Senior Accounting Specialist

Private Advertiser; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser seeks a Senior Accounting Specialist to ensure accurate general ledger closing and timely financial reporting. You will help maintain reconciliations, support the accounting team, and strengthen the control environment.

Key duties include month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany activity, consolidations, and preparing required reports. You will also assist audits and ensure compliance with GAAP and internal controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• 3-5 years of accounting or audit experience.
• Strong reporting and data querying capabilities.
• Proficient in MS Office; advanced Excel.
• Knowledge of GAAP and internal control practices.
• Experience with multi-entity and multi-currency accounting.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the month-end close, including preparation of balance sheet account reconciliations, account roll forwards, and other supporting schedules as necessary.
• Maintain prepaid expenses, intercompany transfers, and fixed asset balance sheet accounts.
• Perform monthly consolidations and ensure appropriate accounting for intercompany transactions.
• Analyze issues and present and recommend potential solutions.
• Develop ad hoc analysis and reporting sets in support of the monthly closing process.
• Assist in the formulation and preparation of monthly and annual reporting requirements.
• Process and initiate treasury activities such as check runs, electronic payments, and intercompany fund transfers.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, as well as accounting regulations.
• Maintain accurate and organized financial records and documentation.
• Assist in coordinating internal and external audits and support maintenance of internal control environment documentation

Skills

Excel expertise

GAAP knowledge

Analytical skills

Verbal communication

Multi-entity accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Sage

NetSuite

SAP

Sage Intacct

Job description

About the role

The Senior Accounting Specialist will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and timely closing of the general ledger, and supports the financial reporting efforts of the Accounting team.

This role ensures financial accounts are reconciled and issues resolved in a timely manner, enabling accurate financial reporting — and is critical to the overall control environment of the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the month-end close, including preparation of balance sheet account reconciliations, account roll forwards, and other supporting schedules as necessary
• Maintain prepaid expenses, intercompany transfers, and fixed asset balance sheet accounts
• Perform monthly consolidations and ensure appropriate accounting for intercompany transactions
• Analyze issues and present and recommend potential solutions
• Develop ad hoc analysis and reporting sets in support of the monthly closing process
• Assist in the formulation and preparation of monthly and annual reporting requirements
• Process and initiate treasury activities such as check runs, electronic payments, and intercompany fund transfers
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, as well as accounting regulations
• Maintain accurate and organized financial records and documentation
• Assist in coordinating internal and external audits and support maintenance of internal control environment documentation

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
• 3-5 years of previous accounting or audit experience in public or private accounting
• Strong reporting and data querying capabilities
• Thorough knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access); advanced competency in Excel and other financial reporting tools
• Proficiency in accounting software/ERP systems (Sage, NetSuite, SAP, or similar); Sage Intacct experience preferred
• Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and internal control practices
• Comprehension of multi-entity and multi-currency accounting
• Strong analytical and verbal communication skills; detail-oriented, with good problem-solving skills and the ability to maintain confidential information
• Experience working in a multi-brand, multi-entity global SaaS company
• Experience supporting a US-based Controller or accounting team from an offshore location