# National Accounting Officer

**Company**: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
**Location**: Manila
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

Under the direct supervision of the Chief, Manila Institutional Financial Services and in close coordination with the Chief of Accounting in Financial Accounting Division (FAD) in Headquarters (HQ), the National Accounting Officer will be responsible and accountable for managing and overseeing the team’s function related to global financial reporting and consolidation, period-end closing, accounting adjustments and financial reconciliations.

Responsibilities:

- Manage and oversee the team's preparation, review and consolidation of schedules, notes and appendices for the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) global financial reports

- Validate and integrate financial reporting inputs from relevant accounting units

- Analyse significant account movements and unusual or abnormal balances

- Contribute in leading the team's monthly, quarterly and year-end central closing activities in Oracle Fusion/WAVE

- Manage and coordinate the opening and closing of accounting modules with relevant stakeholders

- Oversee the preparation and review of central accounting adjustments and other period-end entries

- Manage year-end transition activities

- Maintain controls over the financial close, and assess their effectiveness

- Oversee the reconciliation of Subledger (SL) balances to General Ledger (GL) balances

- Manage and oversee the reconciliation of Primary books to IPSAS books

- Evaluate significant and long-outstanding reconciling items

- Strengthen reconciliation processes and controls

- Assess and strengthen appropriate internal controls over financial reporting

- Guide the delivery of ad hoc and management reporting requirements

- Contribute to the design of initiatives to streamline, standardise and automate accounting and financial reporting processes

- Develop and review of SOPs, work instructions and process documentation

- Steer support to internal and external audits

- Manage and provide direction to the team

Qualifications:

- Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a relevant field from an accredited academic institution with five years of relevant work experience

- University degree in the above fields from an accredited academic institution with seven years of relevant work experience

- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent is an advantage

- Certification in Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, General Ledger is an advantage

Experience:

- Minimum seven years of relevant work experience in the field of accounting, finance, budgeting, audit experience an advantage

- Demonstrated experience in Oracle Fusion financial modules

- Demonstrated supervisory and/or managerial experience

Skills:

- Experience in the field of accounting or finance including the preparation of complex annual financial reports and management reports

- Sound knowledge of Oracle Fusion and IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards), business risk controls, and audit/review procedures

- Computer literacy including proficiency in MS Office applications

## Skills

### Required
- Accounting
- Finance
- Oracle Fusion
- IPSAS
- Financial Reporting
- Budgeting
- Audit

### Nice to have
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials
- General Ledger

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