A Quick Primer on Social Safety Nets in the Philippines (And What They Mean for Your Remote Staff Here)

Jannel is an accomplished Certified Public Accountant with 15 years of experience in the banking industry, primarily serving local clients. She currently excels as a Senior Accountant for a U.S.-based client, handling a comprehensive array of tasks including bank and account reconciliation, journal entries, financial report preparation, payroll processing, utility auditing, and budget forecasting. Her practical expertise, combined with her QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certification, make her proficient in managing diverse accounting needs efficiently.

While she has undergone specialized training in Australian accounting practices and Xero software, she has yet to gain hands-on experience with Australian clients or Xero in a professional capacity. However, her training demonstrates her readiness and adaptability, positioning her well for roles that may require these skills in the future.

Jannel is also highly skilled in software such as QuickBooks, Propertyware, HubSpot, Microsoft Excel, Teams, and Outlook, enabling her to manage complex financial processes seamlessly. Her dedication to continuous improvement is evident through her recent certifications, including a 2024 QuickBooks Online Recertification, and advanced training in public finance budgeting and controls.

Available to start immediately, Jannel is open to day-shift positions and would be a valuable asset for both full-time and part-time roles requiring a meticulous, adaptable, and skilled accounting professional.

Predictive Index Behavioral Profile - Specialist

Strongest Behaviors

• Cautious; follows a well-established and proven plan to avoid making mistakes. Does the background research necessary to have proof to support decisions before action is taken.

• Detail-oriented and accommodating; most comfortable working as part of a well-defined team for which they produce high-quality output and decisions.

• Driven to achieve operational efficiencies: thinks about what needs to be done and how it can be done as fast as possible while maintaining a high-quality outcome.

• Operationally, as opposed to socially, focused. Thinks, in specific terms, about what needs to be done and how to do it accurately and flawlessly; follows, in a literal way, that execution plan.

Behavioral Summary

Jannel is a very conscientious person, particularly attentive to, careful of, and accurate with the details involved in the job. Identifies problems, and enjoys solving them, particularly within own area of expertise.

Reserved, serious, and always concerned with the exact correctness of the work. Self-discipline, sense of duty, and respect for authority and tradition are strong qualities in Jannel, who takes responsibilities very seriously.

• Maylee has been working for almost 7 years in the business process outsourcing industry handling telecommunications and travel accounts where she performed the following roles:
  • Senior Associate /Travel Expert
  • Travel Consultant
  • Subject Matter Expert
  • Quality Analyst
  • Customer Service Representative
  • Sales Representative
  • Billing Representative
• She handled travel accounts for almost 6 years where she handled the following tasks:
  • Ticketing and reservations
  • Booking
  • Handle corporate travels
  • Process re-accomodation, schedule changes, cancellations and refunds
  • General customer service
• She consider herself as an expert using Sabre native and Red, Amadeus and farelogix.
• She can is currently rendering, can start by May 30 onwards, amendable working any shifts and open to any full-time or part-time role.

• Places high value on “the book,” and/or professional background, which will be followed exactly to protect the company against risk.
• Very cautious and conservative; faithfully follows a well-established, well-proven plan to ensure success; will generally not act without one. Does the homework before taking action, will find supporting proof and verify it.
• Detail-oriented with perfectionist tendencies; works best with a well-defined, proven team for which this individual can produce thorough and high-quality work and decisions based on solidly quantifiable data.

• Formal, reserved, introspective, and skeptical of new people; requires “proof” to build trust in new people.

Maylee is a very conscientious person, particularly attentive to, careful of, and accurate with the details involved in the job. Identifies problems, and enjoys solving them, particularly within own area of expertise.

Reserved, serious, and always concerned with the exact correctness of the work. Self-discipline, sense of duty, and respect for authority and tradition are strong qualities in Maylee, who takes responsibilities very seriously.

With experience and/or training, Maylee will develop a high level of specialized expertise and efficiency. Disciplined and dedicated to the job and the company. Work pace is somewhat faster-than-average, and Maylee is motivated by a real concern for getting work done on time and correctly. Discipline and circumspect thinking will lend caution to decision-making; plans ahead, double checks, and follows up carefully on decisions and actions.

