Management Accountant – Commercial Finance Background

Job Description

The Financial Times (FT) is seeking a Management Accountant to join their team in Manila. This role will support various titles in the FT Specialist portfolio, providing key management accounting support to all financial processes, reporting, and business modeling. The successful candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in a similar role and will be responsible for producing the monthly management accounts. They will also be expected to work UK hours.

• Preparation of the Weekly Sales Report (Advertising & Subscription)
• Timely and accurate month end processing and reporting of revenues and costs
• Preparation of monthly revenue journals for accrued and deferred revenue and costs
• Preparation of monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Support in preparing timely and accurate quarterly forecasts and annual budget for revenue and costs
• Understanding of and responding to business queries arising from monthly reporting and expense management.
• Support in preparing the monthly commission pay out
• Supporting external auditor queries
• Contribution of ideas to help streamline our processes and develop our reporting to the business
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting as required by the business and the Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner
• Liaising with various stakeholder to achieve business requirements

• Must be a Certified Public Accountant or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years work experience in a relevant finance environment.
• Confident communicator with a variety of audiences and fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Intermediate level with MS Excel is essential (advanced level preferred).
• Experience with Google suite, Oracle Accounts and Essbase would be an advantage.
• Demonstrable analytical skills, comfortable with large financial data sets.
• Effective organization and time management skills, able to handle multiple requests and prioritize accordingly.
• Strong work ethic and self-motivated with an ability to work independently.
• Great Attention to detail and hold a high standard to one’s work .
• Proactive to understand customer needs and take initiative to problem solve.
• Technical experience with or the ability to adapt quickly to newly implemented general ledger systems as well as other supporting systems

• Generous annual leave allowances
• Flexible working (including working from home)
• Health coverage (medical, dental & vision insurance)
• 401k and company match
• Enhanced family leave packages
• Giving Back opportunities