Accounting Professional

• Responsible for the overall management of finance operation and accounting functions of International Remittance Canada Ltd., I-Remittance Singapore Pte. Ltd. and Powerstar Asia Group Limited. • Supervised daily operation and accounting activities including remittance transaction, revenue and cost monitoring, general and administrative expenses, account reconciliation, and approving accounting entries. • Prepares financial statement, working schedule and supporting documents requirements of external accountant and auditor in Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong, and address audit findings. • Process employee time keeping and payroll, monitoring of contracts and other supplier engagement. • Ensure accurate recognition of Debt and Equity Investment with completeness of supporting documents. • Provide management reports, schedule and analysis for consolidated financial statement. • Provide cash flow projection based on strategic plan for goodwill and investment impairment valuation, and for budget vs actual analysis.

Lead analyst for the company’s system automation reconciliation and accounting of Crypto Remittance, on-demand liquity and line of credit.

Lead annual budget processing, monitor actual vs budget and provide financial forecast, cash flow projection and financial model based on corporate strategic plan.

Maintain Parent and Consolidated financial reporting compliance with accounting standard and regulatory and tax requirements including, BIR, BSP, SEC, PSE, BOI and Local Government Unit.

• Ensure end-to-end financial control environment of the company’s subsidiaries and associates located in Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. • Responsible for the remittance operations fund management and liquidity control, including daily cash position monitoring, prefunding requirements from agents, foreign currency trading, settlement account clearing balance and forecast liquidity requirements. • Oversee settlement cycle from remittance acceptance to settlement including reconciliation as remittance system vs subsidiary ledger reconciliation, bank statement and daily transaction summary per teller, SOA and agent balance confirmation, inter-company reconciliation. • Ensure proper recognition of transaction-based income and validate exchange spreads, and agent commission. • Prepare monthly segment income report per country and channel, revenue and cost analysis, and other management report. • Enforce internal control and risk management to mitigate operation and fraud risks, such as alert amount limit, mismatched transactions and exception report. • Managed 10 operation team, ensures productivity including working schedule and responsibility assignment, conduct performance evaluation, and training.

Ensures accurate recognition, measurement, and reporting of foreign currency transactions and balances of all foreign exchange (FX) transactions including, Remittances, Foreign currency Deposit and Loans, and Currency exchange like Spot, Forward, Swap.

• Responsible for processing, recording, and monitoring customer receivables to ensure timely collection and accurate financial reporting. • Provide currency, rate and amount available for foreign exchange trading. • Compliance with BIR requirement of issuance of Sales Invoice and Acknowledgement Receipts, and monitor zero-rated sales and Vat output recognition for local sales. • Prepare AR aging schedule, segment revenue and consolidated AR Analysis, and other audit-related schedule.

• Oversees the end-to-end accounts payable function, ensuring accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, payment preparation, and reconciliation of payable accounts. • Ensure accurate recognition of accrued service cost and reconciled withholding tax payable compliant with BIR requirement on issuance of Form 2307, VAT input recognition and submission of Summary List of Purchases. • Review outstanding liabilities subsidiary ledger vs general ledger and supplier balance confirmation. • Provide AP aging report analysis, segment cost analysis, variance analysis, audit-related schedule.

• Ensure financial reporting accuracy, and maintain compliance with applicable accounting and regulatory requirements of BIR, BSP, SEC, BOI, PSE, PSA and LGU. • Manage and provide technical guidance on preparation of tax returns including, Withholding tax on Compensation and Expanded, Value Added Tax, Income tax, and Documentary Stamps Tax • Facilitate VAT refund processing, including submission of documentary requirements, and attend to audit inquiries.

Lead internal and external audit including preparation of audit schedules, respond to queries and implement audit recommendations. Develop and implement internal control, including maintaining & updating accounting manual, and ensure compliance with corporate policies.