General Accountant

Job Purpose

The General Accountant will perform a full range of accounting and tax compliance duties for the office and its clients and will facilitate coordination of administrative duties required for the office and work on the office’s engagement with its various clients. He/She will report directly to the Managing Partner.

Primary Responsibilities

• Management of all the office's and clients’ financial data and spreadsheets;

• Preparing/updating the office's and clients’ journal entries, financial statements, ledgers, etc.;

• Auditing and cross footing the office's and clients’ cash disbursement and cash receipts journal;

• Office’s payroll accounting;

• Internal auditing and analysis of office's and clients’ financial data and performance;

• Preparation, filing and submission of office's and clients’ monthly, quarterly and annual BIR tax requirements;

• Assist in budget planning, settlement of payables;

• Finalization of billing/statement of accounts, monitoring and collection of receivables;

• Canvassing purchase of office supplies, properties and equipment, liaison with suppliers;

• Maintenance of the office's and clients’ income and expense accounts;

• Preparation of office's and clients’ financial statements which includes:

• Statement of Financial Position/Balance Sheet;

• Statement of Financial Performance/ Income Statement;

• Statement of Changes in Owner's Equity;

• Cash Flow Statement;

• Maintain client engagement costs by verifying outstanding balances with attorneys, clients, and providers; and

• Preparation of the office’s statements of account, including the validation of the time logs and expenses reported therein.

• Other Responsibilities:

  • Electronic word processing of documents and encoding of data;
  • Liaison with government offices in relation to application, processing and payment of office’s and or clients’ business permits and taxes;
  • Assist in legal research (i.e. research on law, rules and regulations, jurisprudence, circulars, etc. as may be requested by the office’s lawyers from time to time);
  • Liaison and field work with various government offices and third parties when needed by and in relation to the office’s engagements;
  • General support to the Legal Assistant in his/her functions and duties when needed by the office’s requirement and needs; and
  • Assist in the preparation and proofreading of draft letters, documents, pleadings, reports, applications and other correspondence with client and other third parties.

Relevant Experience & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree holder with major in Accountancy;

• Work experience not required but preference would be given to those with experience in bookkeeping, accounting, taxation and audit;

• Proficient in standard software programs (e.g. MS Word, Excel, e-BIR forms and other BIR software programs); and

• Familiarity with tax compliance and filing deadlines for a sole proprietorship business, settlement of estate, transfer of property, and real property tax payments.

• CPA's are preferred.

• Non-CPA individuals are also welcome to apply.

Skills

• Team player;
• Ability to carry out assigned tasks and work with the least amount of supervision from the office;
• Good management and organizational skills;
• Discrete and with good discretion;
• With initiative;
• Hard worker; and
• Knowledge of operations management (how to lessen costs and increase productivity).

Job Type: Full-time and On-site reporting

Salary: Php 16,500.00 to Php 24,000.00

Note: The salary for this position will be determined based on the background and experience of the applicant.

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid training
• Leave credits after 1 year of employment
• Free daily lunch
• Dorm Benefit upon regularization (for qualified employees)

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift from Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• 13th month salary
• Overtime pay