Position: Finance and Accounting Analyst – General Ledger

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (10x per month)

Work Schedule:

• Mid shift: 1pm-10pm
• Night shift: 9pm-6am
• Day shift: 9AM-6PM

Office: Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

Employment type: Permanent

JOB DIMENSION

• Management: Individual contributor, assigned to a team dedicated to performing activities for assigned Affiliate/s.
• Geographical Scope: Affiliate/s within assigned regional and branch scope.
• Functional Scope: The Analyst is primarily responsible for processing finance and accounting transactional activities in SAP FICO on a timely basis, ensuring completeness and accuracy of all entries in the deployed IT-enabled tools of SAP. The Analyst shall perform specific accounting activities and may be assigned to any of the activities in the finance processes.

ACTIVITIES

The Analyst is expected to perform the following activities:

General Ledger

• Performs posting of journal entries in SAP upon checking and verification of request forms and supporting documents received from Affiliates.
• Performs creation/update of recurring documents in SAP upon checking and verification of request forms and supporting documents received from Affiliates. This includes resetting/reversing/deleting recurring journal entries if there is a mistake.
• Monitors and reconciles open item-managed accounts.
• Executes fixed-asset-related transactions and closing activities, including but not limited to depreciation runs, clearing of technical accounts, and GL-SL reconciliation.
• Clears intercompany customer and vendor accounts once payment is received/released.
• Performs balance sheet reconciliation.
• Generates financial statements from SAP and populates reporting packages for assigned affiliates. This includes amending or reviewing draft reporting packages and sending reports to Affiliate Finance for further review.
• Produces and submits consolidation packages by entering data into the consolidation tool and implementing adjustments based on instructions provided by local finance.
• Checks VAT balances, runs all SAP transactions, prepares, and shares VAT synthesis with the local team.
• Calculates tax amounts and prepares tax declarations.

Internal Controls

• Performs global reviews on extracted transactions and identifies atypical postings.
• Proposes a list of occurrences to analyze.
• Prepares anti-corruption accounting controls review.
• Looks for, extracts, analyzes, and uploads supporting documents on Affiliate’s SharePoint.
• Participates in meetings for control review.
• Completes SOX, internal, and external audit requests in a timely manner.
• Ensures compliance with general accounting and reporting policies.

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT

• Dynamic and fast-paced environment with frequent client-facing interactions.
• Provides various reportorial requirements.
• Constant interface and communication with a wide set of internal and external stakeholders, both local and global, including but not limited to Affiliates, Business Excellence team, etc.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for the timely processing of centralized finance and accounting transactions on behalf of assigned Affiliate countries.
• Adherence to compliance standard policies and processes.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• At least 3 to 5 years of work experience in a finance and accounting role. Prior experience in a Shared Service environment or in the Oil, Gas, and Energy industries is an advantage.
• Understanding of accounting principles and standards (IFRS/GAAP) and experience in analyzing consolidated financial statements and interpreting financial data.
• Knowledgeable in SOX and other internal controls.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting; CPA is an advantage.
• Proficient in SAP, MBC, and other similar ERP and Finance systems.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); experience with MS ePowersuite is an advantage.
• Competencies: Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Able to interact effectively at all levels in the organization and work cross-functionally as required. Detail-oriented and results-oriented with an analytical mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and interpersonal skills.

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