Staff Accountant

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Purpose

Support our Nordic global organization with general ledger accounting and financial operations. Assist with the general bookkeeping, accounts payable, intercompany accounting, tax and VAT reporting, payroll processing with third-party, and monthly account reconciliations to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the Company’s accounting systems and associated data.

Essential Functions

• Account Reconciliation and Maintenance
  • General bookkeeping activities including routine and non-routine journal entries, bank reconciliation, and month-end closing responsibilities.
  • Perform monthly reconciliation of all assigned balance sheet accounts.
  • Other ad hoc duties and reporting as needed.
• Accounts Payable
  • Process accounts payable, including reviewing and coding invoices, verifying purchasing approvals and receipt of goods/services, and processing payments.
  • Support vendor setup and maintenance.
  • Maintain accounts payable reports and files.
• Intercompany Accounting
  • Assist with monthly intercompany invoicing, accounting, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Payroll
  • Administering and coordinating the setup of employees with payroll bank account.
  • Ensure timesheets of employees are complete, accurate and submitted on time.
  • Run, review, and check the time report of the company per payroll cut-off.
  • Assist in providing necessary information to the third-party payroll provider for semi monthly payroll calculations.
  • Address employee queries related to payroll.
• Audit
  • Assist in preparation for annual financial statement audit and periodic bank audits; ensure appropriate support for all financial information reflected in general ledger.
• Tax
  • Assist in providing requested information to the third-party tax firm for preparation of periodic tax returns.
• VAT Reporting
  • Report and reconcile VAT monthly.
  • Assist in completing and filing VAT returns in country.
• Other
  • Respond to accounting-related and financial reporting enquiries on an ad hoc basis.
  • Support global financial operations, as requested.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from accredited college or university preferred and 1-3 years of accounting work experience. Bachelor’s degree in Finance will be considered with requisite accounting work experience.
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles and finance concepts.
• Strong computer skills and proficiency with accounting software and MS Excel and Word. 
• Strong intuitive and analytic/problem-solving skills

Additional details

• Travel up to 5% of the time
• Position located in Makati City, Philippines