Finance ManagerLazada

Department:
Finance/Legal
Location:
Philippines
Department: Finance/Legal
Location: Philippines
Job Description
The role
This is a hands-on position that requires working knowledge of accounting disciplines that includes stewardship over the company's business and assets, compliance to the group's policies and procedures, and involvement in strategic planning and add value to the decision making processes.
Key tasks and responsibilities
• Monthly Financial Analysis:
- Analyse financial performance including P&L, B/S, and working capital ratios
- Ability to work efficiently within a tight deadline and ensure all deliverables are submitted on time
- Keen to details and can disaggregate and analyse the nature of each component of GL accounts for month-end reporting purposes
- With good communication skills and can deliver the report directly to Head of Finance/CFO or Regional Finance
- Has good decision-making skills especially on the accounting treatment of non-routine transactions
- Ability to work with and manage the requirements of both local and regional finance teams
• Management Accounts Reporting:
- Ensure the accuracy of management accounts reporting of the venture.
- Ensure the accounts analyses and schedules are prepared and reviewed on a monthly basis (e.g. bank reconciliation schedules, AR aging and analysis, Other Assets schedule, PPE lapsing schedules, payable schedules, income, and expense schedules)
- Ensure cost allocations are properly posted in the correct cost centers
- Review of General Journals, its supporting documentation and relevant account accounting entries
- Assist in the closing procedures and activities of the books of accounts
• Financial Policies and Procedures:
- Design and improve finance policies and procedures with the aim of instituting internal controls, strong financial management and efficient and effective processes
- Review existing finance policies and procedures
- Propose improvements to the current processes and procedures
- Design new processes and procedures and finance policies
- Align venture policies and procedures with the Region
- Periodic check on the compliance with finance policies
• Statutory Audit & Review:
- Assist in the statutory annual audits, quarterly reviews and examinations of the venture.
- Coordinate the external audit and project manage the audit to ensure that deadlines are met and issues are flagged on a timely basis.
- Assist and review of audit schedules and reports
- Respond to queries from auditors and reviewers
Job Requirements
- Has good decision making skills
- Is proactive and a team-player
- Has good communication and reporting skills
- Can work efficiently under tight deadlines
- Experience with working on an offshore team is an edge