Accountant

About the role

This is a great opportunity for a finance professional to join our Asia regional office in the Philippines as an Accountant during a time of exciting expansion and growth in the company. This role will report into the Head of Finance work closely with the regional and global Trade Finance, Treasury, Accounting and Operations teams.

The successful candidate will lead and perform a number of accounting related tasks including month end close, variance analysis, financial statement preparation, annual budget calculations and quarterly/annual VAT/corporation tax submissions for the Philippines entity. The individual will be required to work closely with the development team in London to automate/streamline any accounting and finance related processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end accounts payable cycle, including invoice matching, coding, posting, and payment execution.
• Monitor payables and ensure payments are made in accordance with agreed credit terms while optimizing working capital.
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including AP accruals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support working capital management through monitoring of receivables, payables, and inventory-related cash movements.
• Prepare and maintain short-term and medium-term cash flow forecasts, providing regular updates to management.
• Prepare FX exposure reports and support the execution of FX hedge transactions in line with company policy.

Ad hoc:

• Identify control improvements and efficiency opportunities around the existing processes.
• Assist with the development/testing/implementation of new systems.
• To take responsibility for your performance and to work together to achieve our organizational goals.
• To attend training courses which are identified as being necessary for the performance of the role.
• To be fully conversant with the Employee Handbook and supporting policies, including Health & Safety legislation and fire and emergency procedures.
• To comply with any reasonable instruction issued by your manager.
• To attend training courses which are identified as being necessary for the performance of the role.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors’ degree in accounting/finance.
• 5-8+ years’ experience in an accounting/finance.
• Strong in Accounts Payable & FX hedging.
• High fluency in English and, Philippines language communication is required.
• PC literate to include Microsoft Office / Excel / Outlook.
• Good attention to detail, flexible approach with initiative and ability to manage priorities is essential.
• Ability to act with integrity when dealing with confidential matters.