Senior Accountant - Iloilo (Competitive Pay) at HCGlobal Fund Services | Torre

Senior Accountant - Iloilo (Competitive Pay)

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Hybrid (Mandurriao, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines)
Posted 7 months ago

Responsibilities


As a Senior Associate, you will be responsible for duties and responsibilities normally associated with your position, including, but not limited to, the activities enumerated below. Middle Office and Back Office Functions: - Review the daily reconciliation and daily reporting work of the Associate Accountants on a timely basis and give appropriate review notes and comments to facilitate improvement on their work. - Review the progress of work of the Associate Accountants and provide guidance on the daily work and any issues encountered in the day-to-day transactions. - Assist the Director and/or Associate Directors in managing the day-to-day transactions by responding to questions or communications to/from Director and/or Associate Directors to the team. - Prepare the time budget for each engagement that will assist the Director and/or Associate Director in evaluating profitability of the engagement. - Prepare budget to actual analysis for each engagement and provide justifications for unfavorable variances to facilitate additional billing to clients if necessary. - Discuss issues and project management with the Director/Associate Director. - Review the monthly, quarterly reporting such as balance sheet, profit and loss, and the monthly allocation prepared by the Associate Accountants. - Perform an analytical review of the monthly, quarterly, yearly gross and net returns, ensuring that the returns are within the expected results for a particular period. - Prepare a summary of issues and concerns and lead the discussion for the team with the Director/Associate Director on a weekly basis. This includes identifying issues and recommendations for appropriate resolutions to any issues identified. - Ensure that all procedures in the fund administration process are completed and complied with by the Associate Accountant. - Assist the Director/Associate Directors in coordinating year-end work with auditors. - Assist the Director/Associate Directors in coordinating with tax personnel for the tax preparation of the funds. - Conduct orientation for the Associate Accountants for each new engagement and coach them on all engagements. - Conduct training among peers during non-busy periods. This training can be for general accounting topics, financial statements accounting updates, or strategy-specific topics such as funds, private equity or venture capital, and/or portfolio accounting software training. - Evaluate performance of Associate Accountants in every engagement on a timely basis and provide feedback to improve their performance. - Provide initial recommendation for promotion of Associate Accountants to Senior Associates. - In instances where an engagement has no Associate Accountant assigned or if the Associate Accountant is unavailable, the Senior Associate may be required to perform the work of the Associate Accountant as necessary. - Ensure that all deliverables are managed and completed in accordance with agreed internal deadlines. - Ensure that all outputs by Associate Accountants undergo detailed review prior to submission to Associate Director/Director. - Review the timesheet prepared by Associate Accountants. - Develop client contacts, when necessary, and be regularly available and responsive to their business needs. Job Specifications: - Graduate of Bachelor's degree in Accountancy. - Must be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). - Must have at least 3 consecutive years of experience as an accounting or finance professional. - Experience in Fund Administration, Asset Management Audit, or equivalent is an advantage. - Must have experience managing staff. - A team player; must be able to work individually and as part of a team. - Has a good business understanding of financial concepts and procedures. - Analytical and very detail-oriented. - Flexibility to expand work hours as necessary and support business needs. - Open to Makati, Ortigas, Davao, Bacolod, and Iloilo offices. - Willing to report onsite for six (6) months from Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, and twice a week upon regularization.