Senior Accountant

Stagwell Inc.; Metro Manila; Hybrid; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Stagwell Inc. in the Philippines is seeking a Senior Auditor to support statutory reporting, audit coordination, and regulatory compliance for APAC and MENA entities.

The role ensures completeness, accuracy, and timely delivery of deliverables across multiple jurisdictions. The candidate will prepare audit schedules, reconciliations, and statutory working papers, coordinate audit requests, and assist in the preparation of statutory financial statements and tax filings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Finance, or related field.
• CPA candidate or partially qualified professional preferred.
• 5-8 years of experience in audit, accounting, or statutory compliance.
• Experience working with multinational entities preferred.
• Strong Excel and financial reconciliation skills.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines across jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare audit schedules, lead sheets, reconciliations, and statutory working papers.
• Coordinate audit requests and maintain audit support trackers.
• Assist in preparation of statutory financial statements and disclosure schedules.
• Monitor filing deadlines for annual returns, tax filings, and regulatory submissions.
• Support reconciliation of local GAAP and US GAAP differences.
• Prepare bridge files reconciling trial balances, statutory financial statements, and group reporting submissions.
• Prepare corporate tax review support documents, tax schedules, and supporting reconciliations for tax filings and audits.
• Coordinate with local finance teams, tax agents, payroll providers, and corporate secretarial teams.
• Ensure proper documentation and retention of statutory records.
• Assist in resolving auditor queries and follow-up items promptly.
• Track open audit findings, action items, and remediation plans.
• Support process improvements and standardization initiatives.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Multinational experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy/Finance/related field

CPA candidate or partially qualified

Tools

Excel

Job description

Stagwell empowers talented, passionate, and creative leaders with vision to deliver breakthrough ideas on behalf of the world’s most ambitious clients.

We believe that the differences among us fuel innovation and drive us to achieve extraordinary results. We take great pride in a work force with rich diversity of age, race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, ability and background. As a network, we seek out a skilled and dynamic talent pipeline, invest in programs that help develop diverse talent for the future benefit of our industry, and strive to build an inclusive environment where all employees can bring their full selves to work.

Creating a collaborative environment at our state-of-the-art campuses, where we can bring people together at the office to inspire and innovate, is central to our culture-moving creative edge. We believe that by being together, we can transform marketing. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.

Role

Summary:

Support statutory reporting, audit coordination, and regulatory compliance activities for APAC and MENA entities while ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare audit schedules, lead sheets, reconciliations, and statutory working papers.
• Coordinate audit requests and maintain audit support trackers.
• Assist in preparation of statutory financial statements and disclosure schedules.
• Monitor filing deadlines for annual returns, tax filings, and regulatory submissions.
• Support reconciliation of local GAAP and US GAAP differences.
• Prepare bridge files reconciling trial balances, statutory financial statements, and group reporting submissions.
• Prepare corporate tax review support documents, tax schedules, and supporting reconciliations for tax filings and audits.
• Coordinate with local finance teams, tax agents, payroll providers, and corporate secretarial teams.
• Ensure proper documentation and retention of statutory records.
• Assist in resolving auditor queries and follow-up items promptly.
• Track open audit findings, action items, and remediation plans.
• Support process improvements and standardization initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Finance, or related field.
• CPA candidate or partially qualified professional certification preferred.
• 5-8 years of experience in audit, accounting, or statutory compliance
• Experience working with multinational entities preferred.
• Strong Excel and financial reconciliation skills.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines across jurisdictions.

*Currently on a Temporary WFH Setup but should be amenable for a hybrid setup in the future (3x onsite, 2x wfh) on a Nightshift schedule.