Addiction Pet Foods
Financial Accounting & Compliance Manager (Reliever)
Remote•Philippines•Contract
About the Job
Financial Accounting & Compliance Manager – Reliever
Department: Finance
Work Arrangement: Work From Home | 6-Month Contract
Schedule: Monday–Friday | 7:00 AM–4:00 PM
Reports To: Financial Controller
Direct Reports: Accounts Payable Team
Work Arrangement: Work From Home | 6-Month Contract
Schedule: Monday–Friday | 7:00 AM–4:00 PM
Reports To: Financial Controller
Direct Reports: Accounts Payable Team
About the Role:
Addiction Foods is looking for an experienced Financial Accounting & Compliance Manager – Reliever who can take hands-on ownership of general ledger accounting, month-end closing, financial reporting, and external audit coordination.
This is not a purely supervisory role. The successful candidate must be comfortable personally working on GL activities, reviewing and preparing closing entries and reconciliations, preparing financial statements and audit schedules, and serving as the main Point of Contact (POC) for external auditors.
Experience in a manufacturing environment and SAP is highly preferred.
CPA qualification is preferred but not required. Strong non-CPA candidates with solid hands-on accounting and audit experience are welcome to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
General Ledger & Month-End Closing:
- Take hands-on ownership of GL accounting and month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing.
- Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, provisions, and account reconciliations.
- Review balance sheet and P&L accounts and investigate variances or accounting issues.
- Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the SAP general ledger and Group chart of accounts.
- Ensure proper accounting of inventory, manufacturing costs, intercompany transactions, and other key accounts.
- Ensure closing activities are completed accurately and within reporting deadlines.
Financial Statements, External Audit & Compliance:
- Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules for statutory/external audit.
- Serve as the primary POC for external auditors and coordinate audit requirements from planning through completion.
- Prepare and provide audit schedules, reconciliations, supporting documents, and responses to audit queries.
- Work with auditors and internal stakeholders to resolve audit issues and complete audited financial statements on time.
- Support statutory reporting, tax compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain accurate and audit-ready financial records.
Process Improvement & SAP:
- Use SAP for GL, financial reporting, reconciliations, and accounting processes.
- Identify accounting and closing processes that can be simplified, standardized, or automated.
- Improve manual processes using SAP, Excel, Power Query, Power BI, or other available tools.
- Strengthen accounting controls and reduce reporting errors and delays.
Team & Stakeholder Management:
- Oversee the Accounts Payable team while remaining hands-on in core financial accounting activities.
- Work closely with the Financial Controller and other Finance team members.
- Coordinate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, Operations, HR, and other functions as required.
What We’re Looking For:
Must-Have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of relevant financial accounting experience.
- Strong, hands-on experience in General Ledger (GL) accounting.
- Strong, hands-on experience managing month-end and year-end closing.
- Experience preparing financial statements and supporting schedules for external/statutory audit.
- Experience acting as a key POC for external auditors and managing audit requirements.
- Strong experience with journal entries, accruals, provisions, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Working knowledge of IFRS/GAAP and statutory accounting requirements.
- Strong SAP or comparable ERP experience.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
Strong Advantage:
- Experience working in a manufacturing company.
- Hands-on experience with SAP HANA / SAP Business One.
- Experience with inventory, manufacturing costing, and intercompany accounting.
- Experience working across multiple entities or jurisdictions.
- Experience with Power BI, Power Query, or finance-process automation.
- CPA or equivalent professional qualification – preferred, but not required.
Who Will Succeed in This Role?
We are looking for someone who can personally do the accounting work, not only manage or review it.
You should be comfortable going into the GL, completing closing activities, preparing reconciliations and financial statements, working directly with external auditors, resolving accounting issues, and ensuring financial records are accurate and audit-ready.
A strong non-CPA candidate with solid hands-on GL, closing, financial statement, audit, SAP, and preferably manufacturing experience will be considered.
This is a work-from-home, 6-month contract role, normally Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Occasional work during critical closing, reporting, or audit periods may be required.