Description
We are the world's leading consumer healthcare platform, supporting millions of patients across the US, Australia, the UK, Germany, Japan, Spain, and Canada.
We are driven by the belief that good health should last a lifetime, and that to get there we need to deliver the personalised, high-quality, and empathetic care that the traditional system cannot support.
You will partner with our care teams of prescribers, nurses, health coaches, pharmacists, and dietitians to support patients across preventative health, weight management, and specific women's and men's health conditions.
We are entering an exciting phase of critical expansion across our EMEA region and are seeking a Lead Accountant to help build our EMEA Accounting function from the ground up. You will be the most senior accountant in the Philippines, working directly alongside our UK-based finance lead and the broader global team.
Responsibilities
- Own hands-on accounting responsibilities across reconciliations, journal entries, and bookings for EMEA entities
- Support the accounting setup and ongoing operations for new market launches
- Bridge time zones between the APAC and EMEA teams, ensuring continuity and presence across both regions
- Provide informal mentorship and knowledge-sharing to the Philippines-based accounting team
- Build processes where none currently exist, and improve existing ones as the business scales
- Collaborate closely with the Senior Managers for Accounting and Financial Control in Australia and the UK, and the broader GL team
What good looks like in this role
- The EMEA accounting function is stood up and running within the first six months, ready to support new market launches
- New market launches are supported without the existing team going into firefighting mode
- The Philippines team has a senior point of contact they can go to with questions, and knowledge transfer is happening naturally
- You are navigating high volume and ambiguity without needing hand-holding, and flagging issues proactively
- Senior finance leadership trust that the numbers are in good hands across the EMEA region
Requirements
- You have 8+ years of accounting experience, with clear progression into roles of increasing complexity
- You are CPA or CA qualified
- You have hands-on experience with reconciliations, general ledger management, and bookings; not just oversight
- You have international or offshore accounting experience, ideally in a global shared services environment
- You have exposure to EMEA accounting experience
- You have worked in or alongside an international shared services centre
- You are comfortable with EMEA hours and have ideally done something similar before
- You have a builder's mindset and are energized, not unsettled, by ambiguity
- You can informally lead and mentor without needing a formal management mandate
- Big Four experience is welcome, though it is not a substitute for in-house, end-to-end accounting ownership
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage (including up to 2 dependents)
- Vacation, sick, and parental leaves
- 13th-month pay
- Statutory benefits
- Transport allowance
- Wellness budgets
- Social clubs
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Initiatives that help you stay balanced and connected
- Learning budgets
- Conferences
- Certifications
- Peer shadowing
- Global knowledge-sharing culture