Sr. Compliance Analyst - Hybrid (Quezon City)

REED ELSEVIER SHARED SERVICES (PHILIPPINES) INC.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

REED ELSEVIER SHARED SERVICES (PHILIPPINES) INC. is seeking a Finance professional to coordinate external audits, prepare statutory financial statements, and ensure timely regulatory reporting for in-scope entities.

You will collaborate with Finance teams, tax agents, external auditors, and business partners to resolve accounting and compliance queries with accuracy and professionalism. The role emphasizes strengthening internal controls, supporting SOX readiness, process documentation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CPA or equivalent qualification is an advantage.
• 4–6 years in external audit, statutory/financial reporting, or finance SSC.
• Big 4 or multinational/finance shared services experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards and financial reporting.
• End-to-end finance process understanding (R2R, P2P, O2C).
• Advanced balance sheet reconciliations and audit schedules skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to learn and apply enterprise AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support annual external audit, statutory accounts, and timely deliverables.
• Prepare, review, and analyze statutory financial statements and regulatory reports.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and trial balance analytics.
• Collaborate with Finance teams, tax agents, auditors, and stakeholders to resolve queries.
• Support internal controls, SOX, and process documentation activities.
• Drive improvements across statutory reporting and related finance processes.
• Provide guidance and knowledge sharing on regulations and RELX policies.

Skills

Audit expertise

Financial reporting

Stakeholder management

Excel skills

Internal controls

SOX knowledge

Audit readiness

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA qualification

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.

• Drive continuous improvement, standardization, and automation opportunities across statutory reporting, audit coordination, financial review, tax compliance support, and related finance processes.

• Provide technical guidance, training, and knowledge sharing to accountants and finance stakeholders on local regulatory requirements, accounting standards, audit expectations, and RELX accounting policies and practices.

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.