Senior Financial Accountant | US | Hybrid
Job Description - Senior Financial Accountant | US | Hybrid
Setup and Location: Hybrid-36F Cyberscape Gamma, Ortigas Pasig City, 1605
Work Schedule: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (US PDT) | 12:00 AM-8:00 AM (PH Time)
Employment Type: Full-time
Ready to do work that actually excites you?
The Senior Financial Accountant is an individual-contributor role (no direct reports) within an $80M turnover subsidiary operating in sales, marketing, and distribution. This role supports the North America business (USA, Canada, and South America), working a Philippine mid-shift schedule to collaborate effectively with US-based stakeholders. The role is responsible for the day-to-day integrity of the general ledger and balance sheet, sits close to the transaction cycles â Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, and Inventory â and acts as a key backup resource for the Finance Manager and other critical finance roles during periods of leave.
What You’ll Do
You’ll be the kind of person who:
Reporting Line & Team Context
- Reports to: Finance Manager
- No direct reports â this is a hands-on, individual-contributor role
- Works closely with: AP/AR Lead, transactional processing teams, Sales/Commercial team (commissions),
- Finance Manager, US-based stakeholders, Global Finance teams and external auditors
- Schedule: Philippine mid-shift, to provide overlap with US-based operations
Balance Sheet Integrity
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations across all accounts monthly.
- Ensure all reconciling items are identified, aged, and cleared in a timely manner.
- Maintain supporting documentation and evidence trails sufficient for audit purposes.
- Escalate unresolved or aged discrepancies to the Finance Manager with root-cause analysis.
Day-to-Day Transaction Review
- Review Order to Cash (O2C) transactions for accuracy, completeness, and correct revenue/receivables treatment.
- Review Procure to Pay (P2P) transactions for correct expense/liability recognition and coding.
- Review sales orders for accuracy and correct revenue treatment.
- Review inventory transactions and adjustments (receipts, issues, adjustments, costing) for accuracy and valuation integrity.
- Manage the Fixed Assets Register.
- Assist in reviewing sales commission calculations for accuracy prior to payment.
- Identify and correct processing errors before they flow into the close.
Monthly Journal Entries
- Prepare and post recurring journal entries (e.g. depreciation, amortisation, payroll accruals).
- Prepare accrual and prepayment journals based on business activity.
- Prepare adjustment journals arising from reconciliation reviews or error correction.
- Ensure all journals are appropriately supported and reviewed/approved per delegation of authority.
Bank Reconciliations
- Review bank reconciliations prepared by the transactional team (or prepare directly, depending on team structure).
- Investigate and clear reconciling/unmatched items promptly.
- Ensure cash position reported in the ledger is accurate and current.
- Audit Support
- Provide balance sheet reconciliations, journal support, and transaction evidence to external auditors on request.
- Respond to audit queries relating to account balances within area of responsibility.
Process Improvement & AP/AR Partnering
- Work closely with the AP/AR Lead to streamline transactional processes and identify efficiency opportunities.
- Support broader process improvement initiatives across O2C/P2P/R2R/inventory cycles.
- Identify recurring transaction errors or control weaknesses and recommend fixes.
- Policy, Procedure & Compliance
- Support the Finance Manager in enforcing finance policies and procedures across the business.
- Help ensure compliance with finance policy in day-to-day transactional activity.
- Flag policy breaches or gaps to the Finance Manager for resolution.
Tax Filing Support
- Support the Finance Manager in the preparation and management of State and Federal tax filings, including liaising with tax authorities.
Backup & Continuity Support
- Act as a backup resource for the Finance Manager and other finance roles or counterparts from other regions during periods of leave.
- Maintain sufficient cross-training/familiarity with adjacent finance functions to provide effective cover Ad Hoc Analysis & Special Projects.
- Support ad hoc financial analysis, reporting requests, and special projects as required by the Finance leadership team.
Requirements
What You Bring
Weâre looking for someone with:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Commerce.
- 4â7 years' accounting experience, ideally including exposure to a shared-services or transactional environment (O2C/P2P/R2R).
- Prior experience in a mid-size or listed company highly regarded.
- Demonstrated ownership of balance sheet reconciliations and month-end journal cycles.
- Solid working knowledge of accounting standards relevant to O2C/P2P/R2R and inventory transactions.
- ERP proficiency (SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, or similar) and advanced Excel.
- Experience with reconciliation tools/templates and journal workflow systems an advantage.
- HMO, Dental, and Life Insurance for you and one free dependent from day one (with the option to enroll additional dependents).
- Paid Leaves: Birthday, Vacation, Medical, and Maternity (up to 6 Vacation Leaves are convertible to cash on your anniversary).
- Employee Engagement Activities: Year-End Party, Family Day, Team Building, and more!.