Senior Accountant - APAC

Anthesis Group; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthesis Group is seeking a Senior Accountant within the R2R team to deliver end-to-end Record-to-Report activities for the Finance Shared Service Centre. You will support month-, quarter-, and year-end closes, work with internal and external stakeholders, and help drive process improvements.

The role requires 5+ years of accounting experience, CPA preferred, and a hybrid work arrangement with 1 day onsite per week in Ortigas. Strong Excel and ERP skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy or related field.
• CPA or equivalent qualification preferred.
• 5+ years of accounting experience including senior accountant or supervisory exposure.
• Experience in GBS/BPO/shared services is a plus.
• Proficient with Excel, SharePoint, and ERP systems such as SAP, D365, and NetSuite.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end month-end close activities.
• Prepare regional management accounts, variance analysis, and commentary.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and strengthen controls.
• Prepare cash flow forecasting and support treasury activities.
• Assist local payroll reviews and ensure compliance with policies.

Skills

5+ years accounting experience

Leadership / supervisory

Urgency & time management

Excel proficiency

ERP systems experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy

CPA or equivalent qualification

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Dynamics 365

NetSuite

Job description

The Senior Accountant, as part of the R2R team, is responsible for delivering end-to-end Record-to-Report activities for Anthesis Finance Shared Service Centre, ensuring accurate, compliant and timely financial reporting. The role supports month-end, quarter-end and year-end close activities in line with group reporting timelines and internal control requirements. Working closely with Local Finance, FP&A, Group Finance, tax advisors and external auditors, the Senior Accountant helps prepare reports, resolve issues, analyze variances, strengthen close governance, maintain general ledger integrity and support standardized processes, automation and efficiency initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute month-end close activities, ensuring all tasks are completed accurately and on time in line with the global close calendar and agreed SLAs.
• Prepare regional management accounts consolidation reports, variance analysis and financial commentary for Senior Management and Group Finance.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and identify opportunities to strengthen controls, improve accuracy and enhance the integrity of financial information.
• Prepare cash flow forecasting and support treasury activities across the region.
• Support and perform initial reviews of local payrolls, ensuring variances are verified and payroll activities comply with relevant legislation and company policies.
• Review and post complex journal entries (accruals, prepayment, and other adjustments if any).
• Support Intercompany postings and help resolve mismatches.
• Provide technical accounting guidance on complex accounting matters and support implementation of accounting policies and standards.
• Provide support and coaching to Finance team members to enhance capability, strengthen controls and improve reporting quality.
• Coordinate statutory compliance requirements, including annual financial statements, external audits, VAT/GST filing, payroll tax and other regulatory filings.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, finance transformation projects and system enhancements to improve efficiency and scalability.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Financial Management, or Management Accounting. CPA or equivalent qualification preferred
• With 5+ years' accounting experience, including at least 2 years in a senior accountant, team lead or supervisory capacity.
• Exposure to finance transformation, process improvement or system implementation projects.
• Experience in a Global Business Services, BPO or Shared Services environment supporting the APAC region, including Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines, is preferred.
• Experience supporting external audits and statutory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Proficient in Excel, Microsoft SharePoint and ERP systems such as SAP, Microsoft D365 and NetSuite.
• Able to work with urgency, sound judgement and flexibility when responding to time-sensitive business requests.
• Must be open to a hybrid work arrangement: 1 day onsite per week in Ortigas office.