If you believe it’s important to pay it forward, you’ll find a like-minded community with us. Changing lives, careers, and communities forms a key part of our purpose and vision.
In the first half of 2025, TOA Global team members raised more than ₱120,000 for outreach programs in four cities across the Philippines.
Their donations helped provide children with school supplies, comforted young patients who live with heart ailments, and supported a hardworking volunteer group that rescues animals.
At least 105 individuals volunteered their time and energy, showing how it’s possible to find accounting career opportunities that lead to financial security, wellbeing, and meaning.
Accounting Career Opportunities and A Sense of Purpose
The majority of our team members are in their 20s with those in their 30s a close second—the two largest groups in the business. And these are groups for whom meaningful work, not just climbing up the career ladder, is particularly important.
Nine out of every 10 (89% of Gen Zs and 92% of Millennials) believe that a sense of purpose directly contributes to how well they feel and how satisfied they are at work. That’s one of the highlights of Deloitte’s Global 2025 Gen Z and Millennial Survey, released last May 2025.
If you’ve been on the lookout for job openings for accountants in the Philippines that also empower you to do good, these tips will help.
Tip 1 — Look for colleagues who also care about causes beyond work.
There are plenty of complex challenges that governments and public institutions need help solving.
These include reducing social exclusion, enhancing basic health, and enabling community development, all challenges that need active citizenship and a commitment to help solve problems together.
In the first half of 2025, these are some of the causes our team members promoted:
Better health care: Our TOA Global Manila team visited the government-operated Philippine Heart Center Pediatric Ward last April, donating the money raised to some 72 patients. They also spent 36 volunteer hours combined for this outreach.
Support for jobseekers: In Australia, our team donated to Fitted for Work. This 20-year-old non-profit organization helps women and gender-diverse individuals prepare for job interviews, by providing them with mentorship and business-appropriate clothes.
Care for women and children in distress: The team in South Africa raised funds through a trivia game ahead of International Women’s Day last March. The winner chose the Phambili Refuge as the donation’s beneficiary. This refuge in George, in Western Cape province, was established in April 1999.
Mentoring and STEM training: Our North American team donated to Girls Inc. of Tarrant County, a non-profit in Texas that provides girls with skills and scholarship programs to do better in school, overcome obstacles, and receive mentoring in areas such as STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education.
Tip 2 — Share your time and energy: that matters a lot, too.
While financial donations and other material goods are essential, so are donations of time and effort.
Reaching isolated communities: When our TOA Global Clark team went to the Sitio Haduan Aeta Community Day Care Center in March, there were parts they could only travel on foot, including a hanging footbridge more than 100 meters long. The team raised funds to bring food and gifts to some 35 children and gave a combined 129 volunteer hours.
Promoting animal welfare: Before March ended, our TOA Global Tarlac team gave 81 volunteer hours as they prepared for and then visited the Animal Kingdom Foundation Rehabilitation Center. Funds raised by the team were donated to the center, which cares for rescued animals.
Like the simplest acts of kindness, every volunteer’s effort matters. It’s the choice to get involved, act, and contribute to a solution.
Tip 3 — Celebrate every win.
Civic engagement can be very rewarding. But it also requires a lot of resources and patience, whether you choose volunteer or advocacy work.
Some of the documented challenges are personal (emotional strain, the risk of burnout, feeling inadequate) and some are systemic (scarcity of resources, the lack of a volunteer management system, the need for better accountability).
It’s important to celebrate each win, so that you can motivate yourself and other advocates or volunteers.
We love what TOA Global Cebu Shift Managers Anthea L. and Dave P. posted in March and June, respectively, about the efforts of our Cebu colleagues.
Last March 8, a team from Cebu visited the children living in the Asilo de la Milagrosa. Together, they raised donations and gave 64 volunteer hours to help the 36 children in the orphanage at that time. The institution has been active since June 1934.
“Moments like these remind us of the power of kindness and the impact we can make when we come together. Grateful to everyone who made this possible—looking forward to more opportunities to give back as we do this quarterly,” wrote Anthea L., one of TOA Global Cebu’s ANZ Shift Managers
In June, the Cebu team again raised funds to provide school supplies (bags, notebooks, paper, pencils, and crayons) to 30 incoming Grades 1 to 3 pupils of Babag Integrated School, which is about 17 kilometers from Cebu City Hall.
About the experience, NA Shift Manager Dave P. wrote: “As someone who also came from a public learning institution, this cause resonates deeply with me. I understand how challenging learning can be, especially for students with limited access to quality resources and opportunities.”
Tip 4 — Promote social enterprises and non-profit organizations in your community.
Another source of motivation is connecting with other organizations in your community.
During TOA Global’s International Women’s Month Bazaar last March 31, our participating vendors included these social enterprises and non-profit groups, which create and sell eco-friendly products.
Aira Bags (Cebu)
This social enterprise sells rattan and pandan bags crafted by women. For their innovative work, they’ve received an award from the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation.
Amigas de Gaea (Clark)
They make washable cloth pads, which are more eco-friendly than disposable, single-use products.
Craftcha (Manila)
They promote sustainable fashion by upcycling katcha (cheesecloth), old jeans, hinabi, and fabric scraps.
In previous bazaars, we had also invited social enterprises and non-profit organizations such as Fresh Hope for Families (Clark), Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (Manila), Rise Above Foundation (Cebu), and Shine PH Crafts (Clark).
Tip 5 — Share what you’ve learned about volunteering and advocacy work.
We believe it’s important to keep learning, which is why we’ve encouraged our colleagues to feed back and share their volunteer work stories. There are lessons we can still learn from other advocates and volunteers about gathering resources, finding the right partner organizations, and amplifying our impact.
Many TOA Global team members share a commitment to social advocacy and action, and we have taken steps to support them. Being surrounded by like-minded colleagues who share your interests beyond work is a big part of being a Great Place to Work.
Job openings for accountants in the Philippines
Since 2013, TOA Global has worked with more than 4,200 accountants, bookkeepers, and other professionals, connecting them with 1,100+ firms.
We’re delighted to have seen them thrive in their international careers, while enjoying their work-life balance, access to learning and development programs, and increasingly, opportunities to do advocacy and volunteer work on causes they care about.
Curious about what career opportunities we can offer you? Explore them here.
