Senior Associate Accountant

Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) branch; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Surbana Jurong is seeking a P2P Senior Associate Accountant in Metro Manila to process and review Vendor Invoices, manage outgoing pay runs, and ensure accuracy and policy compliance across the group.

You will coordinate with supervisors, prepare reconciliations, assist audits, and drive process improvements in a multi-cultural Shared Services environment.

Candidates should have a finance degree and experience in ERP systems such as SAP MM/FI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field required.
• CPA or MBA is an advantage.
• Experience in Finance Shared Services or BPO preferred.
• Proficiency with SAP MM/FI is preferred (2–4 years if SJ).
• 3–5 years experience in vendor invoice processing or related areas.
• Strong MS Office skills and basic accounting knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate transactions in the system with high accuracy and policy compliance.
• Investigate and resolve transactional issues with supervisors as needed.
• Prepare reconciliations and highlight issues to the Senior Accountant/Team Lead.
• Coordinate vendor account details creation and amendments.
• Provide supporting records for audits.
• Enter data for invoicing and payment runs; perform preliminary checks.
• Communicate with stakeholders regarding invoices and expense claims.
• Check supporting documents for validity and completeness.
• Suggest and implement process improvements and best practices.

Skills

Vendor Invoice Processing

Payment Processing

Account Reconciliations

Intercompany Invoices

MS Excel

Stakeholder Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

CPA or MBA (advantage)

Tools

SAP MM/FI Module

MS Office

Job description

Primary Purpose of Position

The P2P Senior Associate Accountant primarily processes and reviews transactions including but not limited to Vendor Invoice management, Outgoing Pay Run, Invoice Processing, Travel Expenses processed by the junior staff in terms of their accuracy, completeness. They are also responsible to ensure quality service delivery and in a timely manner while adhering to standards, policies and procedures of the Surbana Jurong Group of companies and its subsidiaries. The Sr. Assoc. Accountant may also be assigned to enter or process transactions, troubleshoot errors, improve the existing process, and other duties as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate simple transactions entered in our system ensuring high accuracy of all entries, and compliance to established controls, accounting principles and policies.


• In coordination with supervisors and colleagues, investigate and resolve simple transactional issues as necessary.


• Prepare reconciliations of selected simple accounts and advise the Sr Accountant/Team Lead of issues on the reconciliation.


• Coordinate the creation and amendments in vendor account details.


• Assist with audits by providing supporting records and documentation


• Performs preliminary checks and enters data for invoicing and payment runs.


• Communicate with the stakeholders on matters concerning invoices, and/or expense claims in a timely manner.


• Check validity and completeness of supporting documents presented by the stakeholders.


• Suggest and implement process improvement initiatives and best practices.

Key Performance Indicators

• Service Level Agreements are met.


• High-level accuracy on the performance of duties.


• Timely and accurate exchange of information, on-time resolution of transactional issues and achieve internal client satisfaction.


• Suggest process improvement initiatives and best practices.


• Establish collaborative relationships with internal clients to understand the business and continuously identify ways to be of service.


• Ensure high-level of confidentiality is maintained at all times.


• High level of participation and engagement in company activities would be encouraged.

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.


• Relevant professional certifications is an advantage (e.g. CPA, MBA …etc.)


• Relevant experience in a Finance Shared Services or BPO is preferred.


• Experience in any of the following Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an advantage: SAP MM/FI Module (required 2 to 4 years if assigned to SJ)


• 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in any of the following areas: Vendor Invoice Processing Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt Intercompany Invoice Processing Vendor Maintenance Account Reconciliations Payment Processing


• Intermediate knowledge in MS Office applications is an advantage.


• Able to collaborate with team members, internal clients and management.


• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills within a multi-cultural business environment.


• Good communication skills.


• Able to engage stakeholders in a conversation.


• Able to express ideas or point of views both in oral and written communication.


• Basic understanding of accounting principles.


• Ability to cope with ambiguity and change and maintain high level of professionalism when working under pressure

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!

SJ is a diverse collective of problem solvers for the built environment, continually reimagining ways to create a smart and sustainable future. Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 in its member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, Robert Bird Group, SAA, SMEC and Surbana Jurong, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers, facilities managers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to shape a better future. Its technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors including transportation, water, aviation, healthcare, hospitality and renewables. A global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery, SJ has built more than a million homes in Singapore, created master plans in more than 60 countries and developed over 100 industrial parks globally. SJ is #23 in Engineering News-Record’s 2023 Top 225 International Design Firms, #14 in World Architecture 100 2024, and Asia Pacific FM Technology Provider of the Year 2022, awarded by International Facility Management Association.