Company Description
Suit it Up Manila is a leading luxury bespoke formal wear brand under the MEGI Group, specializing in custom-tailored suites and traditional barongs. The brand is recognized in Metro Manila for its craftsmanship, premium materials, and personalized client service. Suit it Up Manila serves a discerning clientele seeking high-quality, made-to-measure formal wear for business, events, and special occasions. Team members collaborate closely with clients and in-house artisans to deliver a refined, detail-oriented experience at every stage of the tailoring process.
Job Summary
Accounting Senior Manager owns the company's accounting operations end-to-end and sets the strategic direction for continuousimprovement of accounting processes, controls, and financial reporting. Reporting to the Finance Head, this role leads day-to-dayaccounting activities, drives the design and maturity of accounting workbooks and reporting tools, oversees intercompanytransactions and charges, and ensures compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements while acting as a keypartner in the company's growth strategy.
- Own and oversee daily accounting activities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, and cashmanagement, ensuring scalability as the business grows.
- Drive sales validation processes, ensuring revenue transactions, billing, and supporting data areaccurately recorded,validated, and aligned with contractual terms and commercial agreements.
- Lead and take full ownership of the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring timely, accurate, and audit-readyfinancial reporting.
- Design, maintain, and continuously elevate accounting processes, internal controls, workbooks, and reporting tools acrossthe organization.
- Architect and establish the general ledger structure from the ground up, integrating existing AP and AR processes into acomplete, scalable accounting system, including chart of accounts, reconciliations, and financial reporting framework; Leadthe end-to-end implementation, optimization, and ongoing enhancement of the company's finance and future accountingsystems.
- Act as a strategic partner to the Finance Head in managing and evolving the company's accounting operations andfinancial reporting function.
- Own intercompany accounting strategy, including the recording, allocation, billing, reconciliation, and settlement ofintercompany charges and balances.
- Ensure full compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and statutory reporting requirements, proactivelyidentifying and mitigating risk.
- Review and approve account reconciliations, journal entries, and management reports prepared by the team.
- Lead coordination with external auditors, tax consultants, and regulatory agencies, serving as the primary point of contact.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team, while driving process improvements and operational efficiency at scale.
- Partner cross-functionally with senior stakeholders to establish and strengthen financial processes that support businessoperations and strategic decision-making.
- Champion automation and technology adoption to improve accounting processes and reporting capabilities.
- Lead special projects and initiatives as assigned by the Finance Head, representing Finance in cross-functional orexecutive discussions as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Finance, or related field
- 8+ years of accounting experience, with at least 4 years in a supervisory or managerial role
- Strong experience in financial reporting, month-end/year-end close, and account reconciliations
- Experience with intercompany accounting, including allocations and reconciliations
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics)
- Advanced Excel skills and strong understanding of financial statements and accounting standards (IFRS/GAAP)
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving priorities and limited structure
- Experience improving accounting processes, controls, and reporting in a startup or high-growth environment is anadvantage
- Strong leadership, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate strategically while stayingdetail-oriented