Senior Accounting Manager

郑州中策人力资源有限公司; Manila; On-site; PHP 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a seasoned financial manager in Manila. Responsibilities include overseeing financial reports, ensuring tax compliance, and managing a local financial team. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of accounting experience, with proficiency in both English and Mandarin. This hybrid role offers competitive opportunities for strategic financial decision-making in a growing multinational context.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of accounting experience.
• Managerial experience of at least 4-5 years.
• Prior experience in MNC environment highly advantageous.
• Experience in an MNC environment is highly advantageous.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation of monthly/annual financial reports.
• Monitor P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Manage budgeting, rolling forecasts, and cost control.
• Ensure 100% tax compliance.
• Analyze voyage profitability and container turnover.
• Provide support for route pricing, contract reviews, and port cost negotiations.
• Oversee ERP financial module and supervise local finance team (accountants, cashiers, tax specialists).

Skills

Fluent in English

Fluent in Mandarin

Leadership

Financial analysis

Budget management

Education

Degree in Accountancy or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Hybrid - Manila >10 Yrs Exp Bachelor Full-time

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the preparation of monthly/annual financial reports, ensuring compliance with local accounting standards and headquarters requirements.
• Monitor the Profit & Loss (P&L), balance sheet, and cash flow of Philippine, providing in-depth financial analysis to the Responsible Persons of Philippine company and headquarters.
• Manage budgeting, rolling forecasts, and cost control, identifying opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

Tax and Compliance

• Ensure 100% tax compliance: accurately calculate and file VAT, income tax, withholding tax, etc., as required by the tax authorities, optimizing tax costs.
• Coordinating with local audit firms to ensure reports meet requirements.
• Establish internal financial control systems to prevent fraud and operational risks, ensuring compliancewith the Philippine Companies Act and headquarters requirements.

Business Support and Decision-Making

• Provial modeling support for route pricing, customer contract reviews, and port costnegotiations.
• Analyze key indicators such as voyage profitability and container turnover efficiency to drive business decisions.
• Manage local bank relationships and optimize foreign exchange risk hedging strategies.
• Supervise accounts receivable (freight recovery) and accounts payable (port fees, fuel costs, etc.) processes to ensure healthy cash flow.
• Review core cost items in the shipping industry, such as leasing container costs, ship agency fees, andteperation fees
• Ensure the financial registration and depreciation compliance of assets (containers, local equipment).

Team and System Management

• Build and develop a local financial team (accountants, cashiers, tax specialists).
• Maintain the efficient operation of the ERP system's financial module in Philippine company.

Key Requirements

• Degree in Accountancy or equivalent.
• Proficient in Bnglish and Mandarin, able to communicate fluently in both spoken and written forms.
• Minimum 10 years of accounting experience with managerial experience of at least 4-5 years.
• Prior experience in MNC environment will be highly advantageous.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.