AR Accountant

Role Summary

The AR and General Accountant plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of the company's financial records. This position leads the execution of general ledger activities, Accounts Receivable accounting including preparation of client invoices, Cost Control, journal entries, reconciliations, and closing procedures, while supporting the Finance Manager in reporting, budgeting, and regulatory compliance.

You will be the steady hand that ensures financial data is complete, accurate, and ready for both internal decision-making and external audit.

Key Responsibilities:

General Ledger & Month-End Close

• Maintain and ensure the integrity of the general ledger across all accounts.

• Prepare and post journal entries related to monthly and quarterly closing activities, including accruals, amortizations, and intercompany adjustments.

• Perform account reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts such as cash, payables, prepaids, and accruals.

• Investigate and resolve discrepancies, ensuring accurate financial reporting and ledger hygiene.

Subsidiary Ledger Maintenance (AR, Prepayments, Depreciation, Cost Control)

• Monitor the accuracy and completeness of subsidiary ledgers, including Accounts Receivable, Prepayments, and Fixed Assets.

• Coordinate with the Contract Manager to ensure proper coding, timing, and completeness of client invoice entries and invoice preparation for issuance to client.

• Client Aging and DSO preparation.

• Client Account reconciliation

• Cost Control activity in Pilot XS in coordinate with Project Managers

• Flag discrepancies or irregular balances for resolution before closing.

Group Reporting – Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Reports

• ICM quarterly reconciliations

• FFC Reporting on monthly basis

Expense Monitoring & Non-Cash Items

• Monitor monthly expenses and validate accruals for completeness and cut-off accuracy.

• Maintain and update schedules for prepayments, depreciation, and amortizations.

• Ensure proper GL classification of all expenses and non-cash items, in coordination with the Finance Manager and relevant accounting team members.

Reporting & Analysis Support

• Support the Finance Manager in preparing management reporting packs and variance analyses by providing reconciled actuals, ledger-level trends, and cost center breakdowns.

• Identify material trends or anomalies in financial data and escalate findings for further review and action.

Budgeting & Forecasting Support

• Coordinate with the Finance Manager by supplying historical data, cost breakdowns, and ledger insights to support budgeting and forecasting efforts.

• Assist in validating cost assumptions and flag unusual activity relevant to planning processes.

Compliance & Audit Support

• Assist the Finance Manager in preparing audit schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation required for BIR, LGU, BOC, and other regulatory reporting.

• Ensure all accounting records and supporting files are compliant and audit-ready.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Stay familiar with adjacent accounting processes (e.g., receivables, payables, tax) to contribute to team-wide process improvements and maintain flexibility across functions.

• Collaborate with peers to share knowledge, improve workflows, and ensure continuity of deliverables when needed.

• Support a culture of operational resilience and cross-training by proactively engaging with other accounting functions during transitions, projects, or process reviews.