
• University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant work experience
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent is an advantage.
• Certification in Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, General Ledger is an advantage

Responsabilités

• Manage and oversee the teams preparation, review and consolidation of schedules, notes and appendices for the IOM's global financial reports, including periodic financial management reports, annual financial statements and other corporate reporting requirements, applying IPSAS and IOM policies
• Validate and integrate financial reporting inputs from relevant accounting units, resolving inconsistencies through technical analysis, to produce quality and consistent consolidated financial information
• Analyse significant account movements and unusual or abnormal balances in consultation with FAD, establish root causes and recommend corrective actions with the relevant accounting units, resulting in reliable balances and reduced audit exposure
• Contribute in leading the teams monthly, quarterly and year-end central closing activities in Oracle Fusion/WAVE and apply IPSAS and closing calendars to deliver an organisation-wide close on schedule and with sound financial data
• Manage and coordinate the opening and closing of accounting modules with relevant stakeholders across the Organization, anticipate closing blockers and drive the timely resolution of issues to preserve the integrity of the organisation-wide closing process
• Oversee the preparation and review of central accounting adjustments and other period-end entries and evaluate their basis and accounting treatment, to support accurate financial reporting
• Manage year-end transition activities, including Statement of Financial Performance carryover to retained earnings and validate opening balances to provide a dependable starting position for the new financial year
• Maintain controls over the financial close, and assess their effectiveness and adjust them as risks evolve, to safeguard the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the financial close
• Oversee the reconciliation of Subledger balances to General Ledger balances, analyse reconciling differences, and guide respective process owners in the investigation and correction of identified variances, resulting in dependable ledger balances
• Manage and oversee the reconciliation of Primary books to IPSAS books and analyse the nature of reconciling differences, determining their resolution, to produce fully supported, IPSAS-compliant balances
• Evaluate significant and long-outstanding reconciling items, escape material or unresolved issues with recommended courses of action, as appropriate, to reduce the risk of misstatement
• Strengthen reconciliation processes and controls by assessing gaps and recommending improvements for greater reliability of financial information
• Assess and strengthen appropriate internal controls over financial reporting, closing, reconciliation and related accounting processes. Identify weaknesses and introduce remedial measures to protect the integrity of financial data
• Guide the delivery of ad hoc and management reporting requirements and resolve escalated issues through technical judgment, to meet managements information needs with accurate and timely outputs
• Contribute to the design of initiatives to streamline, standardise and automate accounting and financial reporting processes, including the preparation of business requirements, system testing and implementation of system enhancements for efficiency gains and reduced manual effort
• Develop and review of SOPs, work instructions and process documentation, and recommend improvements to accounting policies and procedures to promote consistent practice across accounting units
• Steer support to internal and external audits, including the preparation and review of schedules, reconciliations, supporting documentation and draft responses to audit queries to achieve timely, well-substantiated audit outcomes
• Manage and provide direction to the team, including planning and allocation of resources, setting priorities, monitoring performance and timely and quality delivery of key outputs
• Perform such other relevant duties as maybe assigned.

Connaissances

Strong accounting/finance experience

IPSAS knowledge

Oracle Fusion

MS Office proficiency

Analytical/problem-solving

Formation

Master's degree in Finance/Accounting

Bachelor's degree in related field

CPA or equivalent

Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials certification

Outils

Oracle Fusion

Description du poste

IOM - UN Migration is seeking a National Accounting Officer to lead the team responsible for global financial reporting, consolidation, and period-end closing in line with IPSAS. You will oversee forecasting, adjustments, and reconciliations, ensuring timely and accurate submissions to FAD.

The role requires extensive Oracle Fusion experience, strong leadership, and a track record in financial reporting in a multinational context.