Senior Financial Reporting Specialist

This is a highly specialized role where you will play a critical part in delivering financial services to our clients.

• You will oversee financial and regulatory processes, including compilation, review, and technical assistance.
• Compile and advise on monthly, quarterly, and annual regulatory and financial reports.
• Contribute to strong relationships through interactions with internal parties, client, and audit firm personnel.
• Train staff on established regulations and updated rules.
• Establish and support department and individual goals, prepare performance evaluations, direct individual and group staff meetings.
• Manage career development for all reporting accountants by group and individual training.
• Write and/or review various reports related to engagements.
• Prepare adhoc reports for the client upon request.
• Troubleshoot fund accounting and client issues.
• Attend meetings and training to enhance knowledge to be passed down to reporting accountants.
• Support reporting and fund accounting related duties during peak periods as defined by Operations Manager.
• Contribute to identifying, researching, and communicating recent authoritative pronouncements to CFS offices and clients.
• Understand engagement economics as it relates to managing budget for individual engagements and projects.
• Recognize and communicate potential opportunities for new clients as well as value-added service enhancements for existing clients.
• Develop, implement, and support financial and regulatory reporting software tools in a variety of local and distributed environments.
• Translate existing business processes, logic, and requirements into future-state technology software solutions focusing on the enhancement or automation of processes.
• Identify errors or problems and independently investigate; recommend solutions to team members or supervisors.
• Continuously monitor tools and templates to ensure any malfunctions are immediately recognized and corrected.
• Utilize enterprise-ticketing system to take on ad hoc user requests, fixes, and requirements changes.
• Lead assigned projects including planning, time budgeting, and delegation to junior product technician staff across multiple offices.
• Monitor and report time project overruns and deadline adherence.
• Review and approve work prepared by product technician staff.
• Report to the product technician manager issues that need escalation to IT or business management.
• Provide training to business and product technician staff on best practices in product usage.
• Lead and understand technical specifications received from business and technology analysts.
• Interact with a variety of CFS personnel and collaborate with these groups.
• Work under limited supervision and plan own week-to-week work based upon requirements and milestones provided by management and help manage junior product technicians time allocations.
• Suggest methods and procedures for new work assignments, reviewing with management for approval.
• Document and maintain progress logs related to projects.
• Prepare technically detailed documentation for user instructions, production processes, and other programming documentation.
• Attend relevant trainings when necessary, reading the latest literature, and ensuring skills and/or certifications are up to date.
• Assist in designing training courses and programs to educate on best practices in software usage.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Accountancy or Management Accounting or other accounting-related course/s.
• Preferably, a CPA, non-CPAs are also welcome to apply.
• Concrete experience on US GAAP, IFRS, Asset Management, Hedge Fund, Financial Reporting.
• At least 5+ years of work experience in either an Audit Firm, Hedge Fund Administrator, or other financial institution where the candidate has gained relevant financial reporting or accounting exposure.
• With at least 3+ years of experience in team and client management in a Supervisory/Managerial capacity.
• Previous Financial Statement review and/or preparation experience is preferred.
• Highly collaborative and have excellent communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel.
• Amenable to work in our Alabang office (Northgate Cyber Zone, Filinvest City, Muntinlupa City) or Makati office (One Ayala Corporate Center).
• Flexible and willing to work in a hybrid work arrangement (2 days onsite per week).