R2R Director

Sealed Air; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sealed Air seeks an experienced R2R Director to lead end-to-end accounting operations from Manila, Philippines, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting. The role drives governance, controls, and cross-functional collaboration with IT and finance to support scalable, high-performing operations in a multinational service center.

The leader will standardize processes, implement automation, and build a strong accounting organization while partnering with internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance; professional qualification preferred.
• Significant progressive experience in R2R, audit, and finance with leadership roles.
• Experience with month-end close, reconciliations, reporting, and audit support.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Record-to-Report activities and financial reporting for the scope.
• Own month-, quarter-, and year-end close with strong governance.
• Drive balance sheet integrity and issue resolution through controls.
• Coordinate with auditors and ensure timely audit deliverables.
• Partner with Tax, Legal, and IT to ensure compliance and system implementations.
• Standardize processes and drive automation across the center.

Skills

R2R leadership

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Audit support

ERP systems

Excel proficiency

Cross-functional leadership

Process automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA/ACCA preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com .

What does a R2R Director do?

Reporting to the Global Business Service Leader, this role will be based in Manila, Philippines. The Head of Accounting Operations will lead end-to-end Record-to-Report activities, oversee core accounting operations, and maintain a strong control environment to support accurate and timely financial reporting. The role will play a critical part in supporting the continued growth of the center by scaling capabilities, strengthening processes, and building a high-performing accounting organization within a global multinational service center environment. This leader will also drive process standardization, automation, and cross-functional collaboration across Finance and IT to enable operational excellence, effective governance, and successful system implementations.

Key Responsibilities:

People Manager

• Lead and develop the accounting operations team, providing clear direction, coaching, and leadership across the Record-to-Report scope
• Build a strong organization and capability pipeline by setting clear objectives, managing performance, and supporting talent development and succession planning
• Foster a high-performance, accountability-driven culture focused on service excellence, control, continuous improvement, and collaboration

Financial Operations

• Lead end-to-end Record-to-Report activities, ensuring accurate, timely, and complete financial reporting across the supported scope
• Own and drive the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process, ensuring strong governance, adherence to timelines, and high-quality close execution
• Drive the accurate and timely completion of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring effective review, follow-up, and resolution of outstanding items
• Ensure balance sheet integrity and the overall quality of financial records through strong review controls, issue resolution, and disciplined accounting governance
• Partner with internal and external auditors by coordinating audit support, preparing required schedules, and ensuring timely closure of audit observations
• Ensure compliance with corporate accounting policies, internal controls, and applicable financial governance requirements, while driving consistent adoption across the team

Process Optimization

• Drive global standardization of accounting processes, controls, and ways of working to improve consistency, scalability, and service delivery
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to streamline accounting activities, reduce manual effort, and improve operational efficiency
• Apply Lean Six Sigma methodologies to simplify processes, eliminate waste, improve quality, and support continuous improvement initiatives

Statutory and Regulatory Compliance

• Support the operational delivery of statutory financial reporting requirements across the supported scope, in coordination with local, regional, and controllership stakeholders
• Coordinate statutory audit requirements and ensure audit requests, deliverables, and follow-up actions are completed effectively and on time in support of regional controllership requirements
• Drive remediation of audit observations and compliance gaps through sustainable process and control improvements
• Partner closely with Tax, Legal, and other key stakeholders to understand statutory, regulatory, and reporting obligations and support ongoing compliance across the operating model
• Provide leadership across all Record-to-Report teams and partner closely with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable leaders to drive strong end-to-end process governance, cross-functional alignment, and effective issue resolution
• Partner with IT and other key stakeholders to lead governance and change management for new software implementations, ensuring business requirements are translated effectively, risks are managed, and process changes are embedded successfully across the organization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred
• Significant progressive experience in accounting, audit, and finance, including leadership responsibility within Record-to-Report or broader accounting operations
• Strong experience managing month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting, and audit support in a complex shared services or service center environment
• Experience building, scaling, or supporting the growth of a service center, including establishing capabilities, processes, and team structures
• Experience working in a global multinational service center environment, with the ability to operate effectively across regions, stakeholders, and cultures
• Solid knowledge of accounting standards, internal controls, and corporate compliance requirements, including IFRS and/or US GAAP
• Demonstrated experience leading teams, developing talent, and driving accountability and performance across accounting operations
• Exposure to process standardization, continuous improvement, automation, and transformation initiatives within finance or accounting functions
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Excel

What are our core values?

• Integrity
• Determined

Why work at Sealed Air?

• We have a very diverse and inclusive culture.
• We invest in developing our people. You can hone your expertise and further develop your career with a global leader in packaging solutions.
• You will work with talented and creative professionals working in a collaborative environment that celebrates insatiable curiosity and diverse ideas.

Please Note: - You must have Philippines work-rights to be considered for this job. A detailed job description is available.

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

It is our responsibility to leverage what we have to affect positive and meaningful change for our communities and planet using Sealed Air’s global resources and expertise.

Corporate sustainability -it’s about improving the lives of people around the world by addressing pressing needs in the communities where we and our customers operate.

Customer Success -meeting our customers' needs. At Sealed Air it’s more than a goal, it’s an integral part of our business practices, our innovative solutions, and our values.

Leaving our communities better than we found them through dedication of time, talent and resources.