Principal 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 Soft Bank. We remain closely involved throughout the relationship, from role alignment and interview preparation through onboarding, placement, and long-term career development.

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. You will also be the person who designs the close checklist, investigates the unreconciled balance through to its root cause, and rebuilds the processes that are no longer serving the business.

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.

The close. 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. Own the ledger outright, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and explainability of the financial records. Financial reporting. Prepare and review financial statements, management reports, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules under both PFRS and group reporting requirements.

Balance sheet integrity. 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 intercompany transactions, eliminations, foreign currency remeasurement, and the entity's role within group consolidation. Statutory and regulatory compliance. Own BIR filings, SEC submissions including the Audited Financial Statements and General Information Sheet, local government requirements, and payroll-related statutory obligations across SSS, Phil Health, and Pag-IBIG, coordinating with external advisors and local service providers and holding each to agreed standards and deadlines.

Alignment with group reporting. 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. Technical review. Review revenue, expenses, accruals, prepayments, and other significant accounting entries for completeness and accuracy. Team development. 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.

Issue resolution. 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.

Process improvement. Introduce automation, eliminate manual effort, and compress the close cycle without compromising…