Team Lead, GL

Location: Cebu, Philippines; hybrid in-office and remote

Company

Global accounting operations covering close, reporting support, audit coordination, and finance initiatives.

What you will do

• Lead global month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, ensuring accurate and timely completion of deliverables.
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, payroll-related entries, intercompany transactions, and other GL activities.
• Monitor balance sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items, aged balances, and outstanding exceptions.
• Supervise, coach, onboard, and support the development of Senior Accountants and Accountants.
• Coordinate internal, external, annual, and statutory audits and maintain audit readiness.
• Partner with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Payroll, Accounts Payable, and business stakeholders on accounting issues, reporting requirements, process improvements, automation, acquisitions, integrations, and ad hoc finance initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience leading global general ledger close activities and reviewing core accounting work.
• Knowledge of US GAAP, company accounting policies, internal controls, and SOX requirements.
• Ability to identify control gaps and implement corrective actions.
• Experience supervising, coaching, training, and providing technical accounting support to accounting staff.
• Ability to coordinate audit requests and support annual and statutory audits.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional finance and business stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment.
• Hybrid work arrangement combining in-office and remote work in Cebu, Philippines.
• Work focused on process standardization, system enhancements, and automation across the accounting function.