Staff Accountant | Shaw - Night Shift

IBEX Global Solutions (Philippines) Inc.; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

IBEX Global Solutions (Philippines) Inc. is seeking a Project Accounting Specialist to enhance financial control for global projects. You will partner with the construction accounting team to apply accounting principles, analyze financial information, and prepare reports in a paperless environment.

You will reconcile costs, manage invoices, ensure internal controls, and support month-end tasks while collaborating with local finance teams and stakeholders worldwide.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of general accounting principles.
• Ability to analyze and interpret accounting data and perform quantitative analyses.
• Experience in processing adjusting journal entries and reclassifications.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage Project Cost Tracker (PCTs) through Yardi Job Cost implementation date.
• Reconcile PCTs to general ledger for all portfolios monthly at minimum.
• Chair monthly project cost review meetings with stakeholders; prepare consolidated cost summaries.
• Manage invoice processing and ensure timely payment of suppliers.
• Ensure timely payment distribution to suppliers while maintaining internal controls.
• Provide compliance guidance (SOX, company policy) to stakeholders for project controls and global standards.
• Assist in preparing project funding reports, cashflow forecasts and loan draw submissions; support month-end tasks (reconciliation, journal processing, accruals).
• Assist Director of Construction Accounting with Yardi Job Cost configuration and process optimization; lead portfolio integration into Yardi subledger.

Skills

Accounting principles

Journal entries & reconciliations

Excel proficiency

Communication

Detail-oriented

Independent and collaborative work

Tools

Yardi

Job description

Your role:

This role will give you the opportunity to enhance your skill set by incorporating high level of technological skills in an entirely paperless environment and be given the opportunity to find new or more creative and resourceful ways toaccomplish the department's objectives. As a Project accounting specialist, you will partner with the construction accounting team and construction management personnel to ensure the financial success of projects around the globe, apply principles of accounting to record and analyze financial information and prepare financial reports, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of a global organization.

What you’ll need:

To be a good fit for this opportunity you will have:

• Knowledge of general accounting principles. Ability to analyze and interpret accounting data and perform quantitative analyses.

• Experience in processing adjusting journal entries, processing reclassification journals, preparing account reconciliations, and any other related tasks.

• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Yardi or construction cost accounting experience is beneficial but not required.

What you’ll do:

The Project accounting specialist will be reporting into one of the Manager within the Construction Accounting team and will be responsible for:

Project Accounting and Controls responsibilities:

• Establish and manage Project Cost Tracker (PCTs) through Yardi Job Cost implementation date.
• Collaborate with local finance teams to reconcile PCTs to general ledger for all portfolios on a regular basis (monthly, at minimum);
• Chair monthly project cost review meetings with project stakeholders, including preparation of consolidated cost summaries and analyses;
• Managing of invoice processing and ensure timely payment of suppliers;
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to ensure timely payment distribution to suppliers while ensuring internal control requirements are satisfied;
• Provide compliance guidance (SOX, company policy and etc.) to stakeholders to ensure the integrity of project controls and global standards;
• Assist in the preparation of project funding reports, including monthly cashflow forecasts and loan draw submissions; and support with month end tasks such as, month-end reconciliation, journal processing and accrual calculation

Assist the Director of Construction Accounting with the system Configuration/Integration and process optimization for emerging markets. This will involve the following:

• Support on Yardi Job Cost subledger configuration to achieve required standard construction accounting objectives and requirements to satisfy broader accounting, finance and tax objectives; and
• Lead the day-to-day efforts of preparing portfolio integration into Yardi Job Cost subledger from PCTs.