Vice President for Finance and Accounting

• Must be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Must have at least 10 years of experience as an accounting or finance head.
• Must have at least 3 years of external and internal audit experience.
• Must have high proficiency in MS Excel as well as MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Must have direct experience or have managed accounting areas (i.e., GL, AR, AP, importation, taxation, treasury, inventory, fixed assets, costing, payroll, project accounting, external audit, FS preparation, dealing with external auditors, and BIR).
• Must have a good grasp of contracts and commercial obligations.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal and analytical skills, and high attention to details.
• Reports directly to the COO.
• Responsible for the overall operations of the finance and accounting department, which include payables, receivables, payroll, and tax preparation.
• Handles all bank transactions, including loan applications, payments, and documentation for credit line applications.
• Responsible for the timely submission of the monthly financial statement to the management.
• Analyzes and reviews monthly financial reports and prepares quarterly financial reporting to the President, including inventory and accounts receivable.
• coordinates and regularly communicates with our foreign suppliers and principals regarding the status of our payables and makes sure the accounts are paid on time.
• Attends regular management committee meetings and regular coordination meetings with other department heads.
• Prepares the annual company budget in coordination with other departments.
• Prepares monthly payroll for the supervisors, managers, and department heads.
• checks and approves all checks for disbursements before forwarding them to the signatories.
• Checks and approves monthly commissions for sales and engineering.
• Oversees annual audits by external auditors, BIR audits, and monthly tax payments.
• develops and implements accounting policies and procedures.
• Monitors the operations of accounting in Middle East offices (Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar).
• Manages the company’s compliance with government regulatory matters.
• manages the cash flow and makes sure that cash requirements for operations are sufficiently funded.
• manages the company’s internal controls.