• Jonica has been working for 5 years in different company from BPO industry and handled different positions such as Customer Service Representative, and Claims Assistant. She started working as a Customer Service Representative back in 2017 but pursued her homebased career in 2021 and worked as a Virtual Executive  Assistant. She catered US client and supported the following task:
  • Customer Service
  • Inbound calls and outbound calls
  • Chat support
  • Processing of claims
  • Calendar management
  • Admin task
  • Email management
• She is proficient in Gsuite, Slack, Salesforce, Expensify, ClickUp, and Openphone.
• Jonica is available to start immediately and is amenable to working a day shift schedule for any full-time position.

• Careful with rules; precise, "by the book", fast-paced, and literal in interpreting rules, schedules and results.
• Detail-oriented and thorough; works to ensure things don’t fall through the cracks, and follows up to ensure they’re done properly and on time.
• Driven to achieve operational efficiencies: thinks about what needs to be done and how it can be done as fast as possible while maintaining a high-quality outcome. 

• Hari has a bachelors degree in Accountancy, graduated as Cum laude and a Certified Public Accountant.
• He has been working for almost 8 years in the Food and Retail, Financial Institutions,  Manufacturing and Fintech start-up where he performed the following roles:
  • Audit Head
  • Senior Associate
  • Finance Officer
  • Finance Manager
  • Consultant
• He has in-depth experience in financial accounting, management
  and auditing.
• Has been involved in non-audit services such as review of interim financial statements, internal controls and compliance to different government regulatory requirements.
• He is proficient using Quickbooks, Xero, SA, Google worrkspace and MS office.
• He can start ASAP, prefers working nght shift and open to any full-time or part-time role.

• Formal, reserved, introspective, and skeptical of new people; requires “proof” to build trust in new people.
• Detail-oriented and precise; follow-through is deep and literal to ensure tasks were completed in accordance with quality standards.
• Operationally, as opposed to socially, focused. Thinks, in specific terms, about what needs to be done and how to do it accurately and flawlessly; follows, in a literal way, that execution plan.

• Careful with rules; precise, "by the book", fast-paced, and literal in interpreting rules, schedules and results.

FRANCIS HARI is a very conscientious person, particularly attentive to, careful of, and accurate with the details involved in the job. Identifies problems, and enjoys solving them, particularly within own area of expertise.

Reserved, serious, and always concerned with the exact correctness of the work. Self-discipline, sense of duty, and respect for authority and tradition are strong qualities in FRANCIS HARI, who takes responsibilities very seriously.

With experience and/or training, FRANCIS HARI will develop a high level of specialized expertise and efficiency. Disciplined and dedicated to the job and the company. Work pace is somewhat faster-than-average, and FRANCIS HARI is motivated by a real concern for getting work done on time and correctly. Discipline and circumspect thinking will lend caution to decision-making; plans ahead, double checks, and follows up carefully on decisions and actions.

• Mae has a bachelor's degree in Accountancy. She has been working for almost 12 years in the Real-estate, Digital Marketing, and Business Process Outsourcing handling financial accounts where she handled and performed roles such as Financial Account Associate, Database Manager, Digital Marketing Virtual Assistant, Executive Assistant, and Real-Estate Virtual Assistant. She catered to Clients from Australia and US.
• She attended an online course for Xero Accounting.
• She worked as a Financial Account associate where she was task to do the following:
  • Customer Service
  • Phone Support
  • Process refunds
  • Resolved customer complaints via phone and verify account information.
  • Helped Clients with their Debit and Credit Card Accounts.
  • Assisted them with refunds and waiving fees.
  • Processed Credit Card Payment
  • Checked Credit Card Statements Pin and Card Activation
  • Assist clients with fraudulent transactions on their cards
• She has been working as a Virtual Assistant for almost 3 years and has a background doing the following tasks:
  • Basic Accounting
  • Accounts receivable management
  • Accounts payable management
  • Prepare financial reports and statements
  • Client and vendor management
  • Appointment setting
  • Email marketing
  • B2C and B2B marketing
  • Phone Support 
  • Cold calling
  • Contract Management
  • Copywriting
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Sales 
  • Product Research
  • Process Order
  • Creating contents
  • Qualifying leads
  • Administrative tasks
  • Assist in Transaction management
  • Property management
• She is proficient in using Salesforce, Chime, Sisu, Xero, Receipt Bank, A2x, Flodesk, ShopifyClickUp, MailChimp, Microsoft Office ( Outlook, Word, etc. ), Google Workspace, Active Campaign, Calendly, Canva, Zoom, Hubspot and Slack.
• She can start asap, is amendable working any shifts, and open to any full-time or part-time role.

