This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join a leading company who take pride in building brands successfully in the Philippines for over 30 years with its strong marketing, distribution, logistics and sourcing capabilities.
Company Profile
Our client is the leading distributor of branded children's products in the Philippines. They bring high quality children's products to the market, from toys, infant products, fashion, footwear, and cosmetics. They care about their people, their customers, and their partners by exceeding expectations and delivering value.
The company is the Licensing agent for global kids brands such as Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, Monster High and HIT Entertainment bringing consumer goods to the reach of more Filipinos.
This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join a leading company who take pride in building brands successfully in the Philippines for over 30 years with its strong marketing, distribution, logistics and sourcing capabilities.
Overall purpose and responsibilities of the role:
A hands-on and autonomous finance operations leader who can work with the exec team, provide leadership to their team, and introduce process improvement is highly preferable. Given their company culture, the person cannot expect to just delegate tasks and must be ready to roll up their sleeves and lead from the front.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Monitors the day-to-day financial operations within the Company such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Cost Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Compliance sections.
• Develops and implements procedures to ascertain accuracy within the general ledger and financial accounting systems and their compliance with corporate guidelines.
• Provides timely, accurate, and efficient administration of the appropriate finance applications to ensure accurate financial statements, appropriate internal controls, compliance with policies, and delivery of value-added information.
• Responsible for managing the month-end and year-end close process and financial reporting procedures.
• Reviews data and prepares monthly and annual reports.
• Works with outside auditors to complete annual audits and tax returns, including preparing annual financial statements.
• Manages and supervises budgeting and forecasting, process, and drives consistency in the methodology across all departments.
• Tracks the Company’s financial status and performance to identify areas for potential improvement.
• Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting.
• Coordinating audit process.
• Oversee and prepare income statements.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the management from time to time.
· Must be a college graduate preferably BS Accountancy with a license as a CPA will be advantageous.
· Ideally with at least five (5) to ten (10) years of work experience in the Accounting / Finance Department and at least 1-2 years of experience in leading Finance Operations.
· Should have prior experience working in the Retail, FMCG and/or Sales industries.
· Having experience with Inventory will be an advantage.
· Experience in SAP is highly preferred, but having prior experience with Oracle or other equivalent ERP programs is an advantage.
· Must be detail oriented, with time management and organizational skills.
· Possess a strong sense of control and leadership abilities.