Finance Specialist - Controllership
The Manila Finance Shared Service Center handles various Finance processes of 888, William Hill and Mr. Green legal entities across different locations such as Accounts Payable, Treasury, Reconciliations, Journals, Taxation and Financial Reporting.
The role is focused on preparing, creating, and posting journals and submitting them for approval. It involves verifying the accuracy and completeness of financial data, ensuring transactions are recorded appropriately, and maintaining organised and up-to-date records of reconciliation activities, including supporting documentation and evidence.
Key responsibilities include generating and closing general ledger, AR and AP reports to review with management, uploading ERP trial balance to consolidation software or system, and performing Balance Sheet and TB reconciliations. The role also assists in the preparation of accurate and timely statutory and consolidated financial statements and disclosures, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements by collaborating across functions. Collaboration with other regions is essential to support the needs of the Group consolidation processes.
Furthermore, the role involves knowledge in a variety of ad hoc technical accounting issues, preparing technical accounting work papers, and presenting these for audit and to management. Support for all internal and external audit activities is provided through the provision of required documentation, attendance of necessary meetings, and acting as a key liaison officer to the external auditors.
Ad hoc responsibilities include ensuring appropriate continuous professional development, keeping abreast of all internal, legislative, and industry best practice, and ensuring appropriate interpretation and implementation of required changes in a timely manner.
- Prepare, create, and post journals and submit for approval.
- Verify the accuracy and completeness of financial data, ensuring transactions are recorded appropriately.
- Maintain organised and up-to-date records of reconciliation activities, including supporting documentation and evidence.
- Generate and close general ledger, AR and AP reports to review with management.
- Upload ERP trial balance to consolidation software or system.
- Perform Balance Sheet and TB reconciliations.
- Assist in the preparation of accurate and timely statutory and consolidated financial statements and disclosures, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements by collaborating across functions.
- Collaborate with other regions to support the needs of the Group consolidation processes.
- Knowledge in a variety of ad hoc technical accounting issues; preparing technical accounting work papers; preparing these for audit and presenting these to management.
- Support all internal and external audit activities through the provision of required documentation, attendance of necessary meetings and being a key liaison officer to the external auditors.
- Ensure appropriate continuous professional development, keeping abreast of all internal, legislative, and industry best practice.
- Ensure appropriate interpretation and implementation of required changes in a timely manner.
- Graduate of Accountancy or accounting-related course (required).
- CPA with 5+ years of accounting and audit experience (required).
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data (required).
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and ability to solve complex accounting issues (required).
- Proficiency in financial reporting tools and software (e.g. Excel, ERP Systems) (required).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey financial information to non-financial stakeholders (required).
- Detail oriented with a focus on data accuracy and quality (required).
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines (required).
- Knowledge of accounting principles, financial regulations, and industry best practices (required).
- Competitive salary and bonus schemes.
- Hybrid working: Employees can work from home up to 40% of the time with 60% of office time.
- 30 days of paid time off (Service incentive leave) on an annual basis, and an extra day for your birthday.
- Healthcare and wellness support, including tools and services for well-being, mental health support, and financial education.
William Hill is one of the UK's best-known bookmakers, founded by its namesake in 1934 taking bets around Birmingham. It has since grown into an international, multi-brand betting and gaming business spanning online and retail. The company is now part of evoke plc (formerly 888 Holdings), one of the world's leading online betting and gaming groups. Headquartered in London, William Hill operates sports betting and gaming products across multiple markets.