• Formal, reserved, introspective, and skeptical of new people; requires “proof” to build trust in new people.
• Detail-oriented and precise; follow-through is deep and literal to ensure tasks were completed in accordance with quality standards.
• Operationally, as opposed to socially, focused. Thinks, in specific terms, about what needs to be done and how to do it accurately and flawlessly; follows, in a literal way, that execution plan.

• Driven to protect the company against risk by thoroughly leveraging their background and strictly following “the book.”
• Cautious; follows a well-established and proven plan to avoid making mistakes. Does the background research necessary to have proof to support decisions before action is taken.

MAE is thoughtful, disciplined, and particularly attentive to, careful of, and accurate with the details involved in the job. Identifies problems, and enjoys solving them, particularly within their area of expertise. Works at a steady, even pace, leveraging their background for the betterment of the team, company, or customer.

With experience and/or training, they will develop a high level of specialized expertise. Serious and dedicated to the job and the company. Their work pace is steady and even-keeled, and they’re motivated by a real concern for getting work done thoroughly and correctly. Discipline and circumspect thinking will lend caution to their decision-making; MAE plans ahead, double checks, and follows up carefully on decisions and actions.

• Prepare the tender proposals which include reviewing tender documents, managing tender processes, preparing bills of quantities, and quantity take-off including estimation and costings
• Compiling all technical submittals that are required for the tender proposal
• Checks current market rate and supplier's rate to prepare the bill of rates
• Review contracts before management will sign the document
• Preparing payment applications or claims including requests for payment schedules or the approval of claims
• Doing commercial correspondence like retention letters, variations notices/claims, final statements, statements of account and etc. 
• Coordinating and sourcing with different suppliers and subcontractors for a specific material
• Managing filing system (incoming and outgoing documents)

Strongest Behaviors

• Detail-oriented and thorough; works to ensure things don’t fall through the cracks, and follows up to ensure they’re done properly and on time.

• Driven to protect the company against risk by thoroughly leveraging their background and strictly following “the book.”
• Attention to detail; follows through on tasks to ensure completion in general accordance with quality standards.

Unassuming, unselfish and has a genuine interest in other people and a strong, intuitive understanding of them. Outgoing and friendly, she enjoys working with others and is lively, warm company.

A pleasant and extraverted person, Mina is an effective communicator, able to stimulate and motivate others while being aware of and responsive to their needs and concerns. Her congenial personality and friendly, interested attitude make them readily approachable. Mina gets along easily with a wide variety of people.

Her drive is directed at working with and for others. She derives particular satisfaction from doing things for others, the company, management, the team, and for the company’s customers. Cooperative and willing, she can be a particularly effective teacher and communicator of the company’s policies, programs, and systems.

• Norland has a bachelor's degree in Foreign Science.
• He has almost 9 years professional working experience in the Visa Consultancy and Business process outsourcing industries handling travel accounts where he performed the following roles:
• Travel Consultant
• Travel Experience Agent
• Quality Assurance Analyst
• Operations Team Lead 
• Senior Operations Supervisor
• Travel Experience Team Lead

