Philippines Country Accounting Leader

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The Role: Country Accounting Leader (Philippines)

What will you do?

Manage the Accounting and Tax matters of Schneider Electric Philippines covering 4 legal entities across Manufacturing, Logistics/Supply Chain, Commercial and Shared Services.


* Accountable for statutory and Group Actual reported books (P&L, Balance Sheet etc) prepared by Accounting Competency Centers (CoCe) and local teams, ensuring compliance with both local and Group requirements


* Set Up and lead the Country Accounting Organization, support by CoCe


* Optimize the set-up and quality of accounting processes and tools/technology enablers, in line with Group guidelines and internal control requirements (including various projects)


* Propose financial technical advice and support for the business needs


* Collaborate within Finance Community to support the overall function goals


* Manage Tax Accounting and filings, in coordination with Tax teams


* Manage the relation with external stakeholders (including auditors)

Qualifications

WHO WILL BE SUCCESFUL?


* Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related


* Certificate: Certified Public Accountant (CPA)


* Years on Job related Experience: At least 10 years professional experience with 3 -5 years' experience in multinational company and external audit.


* Process oriented, experienced in compliance and internal controls, Digital mindset, technical knowledge of IFRS and Philippine accounting and tax regulations


* Audit experience is required; Big 4 experience is a definite advantage


* People management experience - will handle 7 direct reports (Junior and Entity Accountants, Tax Specialist)


* Exposure in cross functional/diverse environment and reporting structure (Interactions: Accounting COCE (India), reporting to Zone level Chief Accounting Officer (Singapore), dotted line to Country CFO (Philippines).


* Strong stakeholder management, collaboration and influencing skills


* Highly motivated and career oriented individual; comfortable with ambiguity and challenges


* Fluent oral and written language in English; Good cross-functional communication skill; Capacity to understand both local and global pictures from statutory perspective


* Must be willing to report to BGC, Taguig and occassionally Cavite.

What's in it for me?


* Global family leave


* Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents


* Worldwide Employee Stock Ow nership


* Flexible work arrangement


* ...and more!

Who will you report to? Chief Accounting Officer (East Asia Zone); with dotted line to Country CFO.

Why us?

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