Financial Controller

Monroe Consulting Group Philippines is recruiting on behalf of a rapidly expanding outsourcing company based in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. Originally born as a scaling extension of another company, it grew from a small team of 7 employees to a workforce of roughly 80 professionals supporting various international, US-based lines of business. Our client is seeking a Financial Controller who will be responsible for overseeing the company's accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance with accounting standards and corporate policies. This role ensures the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial information while supporting strategic business objectives through financial analysis, process improvement, and operational oversight. The Financial Controller leads and develops accounting and finance teams, coordinates cross-functional financial initiatives, and works closely with management to enhance financial performance, strengthen controls, and drive continuous improvement across the organization. The position plays a critical role in maintaining the company's financial health, supporting decision-making, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and reporting requirements. This position is based in Madrigal Business Park, Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines, and offer an onsite setup.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ability to commission, deploy and monitor effectiveness of financial and accounting team members and counterparts in other departments to ascertain proper task or responsibilities allocation and delegation.
  • Coordinates system-wide accounting and financial reporting needs and policies and regular closing of books to meet internal and external financial reporting timeline.
  • Lead projects to improve the accounting and financial reporting and ensure that the Company's system and platform implementation adheres to the current business and operational business needs and is in compliance with the accounting standards.
  • Works with management on issues and improvements across the finance landscape of the Company business in order to ensure entity level controls and integrity.
  • Review team's output to ensure accurate and complete data in accordance with current reporting standards and corporate policies.
  • Create, monitor, assist or lead competency analysis and assessment of team members within the group and other departments to promote alignment of individua, group-wide goals and objectives.
  • Lead and contribute to the group-wide and company-wide development plan through identifying most suitable experiences, learning and coaching to promote individual and Group's competency potential.
  • Analyze and recommend process improvements.
  • Achieves accounting operational objectives by contributing accounting information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; and implementing change.
  • Maintains accounting controls.
  • Guide other departments by researching and interpreting accounting policy and applying observations and recommendations to operational issues.
  • Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
  • Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.


Qualifications:

  • A bachelor's degree holder of Accounting or Finance course.
  • 3+ years of experience in financial controlling.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive and solution-oriented approach toward business issues.
  • Proficiency in accounting software and advanced Excel skills.
  • Willing to work onsite.