• Aireen has a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and has been working in the Medical Industry for around 10 years wherein she started as a Nurse and later on worked in a Virtual Set-up.
• She has skills and expertise when it comes to:
  • Customer Service
  • Medical Virtual Assistance
  • Client/Patient Relations
  • Administrative Support
  • Doing inbound & outbound calls
  • Medical Transcription
  • Appointment Setting
  • Insurance verifications
  • Prescriptions entry
• She has catered a US-based client when she started working as a Patient Care Coordinator
• She's adept also in using the following tools/software:
  • MS Office
  • Zoom
  • Sharecloud
  • Bright, Tree, Snap
  • Other Electronic Medical Records Systems
• For Aireen, her greatest achievement is being able to work long-term with a client and always get to resolve patient concerns despite challenges along the way (such as dealing with potentially irate patients), and at the same time meeting her quotas and juggling multiple tasks. 
• She is available to start immediately 

• Focused; can concentrate on the task at hand for long periods. Quickly notices and understands technical matters more than social ones. Consistent and patiently thoughtful.
• Works at a steady, unwavering pace; most comfortable with familiar processes, environments, and co-workers. Doesn’t easily change.
• Detail-oriented and precise; follow-through is deep and literal to ensure tasks were completed in accordance with quality standards.

• Jen has been working for almost 3 years in the Business Process Outsourcing Industry handling travel accounts for Australian and New Zealand clients where she handled and performed the role of Travel Consultant. She then ventured into Freelancing and worked with a short-term client as an appointment setter.  She also has a bachelor's degree in communication.  
• She has been consistently recognized as a top agent in their cluster and because of that she was offered a QA position.
• She also gained certifications from the online trainings she attended for the following:
  • Online Training Course on Virtual Assistant
  • Social Media Management
  • WordPress Freelancing 
  • Facebook Ads 
  • Shopify Freelancing 
• She was exposed to the following tasks:
  • Customer Service
  • Phone Support - Inbound and Outbound Call
  • Email and chat support
  • Appointment Setting
  • Ticketing
  • Process cancellations, voluntary and involuntary changes
  • Flight, Car, and Hotel bookings
  • Process end-to-end refund
  • Administrative tasks
• She is proficient in using PowerDispatch, Google Local Service Ads, MS Office, Sabre GDS and Amadeus.
• She has a basic knowledge in Farelogix.
• She has a good communication skills.
• She considers herself as fast-learner, team-player and hardworking person.
• She can start ASAP, amendable working any shifts and open for any full-time or part-time role.

• Proactively connects quickly to others; open and sharing. Builds and leverages relationships to get work done.
• Comfortably fluent and fast talk, in volume. Enthusiastically persuades and motivates others by considering their point of view and adjusting delivery.
• Collaborative; usually works with and through others. Intuitive understanding of team cohesion, dynamics, and interpersonal relations.

• Socially-focused, naturally empathizes with people, easily seeing their point of view or understanding their emotions. Positive, non-threatening communication.
• Teaches and shares; often working collaboratively with others to help in any capacity.

Unassuming, unselfish and has a genuine interest in other people and a strong, intuitive understanding of them. Outgoing and friendly, they enjoy working with others and is lively, warm company.

A pleasant and extraverted person, Jenny Beth is an effective communicator, able to stimulate and motivate others while being aware of and responsive to their needs and concerns. Their congenial personality and friendly, interested attitude make them readily approachable. Jenny Beth gets along easily with a wide variety of people.

Their drive is directed at working with and for others. They derive particular satisfaction from doing things for others, the company, management, the team, and for the company’s customers. Cooperative and willing, this individual can be a particularly effective teacher and communicator of the company’s policies, programs, and systems.

• Customer Service handling both inbound and Outbound calls
• Call monitoring
• Email and Chat support
• Technical Support (basic troubleshooting of internet mesh, etc.)
• Transcription (Audio and Video)
• Administrative tasks (data entry, order processing, monitoring deliveries, property listing, calendar management, etc.)
• Virtual Assistant
• Sales support
• Customer retention
• Report extraction

• Podio
• Skype
• Bitrix
• Livebox
• Softphone
• Salesforce
• RingCentral
• MS Teams
• Google Drive
• Microsoft Excel
• DesktopOne
• Avaya 
• Zendesk
• Outlook
• NICE

• Detail-oriented and precise; follow-through is deep and literal to ensure tasks were completed in accordance with quality standards.
• Operationally, as opposed to socially, focused. Thinks, in specific terms, about what needs to be done and how to do it accurately and flawlessly; follows, in a literal way, that execution plan.
• Cautious; follows a well-established and proven plan to avoid making mistakes. Does the background research necessary to have proof to support decisions before action is taken.

