Senior Accounting Operations Specialist

About Thunes 

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, via more than 350 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more. Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house Smart Treasury Management Platform and Fortress Compliance Infrastructure, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivalled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 12 locations, including Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Shanghai.

For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/ 

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Finance Operations in Manila, the General Accountant is responsible for providing general accounting and internal control support in line with Group Policy, including preparation and posting of journal entries, maintenance of balance sheet accounts, completion of the month end closing transactions/procedures and ensuring that the general ledger account balances and trial balances are appropriately reconciled.
She/he is responsible for completeness, accuracy and timeliness of preparation about the general ledger, inventory, fixed assets, intercompany accounts, treasury transactions and bank reconciliations as well as for the associated reporting requirements.

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Preparation of journal entries, reconciliations, reports and ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with group policies
• Perform month-end and year-end close activities including group consolidation by handling complex entries, adjustments, and critical reconciliations
• Act as the subject matter expert for particular fi nance processes (e.g., GL, Intercompany, Fixed Assets, Close & Reporting), resolving complex accounting and process issues.
• Identify process gaps, risks, and ineffi ciencies; recommend and support implementation of process improvements and standardization initiatives.
• Ensure strong internal control compliance within assigned processes; proactively flag control issues and support remediation actions in coordination with cross functional teams
• Support internal and external audits by preparing explanations, documentation, and responding to audit queries related to assigned processes.
• Participate in system enhancements, migrations, testing, and special projects requiring deep process or accounting expertise.

Things we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy. CPA is a must
• At least 5-7 years of proven experience in Record-to-Report or General Accounting
• Strong expertise in one or more RTR sub-processes
• Proven experience reviewing journal entries and complex reconciliations
• Hands-on exposure to month-end and year-end close processes)
• Proficiency in handling complex, high-volume, multi-currency reconciliations.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle) and CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce).
• Excel skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, conditional formatting).
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and scaling startup environment
• Experience in a Shared Service Center or BPO environment is an advantage.