Finance Supervisor, Makati

Job Profile Summary

Responsible for full-cycle Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities including supervision of day-to-day payable and receivable tasks. Payables include but are not limited to supplier invoice processing, supplier inquiries, travel and expense, and supplier payments, while Receivables include but are not limited to credit, collections, cash applications, specialty invoicing, credit memo processing, and dispute management.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure Accounts Payable and Invoice to Cash tasks are completed timely and accurately for the supported entities and are correct and compliant with company policies and procedures.
• Supervise day-to-day accounting operations to established SLA commitments and KPI metrics, ensuring compliance and measurement to targets including Paid to Terms for payables and Percent Current for receivables to improve operating working capital.
• Facilitate timely and accurate month-end closing within financial reporting standards.
• Evaluate new and existing customers for credit limits, ensuring approval levels are within the approval authority matrix.
• Reduce aged payables and receivables and bad debt through credit and collection best practices, providing governance over customer bankruptcy and litigation processes.
• Assist internal and external auditor requests, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal government rules.
• Ensure all SOX controls are executed, potential defects are proactively eliminated, or action plans are defined and followed through to resolution to ensure control compliance and mitigate risk.
• Collaborate closely with all stakeholders, especially local colleagues for respective countries and global supply chain, commercial, and customer service teams.
• Work with global counterparts in support of standardization while maintaining data governance and business rules.
• Drive data quality, consistency, and synchronization across multiple systems.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, driving process improvements and managing automated efficiency implementations.
• Ensure Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are in place, reviewed, and maintained annually.
• Manage the departmental budget and oversee cost management.
• Handle people management responsibilities including one-to-one discussions, development or improvement plans, training, coaching, and motivating team members.
• Prepare annual performance appraisals and provide frequent feedback to direct reports on performance against assigned goals and objectives.
• Participate in the recruitment process by conducting interviews and evaluating candidates.
• Perform ad-hoc activities as necessary.