Position Summary:
The Accountant position is responsible for providing oversight of accounting advisory responsibilities and routines and ensuring excellence in financial reporting and process improvement. This role involves conducting monthly reviews of financial statements, holding meetings with clients' owners, and offering project advisory services such as chart of accounts review and implementation of financial reporting tools. The position also entails continuous improvement of processes through automation and innovation.
Job Details:
- Work from Home
- Monday to Friday | 9 PM to 6 AM Manila time
- *Following US Holidays
Responsibilities:
Accounting Advisory Services:
- Manage accounting advisory responsibilities for up to 15 clients.
- Conduct monthly initial reviews of financial statements for assigned clients by the 10th of each month.
- Hold monthly meetings with clients' owners to review financial statements.
Project Advisory Services:
- Review and clean up the chart of accounts for clients.
- Implement Fathom Financial Reporting for selected clients.
- Maintain and update financial Excel workbooks and develop PowerPoint presentations as needed.
- Support other assigned projects.
Pursuit of Excellence & Process Improvement:
- Develop and maintain documentation for standardized processes and procedures.
- Continuously improve processes and procedures through automation and innovation.
Accounting Advisory Responsibilities and Routines:
- Daily: Manage bank and credit card transactions.
- Weekly: Prepare payroll journal entries.
- Monthly: Reconcile all balance sheet accounts; record monthly journal entries; review month-to-month profit & loss statements; maintain month-end checklists and update KPI dashboards; close books in QBO (QuickBooks Online).
- Quarterly: Collect W9 forms for 1099 preparation from vendors paid over $600 YTD; maintain vendor names and addresses in QBO; conduct general ledger maintenance, including standardizing chart of accounts and merging similar accounts.
- Annual: Complete year-end QBO checklist; prepare 1099 forms; prepare MD PowerPoint presentations.
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting is preferred.
- Experience in Quickbooks Online is required.
- Proficient with the Microsoft Office Package (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Strong problem-solving skills & basic accounting principles knowledge.
- Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced and high-volume environment with an emphasis on accuracy and timeliness.
- Good organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle multiple activities and priorities, while maintaining a sense of urgency to meet or exceed expectations.
- Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization.
- Strong problem-solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analysis.
- Self-motivated, highly organized, and resourceful.
- Highly dependable, efficient, and detail-oriented.