Reserved, serious, and always concerned with the exact correctness of the work. Self-discipline, sense of duty, and respect for authority and tradition are strong qualities in May, who takes responsibilities very seriously.

With experience and/or training, May will develop a high level of specialized expertise and efficiency. Disciplined and dedicated to the job and the company. Work pace is somewhat faster-than-average, and May is motivated by a real concern for getting work done on time and correctly. Discipline and circumspect thinking will lend caution to decision-making; plans ahead, double checks, and follows up carefully on decisions and actions.

• Lian has been working for more than 10 years in the Business Proccess Outsourcing industry handling financial accounts where she supported the following tasks:
• Collections Coordinator
• Financial Service Representative II 
• Accounts Receivable II
• Loan Specialist
• Mortgage Collections
• Phone Support - inbound and Outbound
• Customer Service
• Administrative tasks

• She has a background in the following financial activities:
• Reconciling accounts
• Submit invoices to customers
• Credit and Collections
• Prepare Weekly and monthly AR aging reports, Monthly pending deduction reports, sales invoice reports, weekly and monthly collection reports
• She is proficient using SAP, MS Excel, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Slack, and CRM tools such as Fiserv and NoteSmith.
• She has a basic knowledge in QuickBooks.
• She has good communication skills.
• She is available to start immediately. Predictive Index Profile - Guardian
  
  Strongest Behaviors
  • Driven to protect the company against risk by thoroughly leveraging their background and strictly following “the book.”
  • Cautious; follows a well-established and proven plan to avoid making mistakes. Does the background research necessary to have proof to support decisions before action is taken.
  • Detail-oriented and accommodating; most comfortable working as part of a well-defined team for which they produce high-quality output and decisions.
  • Patient, stable, and consistent; does things generally systematically and is not inclined to change these systems. Dependable, relatively consistent and works best in familiar environments, with familiar people.
  • Tolerant, easy-going, and uncritical in getting along with others. A focused listener.
  Behavioral Summary

  A very conscientious and disciplined person; particularly careful, thorough, and accurate in their work. This individual is exacting and strives to produce results that precisely meet the established goals. Works best where there are clear standards, expectations, reporting relationships and measurements for the work. Lian will depend upon professional training, their own experience, or management leadership, to provide those standards and the structure needed for their work.

  Given sufficient experience, they will produce work of high quality, giving close attention to the accuracy of details. Stable and dependable; consistent in their actions and, if necessary, has sufficient patience to do work of a repetitive nature. Believes in having, and following, well-defined processes and procedures.

• Jessie has been working for almost 3 years as a Bookkeeper and Accountant within different industries such as Retail, medical, logistics, and finance.
• He is confident in supporting the following tasks:
  • Superannuation Preparation
  • Payroll
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Generating reports
  • Preparation of BAS and IAS
  • Tax Preparation
  • Financial Statements
  • Invoicing
  • Bookkeeping
• He has a degree in Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and a Xero certified.
• He has catered clients based in the US, UK, New Zealand and Australia.
• He is proficient with Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB, SAP, Dext, Salesforce, and Hubdoc.
• He is available to start immediately.

• Relatively formal, reserved, and skeptical of new people; requires some “proof” to build trust in new people.
• Attention to detail; follows through on tasks to ensure completion in general accordance with quality standards.
• Detail-oriented; typically makes and follows a plan to keep track of things and usually follows up to ensure completion.

Jessie Louis is a very conscientious person, particularly attentive to, careful of, and accurate with the details involved in the job. Identifies problems, and enjoys solving them, particularly within own area of expertise.

Reserved, serious, and always concerned with the exact correctness of the work. Self-discipline, sense of duty, and respect for authority and tradition are strong qualities in Jessie Louis, who takes responsibilities very seriously.