Senior Accountant – 6-Month Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the monthly accruals process by reviewing POs and contracts in Coupa to identify what needs to be accrued.

• Aid in the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring that the financial records are accurate, complete, and finalized on schedule.

• Prepare documentation and develop workbooks to support interim and year-end audits, substantiating the financial statements.

• Assist in the preparation of financial statements, ensuring consistency in figures and addressing any discrepancies, such as rounding issues.

• Generate the annual stock option roll forward utilizing Carta reports to compute weighted average stock prices and other relevant figures for financial statements.

• Leverage previous year’s work papers to analyze balance constructions and replicate them for the current reporting period.

• Provide support for revenue-associated tasks as needed.

• Report directly to the Accounting Lead.

• Become part of the US client’s accounting team during the year-end close and audit period.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years of progressive accounting experience, with background in senior roles or external audit.

• Strong foundational accounting knowledge and experience managing complex projects with limited oversight.

• Familiarity with US GAAP and experience in supporting companies based in the US.

• Proven hands-on experience managing accruals and assisting with month-end and year-end closings, including the review of POs and contracts.

• Demonstrated experience in preparing audit support documentation and financial statements.

• Intermediate proficiency in Excel, including the use of pivot tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP functions.

• Capability to navigate complex formulas and workbooks created by others.

• Skill in investigating discrepancies, reconstructing numbers from prior-year work papers, and independently finding solutions.

• Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or a related discipline.

• Availability to work US business hours throughout the duration of the contract.

• Preferred experience with Coupa or a similar procure-to-pay platform.

• CPA certification (Philippines or US) is preferred.

• Familiarity with NetSuite is an advantage.

• Experience in equity accounting, stock option roll forwards, or with Carta is preferred.

• Background in hosting, SaaS, or subscription-based companies, particularly with exposure to revenue accounting, is preferred.

• Ability to adhere to a strict US Central Time schedule (Philippine 9:00 PM–6:00 AM, Monday to Friday) with no flexibility on hours.

🏝️ Benefits

• Basic government-mandated benefits in the Philippines (13th-month pay, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG).

• Support for a remote work setup.

• Observance of Philippine holidays.

• Provision of necessary equipment.

• A good work-life balance and a respectful work environment.

• Potential for contract extension based on performance.