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The Finance Director will oversee the conceptualization, implementation, and maintenance of an effective finance organization in Philippines. Responsible for the expense management, expense booking and record keeping, statutory compliances, planning and execution of budgets and forecasts, and necessary due diligence.
DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Oversee the finance function in Manila, prepares adhoc reports that support business organizational performance measurement and senior leadership decision making processes. Interprets past financial performance, documents financial drivers and assumptions, and prepares observations and forecasts of future performance.
- Lead all audits - statutory audit, internal audit, and tax audit for Philippines legal entity, including preparation and finalization of Statutory Financial Statements
- Timely completion of various statutory audit, tax audit, internal audits, and applicable SOX cycles per management deadlines.
- Lead FP&A efforts to provide analytical support and explanations on quarterly results, budgets, and forecasts for management discussion and analysis and Analyst reports.
- Ensure the preparation of accurate, timely and comprehensive monthly expense reports including comparison to prior periods and budget with detailed analysis of the drivers for variances.
- Closing books of accounts on a monthly basis, as per the month close deadline and preparation / review the account reconciliations in a timely and accurate manner.
- Prepare monthly reporting to the management - including Variance analysis, comparison of budget vs. actual and provide need-based MIS to facilitate timely and accurate decisions.
- Actively participate and help various stakeholders in the budgeting exercise.
- Responsible for vouching of payments to vendors, government authorities and for imports
- Actively participate in cross functional projects and activities Establish proper records, approvals, documentation, and audit trails for all transactions
- Direct and participate in special projects and process re-engineering efforts on periodic basis.
- Actively participate in statutory compliances (including remittances and returns) for the Philippines legal entity on Direct and Indirect taxes, VAT, and other applicable regulatory requirements impacting the finance function
- Direct timely compliance under the various enactments applicable to Finance function.
- Proactively participates in modeling and due diligence in support of business strategy, partnerships, and acquisitions.
- Direct timely remittances and filing returns within due dates as prescribed under the various Statutes and Regulations.
- Assist and guide in the development and maintenance of a system of internal controls that are compliant with ICOFR and SOX requirements.
- Timely and accurate management reporting on a periodic basis – typically every month
- Direct timely and accurate completion of day-to-day transaction accounting and reconciliations Drive month end close and reporting – on a timely and accurate basis.
- Establish key relationships with leadership and effectively partners across the organization, including financial reporting, accounting, tax, treasury, and risk to support their specific needs.
- Oversees day-to-day operations of all banking services. Commercial bank account and treasury service product implementations.
- Responsible for integrity of the company's financial statements.
Required Qualification & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 12 to 15+ years of experience required in the areas of accounting, statutory accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, process improvement in a fast-growing startup/Captive environment.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or other finance related certification desired.
- Preferred to have worked in Controllership function of MNCs.
- Exposure to IFRS is preferred.
- Expertise in MS office and worked on Accounting packages/ ERP like SAP or Oracle
- Solid conceptual, problem solving and analytical skills - readily willing to perform hands-on detailed analysis, as needed.
- Inspiring and motivating; results driven; self-motivated; ability to work constructively under pressure; able to work with others at varying levels within the organization.
- Good interpersonal communication skills. Proactive, deadline-conscious, assertive, good team player and self-motivated
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