Financial Controller
Expeditors
- Paranaque City, Metro Manila
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage all accounting operations including A/R, A/P, GL, treasury, and taxation.
- Coordinate and direct the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and report variances.
- Prepare and publish timely monthly financial statements.
- Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting.
- Lead month-end and year-end close process.
- Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting.
- Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
- Maintain internal safeguards for revenue receipts, costs, and team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures.
- In coordination with Regional Controller, establish financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards on bi-weekly, monthly and annual basis.
- Develop the organization's tax compliance program to ensure all internal practices adhere to applicable laws, regulations and policies.
- Review and submission of reportorial requirements to the BIR and other regulatory agencies.
- Application of tax treaty reliefs and residency certificates to preferential tax availments.
- Review of Transfer Pricing Documentation (TPD) in coordination with external accounting firm.
- Overall management of tax accounting, corporate tax reporting, and coordination with the branch document controller for document archiving.
- Inspect legal means of reducing tax liability and analyze income tax deductions.
- Participate in the creation and implementation of the organization's tax strategy and guidelines.
- Managers and ensures company's use and compliance with tax incentives with PEZA and its regulations.
- Leads major tax-relevant projects/initiatives.
- Act as the company's representative for BIR meetings regarding tax audit and other related tax issues.
- Management and coordination with external legal consultants for the efficient closure of BIR tax audits and local tax inspections and investigation, including cases pending with the courts.
- Responsible for overall management of VAT refunds with the BIR.
- Responsible for official correspondences with the tax authorities and regulatory agencies in matters of tax compliance and registrations/accreditations of the Company.
- Conduct research and study on tax minimization and tax efficiency initiatives and management of any tax exposure of the company.
- Provides tax update, advisories and tax trainings for the employees.
- Review company internal controls, specifically the Financial Process Control Documentation.
- Promote compliance in diligently following all company policies and regulations and in being the role model of integrity and pride for all employees.
- Proactively communicate with the team to ensure continuous awareness and understanding of policies and regulations.
- Be open to implementing new system changes and enhancements into your department.
- Be involved and suggest system/process improvements.
- Set the tone of this environment within your department.
- Strong Accounting and Finance Knowledge
- Expertise in Local Tax Laws
- Global Logistics Industry Knowledge
- Proficient in MS Office, including Excel Formulas and Pivot Tables.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills with an attention to details.
- Fluent in English
- Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to financial persons as well as non-financial persons at all levels from Operations to Senior Management to obtain positive results.
- Proven leadership attitude and skills.
- Ability to drive through change.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams, Accounting, Product, Sales, Account Management and Legal.
- Report writing and Analytical skills.
- Emotional resilience.
- Self-reflecting and open to feedback.
- Initiative and ability to work in autonomy.
- Role model of integrity and pride for al employees.
- Proven leadership attitude and background.
- Professional appearance and attitude.
- Reliable and accurate.
- Being supportive of change.
- Being an advocate of Expeditors culture at all times.
- Being approachable and proactive.
- Must be a CPA/Chartered Accountant
- With a background in Public Accounting
- And with 8-10 years+ experience as Controller / Accounting Manager in a Multinational Company / Logistics Industry; Accounting Degree & Professional Qualification, and preferably with Taxation / Legal education.
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave
- HMO & Dental Insurance (including immediate dependent)
- Life Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Program
- With Provision of 26 days Work From Home set-up per year