Senior Risk & Compliance Analyst - Hybrid (Quezon City)

REED ELSEVIER SHARED SERVICES (PHILIPPINES) INC.; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

REED ELSEVIER SHARED SERVICES (PHILIPPINES) INC. is seeking a capable finance professional to support external audits, statutory reporting, and compliance across in-scope entities.

The role emphasizes balance sheet quality, regulatory readiness, and collaborative problem solving with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has 4–6 years of external audit or financial reporting experience, with a strong command of accounting standards and controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CPA or equivalent qualification is a plus.
• 4–6 years of relevant experience in external audit, statutory/reporting, or finance shared services.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support annual external audit processes and deliverables.
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements and regulatory disclosures.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations, trial balance analytics, and issue investigations.
• Collaborate with Finance, tax, auditors, and stakeholders to resolve queries promptly.
• Identify control gaps and recommend remediation actions.
• Support SOX and internal controls through process documentation and evidence handling.

Skills

External audit

Financial reporting

SOX/controls

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or equivalent (advantage)

Tools

Oracle

SAP

PeopleSoft

Job description

Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinate and support the annual external audit process, including preparation, review, tracking, and timely completion of audit deliverables, statutory accounts, and supporting schedules within agreed RELX and local regulatory deadlines.
• Prepare, review, and analyze statutory financial statements, disclosure notes, regulatory reporting requirements, tax packs, indirect tax reporting schedules, transfer pricing support, and other compliance-related submissions for in-scope entities.
• Perform financial statement review procedures, including trial balance analytics, balance sheet reconciliation quality checks, audit schedule reviews, exposure summaries, and investigation of unusual variances or accounting issues.
• Work closely with Finance teams, business units, tax agents, external auditors, internal auditors, and other stakeholders to resolve accounting, audit, tax statutory reporting, and compliance queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Support the effectiveness of internal controls by identifying control gaps, process risks, audit findings, and compliance issues, and by recommending practical remediation or mitigation actions.
• Contribute to SOX, internal controls, audit readiness, process documentation, and compliance review activities, ensuring that evidence, narratives, schedules, and supporting files are complete, accurate, and well organized.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• CPA or equivalent professional qualification is an advantage
• 4 to 6 years of relevant experience in external audit, statutory reporting, financial reporting compliance, tax compliance support, or finance shared services.
• Big 4 audit experience, multinational company experience, or finance shared services/BPO experience is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards, statutory financial reporting, audit requirements, taxation principles, and financial statement preparation.
• Good understanding of end-to-end finance processes, including Record to Report, Procure to Pay, and Order to Cash, and how these processes affect financial reporting and controls.
• Advanced skills in reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, audit schedules, management reports, trial balance analytics, and complex account balances.
• Ability to apply professional skepticism, identify risks or control gaps, ask effective questions, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with auditors, tax agents, business partners, and cross-functional finance teams.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills; experience with enterprise accounting systems such as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, or similar platforms is an advantage.
• Self-starter who is pragmatic, hands-on, adaptable to change, and committed to continuous improvement and high-quality delivery.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply enterprise AI tools and technologies to support technical workflows and business objectives.