Senior Management Accountant (Xero experienced)

Position: Senior Management Accountant

Salary: PHP 120,000 to PHP 190,000/month depending on experience

Working Hours & Conditions: Mondays to Fridays; 9:00AM to 5:00PM Australian Standard Time

Holidays: Australian Holidays

OVERVIEW

The company is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join our team as a full-time offshore professional based in the Philippines. This is a high-impact, strategic finance role that goes well beyond traditional management accounting — you will own the full finance function, drive quarterly and long-range forecasting, support strategic planning, and be a true commercial partner to the Australian leadership team.

You will take responsibility for revenue, cost, and resource forecasting across the company's growing portfolio of energy infrastructure projects — substations, powerlines, BESS, solar, and wind — while producing the business intelligence reports that guide executive decision-making. You will also be the integration owner between Procore (project management) and Xero (accounting), ensuring seamless financial data flow across the business.

As the company is still a new business, we are looking for someone to build alongside us — designing and owning our finance systems from the ground up, and growing into a Finance Manager or Head of Finance role as the business scales.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Bookkeeping, Payroll & Transactional Finance

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank reconciliations.

• Process supplier invoices, employee expense claims, and credit card reconciliations.

• Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts, ensuring accurate and timely data entry.

• Prepare and lodge BAS/GST returns and manage payroll tax obligations.

• Manage payroll processes and ensure compliance with relevant awards, employment agreements, and statutory obligations including PAYG, superannuation, payroll tax, and WorkCover.

• Monthly Business Reporting

• Prepare and deliver comprehensive monthly business reports including profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.

• Produce an executive-level business performance report each month with clear narrative, insights, and recommendations — not just numbers.

• Deliver variance analysis against budget and forecast with actionable commentary for leadership.

• Produce project-level financial reporting across the full infrastructure project portfolio.

• Present financial performance insights to the Director and senior leadership team.

• Quarterly Forecasting

• Own and lead the quarterly forecasting cycle across the business — revenue, costs, resources, and cash.

• Prepare and present quarterly forecast packs to leadership, incorporating actuals-to-date, pipeline visibility, and updated assumptions.

• Maintain a rolling 12-month and 24-month forecast model, refreshed each quarter with updated project, pipeline, and operational data.

• Identify risks and opportunities within each quarterly cycle and present clear scenarios to support decision-making.

• Revenue Forecasting

• Build and maintain detailed revenue forecasting models by project, contract, and business segment.

• Translate project pipeline and contract milestones into forward revenue schedules.

• Align revenue recognition to accounting standards, including percentage-of-completion and milestone-based billing.

• Work with project managers to validate forecast assumptions and update revenue projections as contracts progress.

• Monitor and report on revenue actuals vs. forecast, flagging material variances promptly.

• Cost Forecasting

• Develop and own a comprehensive cost forecasting model across labour, materials, subcontractors, overheads, and corporate costs.

• Track project cost performance against budgets and updated forecasts at a granular level.

• Identify cost overruns, margin erosion, and budget risks early — with clear analysis and recommendations.

• Prepare work-in-progress (WIP) schedules and ensure cost accruals are accurately reflected in management accounts.

• Deliver cost variance analysis with root cause commentary each month and quarter.

• Resource Forecasting

• Build and maintain a resource forecast model covering staffing, subcontractor capacity, and project resourcing needs.

• Translate project pipeline and delivery schedules into forward resource requirements and cost implications.

• Work with project and operations teams to align resource plans with financial forecasts.

• Flag resourcing constraints, cost pressures, or capacity gaps to leadership with recommended actions.

• Support headcount planning and workforce cost modelling as the business scales.

• Strategic Planning Support

• Support the Director and leadership team in the annual strategic planning cycle — translating strategic priorities into financial plans.

• Build financial models for growth scenarios, new project opportunities, tendering, and capital allocation decisions.

• Contribute to board reporting and investor-ready financial packs, including KPI dashboards and forward-looking financial summaries.

• Provide commercial analysis to support business development decisions — pricing, margins, bid/no-bid, and investment cases.

• Assist with ad hoc strategic analysis and financial modelling as the business grows and evolves.

• Project Accounting

• Establish and maintain project cost centres and job costing structures.

• Track project costs against budgets, including labour, materials, subcontractors, and overheads.

• Analyse project margins and flag cost overruns or commercial risks to project managers and the Director.

• Support claims management, progress billing, and variation tracking on active contracts.

• Cash Flow & Working Capital

• Prepare and maintain weekly and monthly cash flow forecasts to support operational decision-making.

• Monitor debtor and creditor positions, ensuring timely collections and payments.

• Manage working capital to support p