Accounting Manager

About GoTyme

GoTyme is a joint venture between the Gokongwei Group, one of the biggest conglomerates in the Philippines, and the Singapore-headquartered digital banking group Tyme. This venture combines the trusted Gokongwei brand, customer base, and distribution ecosystem with Tyme’s globally proven digital banking technology and hands-on experience building South Africa’s leading digital bank, TymeBank, one of the fastest-growing digital banks in the world today.

At GoTyme, we have embarked on a journey to democratize financial services and bring next-level banking to the Philippines. We seek individuals who share our belief that the game is worth changing, to join our growing team of GoTymers as we build, launch, and scale a bank that empowers all Filipinos to navigate a path to financial freedom.

About the role

The Accounting Manager plays a crucial role in the accounting function for the payroll lending business of the Bank. The role owns the integrity, timeliness and regulatory compliance of the Bank's books and financial reports, manages the financial close, tax and audit processes, and maintains a strong internal control environment. As a senior individual contributor, the Accounting Manager serves as a Financial Controller's key technical resource on accounting matters, coaches the accounting officers on technical and process matters, and acts as liaison to the payroll business.

• Own the month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing process for the payroll lending business, including the close calendar, journal entry review and approval, and sign-off of trial balances before submission to the Financial Controller.
• Prepare and review financial statements and management reports in accordance with PFRS, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timely delivery to senior management.
• Ensure correct accounting treatment for loans and receivables and provisioning.
• Oversee reconciliation of accounts with settlement partners, bank accounts, intercompany balances, and suspense and clearing accounts, ensuring reconciling items are resolved promptly.
• Ensure accounting data feeding the BSP Financial Reporting Package (FRP) and other prudential reports is accurate, reconciled to the general ledger and submitted on time.
• Prepare statutory filings with the SEC and other regulators, including review of returns, attachments and tax computations.
• Monitor changes in PFRS, BSP circulars and tax regulations, assess their accounting impact, and recommend policy or process updates to the Financial Controller.
• Act as primary point of contact for the accounting team during external audit, BSP examination and internal audit
• Lead process improvement and automation initiatives to shorten the close cycle, reduce manual journal entries and improve data quality, including enhancements to the core banking, ERP and general ledger systems.
• Coach and mentor Accounting Officers and the Accounts Payable team on technical accounting, reconciliation, tax and closing procedures, without formal line management responsibility.
• Undertake other responsibilities and ad hoc duties as may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree majoring in Accountancy, Business Management or equivalent
• Preferably a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• At least 5 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Experience in banking, lending or financial services is required; exposure to consumer or payroll lending is an advantage.
• Experience in a Big 4 accounting firm (audit, financial services) is an advantage.
• Proven track record of managing month-end close, financial statement preparation and external audits.