Lead Entity Accountant (CPA)

Schneider Electric; Cavite City; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric Philippines seeks an Entity Accountant to manage end-to-end accounting for assigned legal entities, ensuring compliance with local statutory requirements and group policies. This IC role will serve as SME and lead for two indirect reports, partnering with Shared Services, tax, auditors, and business stakeholders.

The role supports timely month-, quarter-, and year-end closes, maintaining audit-ready records and driving process improvements to strengthen internal controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/College Degree or Professional License in Finance/Accountancy/Banking or equivalent.
• CPA is preferred and strong understanding of internal controls and policies.
• Experience with ERP/Accounting systems such as SAP, Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Understand Group’s accounting policies and local statutory, accounting and tax requirements.
• Oversee end-to-end accounting, financial close, and reporting for assigned entities with Shared Service Team.
• Ensure financial statements comply with local statutory requirements, internal controls and policies.
• Maintain auditable reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and invoice the tax obligations with relevant teams.
• Support statutory audits and collaboration with tax to ensure timely tax filings and payments.

Skills

Accounting

Financial reporting

Internal controls

Audit

Tax compliance

Data accuracy

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's/College Degree or Professional License (Passed Board/Bar/Professional License Exam) in Finance/Accountancy/Banking or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Entity Accountant is responsible for maintaining accurate financial records for assigned legal entities, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and company policies, and supporting timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities. The role helps ensure the integrity of statutory and management reporting while partnering with shared services, tax, auditors, and business stakeholders.

This is an individual contributor (IC) role that will serve as the SME and lead for the assigned entity, providing oversight and guidance to two indirect reports (Entity/Fixed Asset Accountants).

What will you do?

• Understand Group’s accounting policies as well as Local statutory, accounting and tax requirement
• Responsible for managing and overseeing the end-to-end accounting, financial close, and reporting activities for the assigned legal entities, working closely with the Shared Service Team to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant deliverables.
• Ensure financial statements and records comply with local statutory requirements, internal controls, and accounting policies
• Increase the accuracy of the financial information by ensuring data has been correctly booked and take corrective actions if required
• Ensure auditable track of reconciled accounts on the balance sheet including working with Shared Service team for clearing data, including ensuring timely certification in Blackline Account Reconciliation at entity level
• Manage statutory field audit for timely sign off with unqualified opinion
• In collaboration with tax expert to ensure local and international tax compliance, timely filling the tax returns and making the tax payments
• Ensure reconciliation between tax / local GAAP/ group reporting accounts
• Ensure quality of accounting processes and tools/technology enables, in line with group guidelines and internal control requirements (incl. various projects)
• Support the implementation of best practices on consolidation and internal control team to simplify, standardize and scale our business and global organization
• Collaborate within Finance community to support the overall function goals
• Work cross functionally with expert functions and business owners on policies, processes, and help drive key system initiatives and improvements
• Identify process improvement opportunities to strengthen controls, simplify workflows, and improve reporting quality

Who would be successful?

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree or Professional License (Passed Board/Bar/Professional License Exam) in Finance/Accountancy/Banking or equivalent.
• At least 5-7 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is required. Strong understanding of Internal controls and policies
• Knowledge in ERP/Accounting systems such as SAP, Oracle (preferred)
• Work experience in an auditing firm, manufacturing companies and shared services/multinational company
• Problem-solving mindset with a continuous improvement approach
• Ability to work independently while managing stakeholder expectations
• With strong analytical skills and experience in handling Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Financial Statement reporting
• Willing to work in EPZA Rosario Cavite on a hybrid setup.