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The Role: Country Accounting Leader (Philippines)

What will you do?

Manage the Accounting and Tax matters of Schneider Electric Philippines covering 4 legal entities across Manufacturing, Logistics/Supply Chain, Commercial and Shared Services.

• Accountable for statutory and Group Actual reported books (P&L, Balance Sheet etc) prepared by Accounting Competency Centers (CoCe) and local teams, ensuring compliance with both local and Group requirements
• Set Up and lead the Country Accounting Organization, support by CoCe
• Optimize the set-up and quality of accounting processes and tools/technology enablers, in line with Group guidelines and internal control requirements (including various projects)
• Propose financial technical advice and support for the business needs
• Collaborate within Finance Community to support the overall function goals
• Manage Tax Accounting and filings, in coordination with Tax teams
• Manage the relation with external stakeholders (including auditors)

Qualifications

WHO WILL BE SUCCESFUL?

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related
• Certificate: Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Years on Job related Experience: At least 10 years professional experience with 3 -5 years' experience in multinational company and external audit.
• Process oriented, experienced in compliance and internal controls, Digital mindset, technical knowledge of IFRS and Philippine accounting and tax regulations
• Audit experience is required; Big 4 experience is a definite advantage
• People management experience - will handle 7 direct reports (Junior and Entity Accountants, Tax Specialist)
• Exposure in cross functional/diverse environment and reporting structure (Interactions: Accounting COCE (India), reporting to Zone level Chief Accounting Officer (Singapore), dotted line to Country CFO (Philippines).
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration and influencing skills
• Highly motivated and career oriented individual; comfortable with ambiguity and challenges
• Fluent oral and written language in English; Good cross-functional communication skill; Capacity to understand both local and global pictures from statutory perspective
• Must be willing to report to BGC, Taguig and occassionally Cavite.

What's in it for me?

• Global family leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents
• Worldwide Employee Stock Ow nership
• Flexible work arrangement
• ...and more!

Who will you report to? Chief Accounting Officer (East Asia Zone); with dotted line to Country CFO.

Why us?

Schneider Electric is leading the digital transformation of energy management and automation. Our technologies enable the world to use energy in a safe, efficient and sustainable manner. We strive to promote a global economy that is both ecologically viable and highly productive.

€36bn global revenue

150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

45% of revenue from IoT

5% of revenue devoted for R&D

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Let us learn about you!

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Schedule: Full-time
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