Financial Analysis Accountant

MAVI places experienced finance and accounting professionals into senior, high-ownership roles at high-growth US companies. We maintain a deliberately high bar on both sides of the placement. The companies we partner with are venture-backed and private equity-backed businesses building modern finance organizations, and the professionals we represent are operators with a track record of owning the numbers rather than supporting them from a distance. The roles we place are embedded positions within the finance function itself. Our professionals work alongside founders, CFOs, Controllers, and senior finance leadership on the work that determines whether a business can close its books with confidence, satisfy its auditors, and scale its reporting as it grows. Our team has built and scaled finance functions at companies including Lyft, Ramp, and SoftBank. We are seeking an experienced Principal Accountant to own accounting operations for the entities of a high-growth US company. This is a senior leadership position that remains substantively hands-on. You will be accountable for the close, the local ledger, and the integrity of the books, alongside full responsibility for Philippine statutory reporting, BIR compliance, and the relationships with local auditors and advisors. Reporting into US finance leadership, you will operate at the point where local statutory requirements meet a US-headquartered group reporting under US GAAP, and you will be trusted to reconcile the two without either standard being compromised. The role will suit an accounting leader who is looking to own an entity end to end, with both the judgment to identify what needs to be built and the appetite to build it personally. Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close for the Philippine entities, with full accountability for the calendar, the quality of the output, and the cycle time. The local general ledger. Prepare and review financial statements, management reports, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules under both PFRS and group reporting requirements. Drive reconciliations across cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, prepaids, accruals, fixed assets, and intercompany accounts, investigating discrepancies through to root cause. Multi-entity accounting. Own BIR filings, SEC submissions including the Audited Financial Statements and General Information Sheet, local government requirements, and payroll-related statutory obligations across SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG, coordinating with external advisors and local service providers and holding each to agreed standards and deadlines. Partner with US finance leadership to ensure local accounting reconciles cleanly to group reporting and meets US GAAP requirements, including the PFRS-to-US GAAP bridge. Review revenue, expenses, accruals, prepayments, and other significant accounting entries for completeness and accuracy. Manage, review, and develop accountants and accounting team members locally. Audit and assurance. Serve as the primary point of contact for the external statutory audit, BIR examinations, tax reviews, and other financial reviews. Identify accounting and operational issues early and drive them through to resolution rather than escalation. Local ownership. Act as the principal accounting point of contact for the local finance team, US leadership, external auditors, tax advisors, and other accounting partners. Policies and controls. Establish and maintain accounting policies, procedures, close checklists, and internal controls across the local entities. Support ERP implementations, entity setup, chart-of-accounts design, and broader accounting system improvements. Work with FP&A and US finance leadership to ensure management reporting reconciles to accounting results. 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a period in which you personally owned close and reporting for an entity rather than contributing to it ~ Strong accounting fundamentals and sound financial reporting judgment, with a working command of PFRS and experience supporting US GAAP reporting preferred ~ Direct experience owning Philippine accounting operations, including BIR compliance, SEC filings, and local statutory reporting ~ First-hand experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany transactions, consolidations, and foreign currency accounting, ideally within a multi-currency environment where you held ownership of foreign exchange accounting ~ A track record of building accounting processes from the ground up, or of taking on underperforming processes and rebuilding them ~ Experience managing local statutory accounting, tax, payroll, and compliance obligations, including SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG requirements ~ A history of holding external accounting firms, auditors, tax advisors, and local providers accountable to deliverables and deadlines; experience managing a statutory audit or a BIR examinati