Intermediate Accountant (Work-From-Home)

Harvest Advisory Philippines Inc. (HAPI) is seeking an Intermediate Accountant to join our domestic corporation in the Philippines. We are headquartered in Singapore under Harvest Accounting ( ---------- .sg) and support over 300 Singaporean small businesses in their bookkeeping, accounting, and taxation needs. Currently, we have about 6 Client Managers based in Singapore, and Malaysia and 12 Accountants based in the Philippines.

You'll play a key role in supporting Harvest Accounting in providing exceptional accounting services to our clients.
You must have had a minimum of 2 to 3 years of relevant bookkeeping and management accounting experience. Exposure to Singapore companies (FRS and tax law) is a bonus.

The role requires strong communication skills and the ability to work in a cross-cultural environment. You will have regular and independent communication with management, peers in finance, and other functions/business. You will be responsible for bookkeeping and full-set accounts preparation for a portfolio of customers ranging from small business owners to Finance-Admin staff and assist with issues on accounting, GST, tax, payroll, and Xero migration.

Responsibilities:

• Bookkeeping
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
• Work with production tea ---------- mbers to prepare monthly management accounts using Xero cloud accounting ecosystem and its integrated solutions.
• Process operational accounting tasks such as monthly employee expense claims compilation and vendor payment cycles.
• Work with production tea ---------- mbers to prepare workpapers, basic annual unaudited financial statements, and tax computation for simple clients.
• Prepare monthly or quarterly GST submissions for customers.
• Prepare submissions of Estimated Chargeable Income and final tax Form C/S on IRAS portal for basic / simple clients.
• Compute payroll and submission of CPF to CPF Board, submission of annual IR8A and IR21.
• Set up new Xero accounts including migration work, working with Client Managers to complete projects in a timely manner.
• Ensure all timelines and reporting deadlines are adhered to.
• Request basic documentation and respond to routine queries from customers and other stakeholders.
• Ensure good client feedback and customer satisfaction
• Suggest and identify suitable Xero-integrated apps or solutions (point-of-sales, inventory, payments, payroll) for accounting automation.
• Opportunity to progress to a junior reviewer role to review management accountants prepared by junior accountants

Requirements:

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy or any related program
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience is required for this position
• Experience in a BPO setting or handling multiple clients is an advantage
• Experience in software like Xero and Dext is preferred
• Must have a strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Must have excellent English communication skills
• Should be meticulous and has a keen attention to detail? ??
• Fast worker and able to handle large workload
• Comfortable with large sets of data to identify variances and classify into various categories
• Must be willing to work Monday to Friday (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM MNL)

Technical Requirements:

• Bank reconciliations
• Prepayment and amortisations
• Fixed assets and depreciation
• Journals

Teamwork:

• You will be required to work in a team and complete work assigned by your Manager
• Attend and contribute to weekly workflow meetings.
• Opportunity to attend and present ideas and training during fortnightly Share and Learn sessions.

What you will get:

• Attractive salary package with full-time employment or freelancer arrangement
• Annual leave entitlement and health insurance benefits
• Performance-based variable bonus
• The opportunity to be part of a growing, vibrant team helping companies grow through trust and technology

How to apply:

• Interested applicants may apply through sending their CV to ----------
• Only successful candidates will be notified.
• If you want your application to stand out, please submit a video introducing yourself and why we should choose you!

About Harvest Accounting
A Xero Platinum Partner, Harvest Accounting is a digital-first accounting firm that is passionate about streamlining operational finance, reimagining workflows, and identifying suitable add-ons and technology from the Xero app ecosystem to help small businesses win. The firm won Xero Singapore’s Medium Accounting Partner of the Year award in 2023 and is a finalist for Xero Asia Large Accounting Partner of the Year 2024.

Harvest Accounting strives to build and foster a strong community of like-minded business partners to streamline and transform accounting operations through cloud technology and ecosystem solutions.

Find out more on the Harvest Accounting website or on Instagram, Facebook , and LinkedIn.