With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

This position will work with the VFI Finance and Accounting Manager and the Finance Operations and Transformation Director to process financial transactions of the Global Centre. This includes: 

Day-to-day supervision of the VFI Accounting team based in Manila 

Supervise and prepare production of VisionFund’s monthly financial statements and account reconciliations 

Supervise reporting and compliance tasks such as filing of international tax forms 

Supervise VisionFund’s accounts receivable including annual partnership fee collections and other chargebacks 

Support the completion of VisionFund’s internal and external audit. 

Major responsibilities: 

Supervise production of financial statements, reviewing for completeness and alignment with contracts, guidelines and/or policies and make adjustments. 

Establish and maintain monthly accounting process for timely close and accurate delivery of financial statements and analysis 

Review and approve journal entries for general ledger reporting 

Review and approve monthly account reconciliations 

Supervise production of monthly budget analysis for VFI departments 

Supervise VFI Accounts receivable process for billing, collection and tracking of all intercompany receivables from MFIs  

Supervise global tax filings 

Maintain records and schedules necessary for year-end audit testing and assist in audit preparation and execution. 

Establish and maintain lease schedules (new lease accounting standards) 

Supervise the financial year-end closing  

Ensure that all accounts are reconciled and pending issues are resolved 

Support in providing the necessary schedules and documents for the completion of the external audit. 

Supervise the VFI accounting team based in Manila in coordination and with guidance from the Finance and Accounting Manager 

Coordinate and ensure hiring/recruitment and proper onboarding of new staff  

Coordinate and ensure learning and development of staff  

Monitor staff performance and give feedback to Manager 

Train staff on technical skills and identify resources they need to get the work done  

Oversee the administrative and local requirements of staff reporting to this position, and report issues or concerns to the GFS Business Operations Manager 

Work with the managers for overall staff management and local oversight 

Identify process for continuous improvement for the team. 

Other tasks as requested by manager. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in accounting 

Has an extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of finance and accounting, and strong analytical skills  

Strong US GAAP or IFRSC knowledge and experience (advantage) 

Certified Public Accountant  (advantage) 

Able to effectively communicate with all levels in the organization (verbally and in writing) 

At least 4 years of experience in finance and accounting role  

Technically well versed in accounting process – Full accounting cycle 

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

Demonstrated audit experience  

Extensive experience working in a multi-cultural, geographically dispersed work environment 

Extensive experience in preparing and analyzing accounting and financial reports for internal and external clients 

Ability to take ownership and deliver results, to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines 

Excellent multi-tasking and organization aptitudes 

Strong technical/IT training experience 

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