Accounting Manager
Job Summary
The Accounting Manager is responsible for achieving accounting objectives, confirming financial status, and complying with regulatory requirements. The role also involves guiding other departments, accomplishing human resource objectives, and maintaining financial security. Additionally, the manager ensures legal compliance, protects confidential information, and supports corporate missions.
Responsibilities
- Achieve accounting objectives and complete audits
- Monitor revenue, expenses, and financial status
- Comply with SEC, BIR, BOC, and LGU requirements
- Manage HR objectives and employee performance
- Maintain financial security and internal controls
Required Skills
- Financial reporting and data evaluation
- Regulatory compliance (SEC, BIR, etc.)
- Internal controls and risk management
- Strategic planning and problem solving
- Team leadership and human resource management
Job Details
The Accounting Manager’s general duties and responsibilities are as follows:
- Achieves accounting objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and internal and external customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
- Confirms financial status by monitoring revenue and expenses; coordinating the collection, consolidation, and evaluation of financial data; preparing special reports.
- Comply with reportorial and other mandatory requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Bureau of Customs (BOC), Local Government Units (LGU), etc.
- Guides other departments by researching, applying observations and recommendations to operational issues.
- Accomplishes human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
- Maintains financial security by establishing internal controls.
- Avoids legal challenges by understanding current and proposed legislation; enforcing regulations; recommending new procedures.
- Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- Accomplishes corporate mission by completing related results as needed.