Finance and Accounting Officer

Finance and Accounting

General accounting tasks, including reconciling and maintaining balance sheet accounts and general ledger operations, preparing journal entries, preparing monthly closing and financial reports, preparing account/bank reconciliations;Perform finance analysis, reporting and management tasks;Oversee the validation of transactions and verification of their overall impact on the general accounts;Lay down and validate the accounting systems and tools;Review financial paperwork and procedures, provide recommendations and make necessary changes;Ensure all expenses are within assigned project budget and verify the completeness of all required supporting documentation for all payments vouchers;Produce periodic financial reports and other financial documents for the management of SXI and Head Office in accordance with the prevailing policies and procedures; Ensure timely and accurate monthly and year end closure of accounts, including bank reconciliation, and submit reports to the VP Finance and Accounting as per prescribed deadlines;Prepare invoice to the projects for services and cost share;Ensure account receivables and payables activities are performed accurately and timely; Settle amounts due, or recover outstanding receivables; Identify and resolve invoicing issues, accounting discrepancies and other financial related issues; Assist in designing, implementing, and maintaining audit-compliant internal financial controls;Prepare and coordinate financial audit;Ensure timely and effective follow up to audit observations and recommendations;Update the VP Finance and Accounting on financial status of the organization;Protect company assets through maintenance of asset register, internal control and audit procedures; andFile BIR Returns on a monthly and quarterly basis as required by the company thru BIR EFPS

Administrative

Ensure proper and complete documentation and filing for easy retrieval of all accounting related documents;Identify and provide feedback and suggestions to management related to improvements to the Head Office's policies, procedures, processes and financial systems and related programs; andPerform other duties as assigned by the VP Finance and the Direct Supervisor.

Specifications

Education and Experience

Completion of Bachelor Degree in Accounting with minimum of 3 years’ relevant work experiencePreferably a Certified Public AccountantPostgraduate degree in Accounting or Finance or 3 years of relevant work experience is a plusWork experience from reputable audit firms, international organization

Qualifications and Technical Skill

Ability to prepare and maintain the full set of accountsFluency in oral and written EnglishProficient in Microsoft ExcelPreferably knowledgeable with SAP

Personal Qualities

High level attention to detail and accuracyAbility to follow through on tasksFlexible, creative, responsive, able to take initiative, open to learningReliable, good team player and can work under pressureAble to work within systems and procedures, work effectively in a small team environment involving the sharing of information and at times sharing workloads;Able to analyze and integrate potentially conflicting numerical, verbal and other data from a number of sources;Willing to demonstrate, apply and share expert technical knowledge across the organization;Able to work independently and multi-task and meet deadlines.Can handle confidential information