• Provide a leadership role in all aspects of the company’s financial activities.
• Manage the preparation of monthly closing of accounts and submission of financial reporting to the APAC Region.
• Monitor and analyse profitability against budget / costing and overhead expenses.
• Coordinate with APAC FP&A team on monthly financial performance analyses (e.g. revenue, margins, costs variance).
• Supervise year-end closing:
• Plan the accounting year-end closing.
• Supervise closing process (liaising with auditors, tax agents, corporate secretary).
• Review financial statements & tax returns in coordination with auditors / tax agents.
• Calculation of tax payable (corporate tax, GST, other taxes), monitor tax payment and declarations supervised by tax agents if applicable
• Ensure accounting principles and rules are understood and applied by the accounting team (e.g. revenue recognition, cut-off on sales & purchases, etc…).
• Lead and prepare the yearly budget and forecasts with the Philippines Management team.
  
  
  

• Monitor cash position and working capital.
• Optimize the use of short-term bank lines.
• Forecast short term cash flows in Group Treasury System (Kyriba).
• Liaise with local banks with support of APAC regional finance team on regular daily activities and for yearly renewal of bank facilities.
• Drive various funding initiatives (e.g. multiyears, factoring, supply chain finance) with the support of APAC Regional Finance.
  
  
  

• Responsible for employees’ commissions/bonus calculations based on commissions schemes provided by Management
• Responsible for payroll preparation and payment
  
  
  

• Monitor and follow-up on AR collections to drive DSO improvements.
• Monitor and control inventory to drive DIO improvements.
• Track A/Ps and coordinate with APAC Regional Finance to drive DPO improvements.
  
  
  

• Monitor and follow-up on AR collections with objective to improve DSO.
• Help to manage the local credit risk exposure in collaboration with APAC Credit Manager (credit limits & credit risk exposure assessment, optimization of customer payment terms).
• Support the Philippines sales and management team in the review of ad-hoc special deals (e.g. milestone deals, preloads).
  
  
  

• Ensure effective internal control systems are in place.
• Help implement internal procedures across functional areas (e.g. finance, operations, marketing).
• Prepare compliance reporting, highlight significant risks, etc.
  
  
  

• Review monthly country performance dashboard with the Philippines Country Manager and Management Team:
• Provide insightful analysis of the financial performance of the business.
• Highlight variances and possible improvement areas.
• Drive fortnightly Business and Finance Review (BFR) review and improvement action items.
• Support the sales team in the deal assessment and approval process.
• Provide ad-hoc analyses and reporting to support the Philippines business strategy and timely/relevant management decision-making.
• Help the Country Manager review commissions and MBO pay-outs and provide recommendations as applicable.
• Develop a budget based on country strategy and priorities.
• Monitor and assess customer rebate programs and assess financial impacts per deal / on a yearly basis.
• Stock:
• monitor stock levels and coordinate action plans to reduce slow-moving stocks.
• help to assess vendors’ stocking requests.
  
  
  

• Minimum 10 years of working experience in accounting/finance roles.
• Business / commercial-minded individual with extensive business partnering experience in the IT / Cybersecurity industry.
• Strong accounting and financial background.
• Proven leadership skills. Ability to organize/allocate/delegate tasks to the team while maintaining a hands-on attitude.
• Efficient, hard-working, and positive work attitude. Self-motivated, and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills (good command of written and verbal English).
• Excellent analytical skills. Meticulous and proficient in MS Office especially in MS Excel.
• Willing to work for an international group.
  
  
  

• Flexible Work Arrangement
• Paid Vacation & Sick Leaves
• HMO
• Commissions
  
  
  

• Working Hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, hybrid work arrangement
  

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