Senior Accountant

Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) branch; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Surbana Jurong is seeking a senior Finance professional to join our Manila team. You will review and validate financial transactions in ERP, mentor junior staff, and ensure accurate reconciliations and timely management reporting.

Responsibilities include coordinating with auditors, maintaining robust controls, and driving process improvements within a multicultural, fast-paced environment. This role requires strong accounting skills and leadership potential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/College Degree in Business, Accountancy, Management Accounting or Banking; CPA/MBA is an advantage.
• 5 years of relevant work experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
• Experience in a BPO or Shared Service setting is an advantage.
• Experience with ERP or financial reporting software; SAP or S/4 Hana essential.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate financial transactions in ERP with high accuracy and policy compliance.
• Mentor junior team members and resolve transactional issues; assist root-cause analysis.
• Prepare and/or review reconciliations; chase for necessary adjustments.
• Ensure all accounts are properly accounted for.
• Perform analytical reviews of key accounts and taxes; ensure filings.
• Prepare/Review monthly management reports and ensure timely submission.
• Respond to auditor requests with timely, complete documentation.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure precise entries.
• Identify issues for escalation and provide immediate solutions.
• Act as main contact in absence of leads; support mentoring and handover tasks.
• Evaluate accounting processes and propose efficiency improvements with RTR Lead/Manager approval.

Skills

ERP systems

SAP/S4 Hana

Leadership potential

Analytical thinking

Time management

Education

Bachelor's/College Degree in Business, Accountancy, Management Accounting, or Banking

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate various financial transactions in ERP system ensuring high accuracy of all entries, and compliance to established controls, accounting principles and policies.
• Provide direction to junior members of the team in resolving transactional issues and assists in analysing the root cause of complex issues to come up with solution likewise adjusting entries.
• Prepare and/or Review reconciliations for accuracy and completeness likewise chase appropriate parties for necessary adjustments.
• Ensure all accounts are properly accounted for.
• Perform analytical reviews of key accounts or transactions and taxes are accordingly prepared/filed.
• Prepare/Review monthly management reports and ensure accuracy likewise timely submission.
• Respond to auditor requests, ensuring queries and requested documents are answered and delivered timely.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure complete and precise entries are posted.
• Able to identify issues for escalation and needs immediate solution.
• Act as a main point of contact in the absence of the leads.
• Assists the leads in mentoring, coaching, and developing other members of the team.
• May be involved in the performance management reviews and handover of new tasks for the team.
• Evaluate current accounting processes and propose improvements for operational efficiency once approved by RTR Team Lead and Manager.

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Business, Accountancy, Management Accounting, or Banking, relevant professional certification is an advantage (e.g. CPA, MBA)
• With 5 years of relevant work experience in Finance or Accounting
• Ability to prioritise tasks to manage competing deadlines.
• Experience in a BPO or Shared Service setting is an advantage.
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or any financial reporting software, with strong working knowledge of SAP or S/4 Hana being essential.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills within a multi-cultural business environment.
• Candidate should have sound Finance and Accounting skills, including knowledge of best practices on any or all areas of accounting such as AR, AP, Cash, and Reconciliation.
• Can work with minimal supervision and has a leadership potential.
• Ability to work with precision and manage competing deadlines and heavy workloads.
• Able to collaborate with team members, internal clients and management.
• Ability to cope with ambiguity and change and maintain high level of professionalism when working under pressure.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!

SJ is a diverse collective of problem solvers for the built environment, continually reimagining ways to create a smart and sustainable future. Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 in its member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, Robert Bird Group, SAA, SMEC and Surbana Jurong, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers, facilities managers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to shape a better future. Its technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors including transportation, water, aviation, healthcare, hospitality and renewables. A global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery, SJ has built more than a million homes in Singapore, created master plans in more than 60 countries and developed over 100 industrial parks globally. SJ is #23 in Engineering News-Record's 2023 Top 225 International Design Firms, #14 in World Architecture 100 2024, and Asia Pacific FM Technology Provider of the Year 2022, awarded by International Facility Management Association.