Manager, General Accounting Operations

Merck Group; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck Group is seeking a seasoned General Ledger Team Manager to lead the GL function in the Philippines with hands-on SAP expertise and strategic leadership. You will drive month-end closes, stakeholder alignment, and staff development in a dynamic, global science-driven environment.

Ideal candidates hold CPA/CMA with 15+ years in MNC general accounting, plus project management experience. Expect cross-functional collaboration and ongoing upskilling aligned with our finance transformation goals.

Qualifications

• CPA/CMA with 15+ years in general accounting in MNCs
• Hands-on ERP experience, mainly SAP
• Project management certifications or experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the General Ledger team with strategic oversight
• Oversee end-to-end month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations
• Engage with stakeholders regularly and translate requirements into action plans
• Drive process transformation using LEAN principles and automation
• Manage talent, onboarding, performance, and career development

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

ERP SAP

Project management

Change management

Lean / process improvement

AI / hyper automation awareness

Education

CPA / CMA

Tools

SAP

Job description

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Your Role:

As a Team Manager of General Ledger team, you will be handling the below responsibilities:

• Strategic leadership support: ~10% of your time.


• Able to envision future of the GL team members for next 3 years, skills/competencies needed, Workforce Upskilling requirements


• Adopting \"AI\" + “Hyper automation" as the way forward: Standard & replicable AI agents for PE closes doing sanity checks, identify outliers, one-offs, Trend analysis, analytics for accounting managers, insights on blind spots


• Measure penetration & Identify, Plan, suggest & Handle transition projects related to scope increase.


• Tactical management: 40% of your time


• Regular engagement with stakeholders on a periodic basis.


• Ability to translate stakeholder’s expectations & needs, concerns, Issues into action plans and implement it on the floor.


• Handling escalations & take it to closure within reasonable period.


• Team Management: for the overall team (Directs + Team members)


• End to end People management scope right from ‘Hire’ to ‘Retire’ - Oversee the Process onboarding, change management, Engagement, Setting annual goals & objectives, Feedback, Career discussions, motivation, Rewards & recognition, Workload management, transformation projects (‘Fix’ after lift & shift).


• Transform the ‘Operating’ culture in line with internal culture programs.


• Upskill team to next level of challenges & opportunities within Finance through various programs/ curriculums.


• Devise & operate a model to preserve ‘What’ & ‘why’ part of the service scope and not only ‘How’


• Devise & operationalize mechanisms to preserve, retain & upgrade knowledge bank


• Ensuring business continuity by owning backup arrangement, Cross-training, Process documentation, Training videos.


• Accountable for service scope – Period end closes, Balance sheet account reconciliation, Group a/c queries, supporting statutory & tax audit, achieving Targets in process KPIs (accurate books & On-time submission of books, clean books of accounts, ‘Zero’ audit/Internal control failures,


• Process transformation – Living a ‘LEAN’ life to achieve process excellence - Identify Initiatives, enable/facilitate brain-storming sessions, bring out ideas for implementation, Business cases for any additional investment and cascading productivity Savings, YoY cost control.


• Co-ordinate, problem solve, resolve, fix process gaps, knowledge gaps by collaborating with various teams laterally, vertically and cross functional.


• Able to understand & adopt industry best practices and implementing it.

Who You Are:

To be successful in this role, you need to be:

CPA/CMA with 15+ years of relevant experience – General accounting in a MNC environment working hands on in ERP (mainly SAP). Project management certifications / Experience would be preferred.

Behavioral

• Able to deal with ambiguity


• Able to influence without authority


• Result-oriented, Pro-active


• Lead by Example

What we offer:

We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!