Accounting Lead Officer (Bookkeeping & Financial Statement)

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Finance and Accounting Supervisor

JOB SUMMARY: The Accounting Officer will oversee and take responsibility in assuring that the financial statements/accounting records are prepared accurately and timely in accordance with PFRS/IFRS or in any accordance with any reasonable need. As a division lead, the Officer should ensure the division’s duties and deliverables are carried out efficiently and timely, while managing the junior members of the team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise the company's accounting function from bookkeeping until FS preparation
• Ensure that company internal controls, processes, and accounting systems are robust, compliant and support current business operations and objectives
• Ensure daily, monthly, quarterly and annual closing procedures are performed/observed by relevant divisions/departments
• Oversee the timely and accurate reporting to Compliance Team for BIR and LGU Compliance
• Ensure that the management's financial assertions are properly reflected in the accounting system/records/general and subsidiary ledger (existence/occurrence, completeness, accuracy, valuation and allocation, rights and obligations, presentation & disclosure)
• Ensure that the current company Standard Operating Procedures remain up to date, relevant and effective for current company processes and goals and mitigate current business risks
• Establish a high level of credibility and manage strong working relationships with internal and external parties
• Prepares recurring and ad hoc reports pulled from the books maintained by the accounting function to support the Management Accounting, Treasury, Tax Divisions and other Divisions/Departments as necessary
• Perform and lead Division projects, as necessary