Manager, Global Accounting: TV Distribution

Location: Philippines Working hours: Permanent night shift – 12:00am to 9:00am Manila time SPE Finance and Accounting is transforming into a global, enterprise-based organization focused on process improvement, standardization, simplification, and efficient use of technology. The Global Finance Operations (GFO) team is responsible for delivering accurate, compliant, and timely financial reporting while partnering with business and FP&A teams to drive performance. The opportunity We are looking for a Manager, Global Accounting – TV Distribution to join our team in the Philippines. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end financial close process, including reporting, analysis, and process performance across the territories, legal entities or processes for the assigned areas within Worldwide TV Distribution. This role serves as a key liaison between GFO teams, Divisional Finance, local/regional stakeholders, and outsourced providers (e.g., Capgemini), ensuring accuracy, efficiency, operational consistency, and continuous improvement. You will be responsible for delivering outcomes, setting priorities, effectively utilizing resources, and managing the day-to-day performance and output quality of outsourced providers (e.g., Capgemini), ensuring consistent delivery and alignment with process expectations, while supporting statutory audit requirements, tax reporting processes, and local compliance support for assigned areas. What you’ll do 1. Close & Control (Financial Integrity & Compliance) Manage execution of monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities for assigned areas, which may include LOB, territory, legal entity, or process responsibilities. Ensure accuracy and completeness of overhead and costs, related Balance Sheet accounts, financial reporting, and close outputs aligned with SPE global accounting standards and local statutory requirements as applicable. Enforce standards and suggest improvements through review and approval of journal entries, account reconciliations, close schedules, accruals, reclasses, allocations, roll-forwards, and supporting schedules for Worldwide Distribution costs, overhead, and reporting packages. Own the analysis and validation of key accounting areas for assigned areas, including revenue, reserves, accruals, inventory, prepaids, deferred revenue, intercompany balances, leases, or other complex accounting areas as applicable. Own variance (flux) analysis, investigate key drivers, and escalate operational, accounting, reporting, or compliance risks as appropriate. Ensure compliance with GAAP/IFRS, company policies, SOX controls, and established operational procedures for assigned areas. Support statutory reporting alignment, internal and external audit readiness, audit requests, documentation, remediation activities, and issue resolution for assigned areas. Ensure integrity of financial statements, disclosures, reporting outputs, and operational…