Accounting Officer

Qualifications:

• Must be a college graduate with a degree in Bachelor Science in Accountancy or any Accounting degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a related/relevant field, including at least 2 years in a supervisory role.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license is considered a plus
• Proficiency in various accounting software, preferably QuickBooks Online and
• Proficient in MS Excel and Google sheets

Required Skills:

• Effective people management skills.
• Fundamental understanding of accounting principles and proper recording of financial and/or regulatory transactions.
• Adept in general ledger accounts and dictionaries
• Extensive experience in accounting functions, e.g., bank reconciliation, accounts receivable and accounts payable monitoring, bookkeeping functions, financial statements, schedule preparation, as well as auditing.
• Ability to handle critical and confidential documents.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer and internet savvy.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures understanding of the scope of work based on the Client Arrangement Letter.
• Assists in the successful implementation of processes migrated from the client to MontPac.
• Participates in on-boarding of new clients, migration of accounting records and transition of accounting responsibilities.
• Assists and guides associates in regular accounting functions such as bank reconciliation accounts receivable and accounts payable monitoring and bookkeeping functions.
• Take ownership/accountability of client accounts by ensuring that the following functions are handled cautiously and in a timely manner and timely coordinating reports, recommendations, feedback, etc., to the Senior Accounting Officer, Team Leader and higher management, as appropriate.
• Financial statement analysis
• Apply accounting and system knowledge to complex and unusual accounting transactions and issues
• Ability to act as the Client's Controller in raising red flag issues
• Understand the Client's complex business and peculiar needs in recommending solutions to issues.
• Identification and proposal of process improvements.
• Handles complex, non-routine and technical accounting tasks beyond the associates' knowledge and skill level.
• Develops and manages a process of ensuring quality of reviewed accounting and document management processes performed by the Document Management Team.
• Develops and manages a process of ensuring that transaction processing and review are performed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Adheres to and strictly complies with the Company's operational control guidelines (e.g. MontPac way, MontPac Reporting Standards).
• Ensures proper and timely communication with clients including follow-ups of client deliverables (e.g. e-mails, conference calls, etc.).
• Identifies and communicates issues and exceptions with the management team and other team members, and recommends/proposes appropriate action plans to address the issues and prevent recurrence of errors, if any.
• Coordinates with Team Leader and other team members in order to properly manage workload distribution.
• Prepares detailed process documentation and facilitates transfer of information as well as transition of processes to new team members.
• Disseminates knowledge acquired and best practices noted to all personnel to enhance productivity and efficiency (e.g. tax/payroll filings for US and Local Authorities, applications of online user ID for vendors and customers).
• Performs the preparation of client time budgets and has an ability to explain significant variances, fluctuations and monitors client profitability
• Identifies gaps, develops recommendations, management initiatives and solutions in order to help management assess client service experience and improve client satisfaction and loyalty.
• Performs other tasks assigned by the management through trust and confidence.

Leadership:

People Management

• Introduces MontPac and its purpose to team members for better understanding of the business.
• Initiates and develops the learn, grow and have fun culture of MontPac to ensure sense of belonging within the team and the organization.
• Advocates for the MontPac Core Values to ensure alignment within the team and the organization.
• Guides subordinates in adhering to company policies, procedures and practices.
• Makes recommendation for hiring, firing and promotion of subordinates.

Performance Management

• Trains, coaches and mentors subordinates whenever necessary, to ensure quality of
• performance.
• Reviews subordinates' performance periodically and makes necessary recommendations in terms of salary increase and promotion.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company Christmas gift
• Company events
• Free parking
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Opportunities for promotion
• Paid training
• Pay raise
• Transportation service provided
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• 13th month salary
• Bonus pay
• Overtime pay
• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

Experience:

• Supervising: 2 years (Required)