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 (www.harvestaccounting.com.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 team members 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 team members 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 via job portals or careers@harvestaccounting.com.sg
- 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.