Senior Management Accountant (Xero experienced)
$1,440,000–$2,280,000 year
RemoteManila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Job Summary
Senior Management Accountant based in the Philippines for an offshore Australian infrastructure business. Own the full finance function, driving quarterly and long-range forecasting, strategic planning, and business partnering for revenue, cost, and resource management across energy infrastructure projects (substations, powerlines, BESS, solar, wind). Own the Procore–Xero integration to ensure accurate financial data flow, build and maintain finance systems from the ground up, and grow into Finance Manager or Head of Finance as the company scales. Responsibilities include bookkeeping, payroll, BAS/GST, monthly management reporting with narrative insights, variance analysis, project accounting, cash flow, WIP, and forward-looking financial modelling; support commercial decisions with KPI dashboards and board-ready packs; contribute to strategic planning and pricing decisions. The role offers direct access to Australian leadership and a path to senior finance leadership in a high-growth, energy-transition-focused business.
Required Qualifications
- Essential
- CPA or CA qualified (or equivalent international qualification).
- 7–12 years of management accounting experience, ideally within construction, infrastructure, energy, or project-based businesses.
- A minimum of 3 years' experience with the Xero accounting package
- Demonstrated experience in quarterly and annual forecasting — revenue, cost, and resource dimensions.
- Strong project accounting background: job costing, WIP management, margin analysis, and progress billing.
- Proven experience producing board-level or executive business reports with narrative insights, not just financial statements.
- Experience supporting strategic planning processes and building financial models for business decision-making.
- Proficiency in Xero and advanced Excel / Google Sheets.
- Hands-on experience managing or working with Procore–Xero integration (or similar construction/project management to accounting integrations).
- Excellent written and spoken English — able to communicate clearly with Australian leadership.
- Personal Attributes
- Senior-level commercial acumen — you think like a business partner, not just a bookkeeper.
- Builder mentality — energised by creating systems and processes from scratch, not just maintaining them.
- Strategic thinker — able to connect financial data to business strategy and communicate the 'so what' clearly.
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