Senior Accountant

New York Global Consultants Inc. (NYGCI); Muntinlupa; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Global Consultants Inc. (NYGCI) in the Philippines is seeking a Senior Accountant to support the General Ledger team and supervise Junior Accountants. The role involves coordinating monthly close activities and driving accuracy in financial reporting.

You will work with cross-functional teams across BU Finance, ensure timely processing of journal entries, reconciliations, and intercompany settlements, and contribute to process improvements in a multinational Shared Services environment.

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Accountancy.
• At least 5 years audit and/or financial accounting-related work experience.
• Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
• High degree of initiative and able to work with the least supervision.
• A team player and can motivate other team members.
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP/Oracle.
• Experience in Shared Services environments and multinational organizations.

Responsibilities

• Line management liaison with BU Finance/CFO on General Ledger issues.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and schedules for assigned Business Units.
• Coordinate month end activities and journal entries.
• Lead general accounting preparatory activities for month-end closing.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and provide supporting analysis.
• Coordinate Intercompany Receivables and Payables.
• Review financial results and initiate corrective actions.
• Maintain fixed assets and tax books.
• Attend regular reports to support FSSC and BU Finance.
• Daily bank reconciliation for assigned BU accounts and monitor reconciling items.
• Other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Excel

ERP systems

SAP

Oracle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accountancy

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

JOB SUMMARY: (Brief description of why the position exists or the overall purpose of the job.)

The Senior Accountant will support the work of the General Ledger team and supervise / review the work of Junior Accountants. The role may be assigned specific finance projects or initiatives and assist in the monthly reporting requirements of the team. To develop holistic understanding of financial reporting and close process, the role may be assigned to various processes within FSSC. This will involve coordination with local finance on outstanding variances and makes the appropriate action to resolve it.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: (Describes the results for which the position has an on-going accountability. Accountabilities are statement of the important end results, which the job needs to achieve to justify its existence. Each accountability statement should relate to a single end result which must be accomplished and to which some measurement of performance can be applied.)

Line Management:

• Primary Liaison with BU Finance team/CFO regards to the General Ledger and Issues relating to the accounts
• Preparation of monthly financial statements and supplementary schedules for assigned Business Units;
• Coordination of the month end activities:
  • Preparation of necessary standard and recurring journal entries;
  • Leading general accounting preparatory activities for month-end closing;
  • Reconciliations of balance sheet accounts and preparing supporting analysis and schedules;
  • Coordination of Intercompany Receivables and Payables
  • Initial review of the financial results and initiating necessary corrective actions;
  • Reconciling inventory records vis a vis the general ledger;
• Coordinating the monthly results with the assigned Business Unit
• Review accounting transactions and recommend procedural and systems improvements for improved efficiency;
• Maintenance of fixed assets books, including tax books;
• Attends to regular reports that will support FSSC and BU Finance;
• Responsible for the Daily Bank Reconciliation of the assigned BUs accounts
• Ensures that the reconciling items in the bank reconciliation are monitored and followed up.
• Reconciles and checks Intercompany Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable on a monthly basis
• Other related duties which may be assigned by immediate superior

Quality Management:

• Ensure controls are in place to address ICSP/SOX requirements.
• Implement and support new procedures, Management of Change (MOC) and improvements whenever required.
• Support the Quality Assurance Staff in driving the team on continuous improvement projects which will impact metrics, process flow through Lean Concept. Working closely to ensure adherence to documented process control procedures

Must Have:

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Accountancy;
• At least 5 years audit and or financial accounting-related work experience
• Has above average computer literacy especially in the use of excel applications, has experience working on comprehensive ERP system;
• Should have excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills;
• High degree of initiative and able to work with the least supervision;
• A team player, and can motivate other team members;
• Proven ability to work under pressure and multitasking person
• Be able to work in a structured environment
• Proven ability to work under pressure.
• Have worked in an international and culturally diverse organization
• Experience in using ERP systems preferably in SAP/Oracle or equivalent
• Experience in Shared Services environment or in a multi national organization;