Vessel Accountant - Maritime (Philippines)

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day financial activities for an assigned fleet of vessels, including processing vendor invoices, budget tracking, and fund request preparation.

• Review and reconcile payroll-related documentation from vessels (e.g., portage bills) and perform month-end adjustments.

• Prepare accurate financial reports and ensure compliance with established accounting standards.

• Handle vessel portfolios with moderate levels of financial and reporting complexity.

Requirements & Competencies:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on accounting experience, ideally involving financial reporting.

• Familiarity with maritime or ship management operations is beneficial, but not essential.

• Strong understanding of key finance outputs such as cash flow reports, budget vs. actual analysis, and financial statements.

• Experience using ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) is preferred.

• Exposure to digital finance tools such as automated workflows, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms is an advantage.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook).

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

Additional Duties:

• Coordinate closely with internal teams and vessel stakeholders to ensure reporting requirements are met.

• Produce monthly vessel accounts, reconciliations, and variance analyses and share them with relevant departments and vessel owners within set deadlines.

• Respond promptly to queries from vessel owners and ensure full clarity of submitted reports.

• Support the finance team with periodic internal reporting tasks and other assigned projects.

• Take on ad-hoc financial tasks as required by the Finance/Reporting Manager.