Senior Accountant

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Reporting to: CEO and Operations Manager

Remuneration: ₱70,000-75,000 monthly basic salary, plus benefits and HMO coverage for you and two dependents from day one

Location: 100% remote (work‑from‑home). You must reside within Greater Metro Manila to attend the team Christmas party and other social events.

Working Hours: Dayshift, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM PHT (Manila time).

Client Overview

Our client is a global membership organisation for universities, colleges, and corporates focused on AI and digital education. They work with member institutions across Asia-Pacific, EMEA, and the Americas, helping the sector navigate the impact of AI on education and work. It is headquartered in Singapore and operates internationally, with revenue, suppliers, and team members across multiple countries and currencies.

The Role

Accurate. Self-directed. Trusted with the whole picture.

Our client is looking for a Senior Accountant to take full ownership of its day-to-day finance operations for their Small to Medium Business (SMB). This is a sole-charge role for a genuine self-starter. There is no finance team above or below you, so you will need to be someone who closes a month without being chased and who raises issues rather than working around them.

The scope is broad by design. You will move between receivables, payables, bookkeeping, payroll and reporting across the course of a month, working directly with leadership and with the sales and contracts side of the business. There is real scope to improve how things are done — we would rather you tell us a process is inefficient than quietly work around it.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Receivable

• Raise and issue membership, programme, and advisory invoices in line with signed agreements and agreed payment schedules
• Monitor aged receivables and run structured, professional collections follow-up with institutional clients, including purchase-order and supplier-portal billing requirements
• Reconcile receipts across multiple banking and payment platforms and allocate payments accurately against invoices
• Flag payment risks, disputes, and short-payments early, with a recommended course of action

Accounts Payable

• Process supplier invoices, contractor claims, and staff expense claims, checking approvals, coding, and supporting documentation
• Prepare payment runs for approval across multiple entities and currencies
• Maintain supplier records and reconcile supplier statements
• Manage recurring subscriptions and vendor renewals, and highlight cost creep

Bookkeeping and Data Entry

• Maintain accurate, timely data entry into our cloud accounting system
• Perform bank, credit card, and merchant-platform reconciliations
• Maintain the chart of accounts and apply consistent coding, including project and cost-centre tagging
• Prepare month-end journals, accruals, prepayments, and deferred revenue entries
• Keep orderly digital records so that every transaction is supportable

Payroll

• Prepare and process payroll on schedule, including salaries, allowances, commissions, and bonuses
• Ensure statutory contributions, withholding, and filings are correct and lodged on time in each relevant jurisdiction
• Maintain payroll records, leave balances, and employee and contractor payment details in strict confidence
• Prepare payroll journals and reconcile payroll to the general ledger
• Liaise with external payroll providers, employers of record, and accountants where used

Reporting

• Prepare monthly management reports, including profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash-flow position
• Produce receivables ageing, collections, and cash-forecast reporting for leadership
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Prepare working papers and schedules for external accountants, auditors, and tax agents
• Respond to ad hoc reporting requests from leadership with accurate, well-presented numbers

General

• Identify and implement improvements to finance processes, controls, and automation
• Maintain confidentiality across all financial, payroll, and commercial information
• Work with the contracts and sales side of the business so that what is billed matches what was signed

About You

• At least five to seven years hands-on experience managing the end-to-end accounting finance function for a Small to Medium Sized business (SMB) with minimum supervision.
• You need to be a self-starter who can set up Xero from scratch including establishing the chart of accounts and so on.
• A degree in accountancy.
• Confident month-end close capability, including journals, accruals and reconciliations.
• Experience using Xero. Ideally you have your Xero certification.
• Exposure to Singaporean payroll and statutory requirements will be highly regarded.
• Excellent written and spoken English, and the confidence to correspond directly with university and government finance departments.
• High attention to detail and the discipline to meet deadlines without being chased.
• Discretion and sound judgement in handling confidential information.
• Experience supporting an international or multi-entity business, including multi-currency transactions.
• Experience with subscription or membership-based revenue and deferred revenue recognition will be highly regarded.
• Familiarity with HubSpot, Slack, and Google Workspace will be highly regarded.
• Track record of improving or automating a finance process rather than simply maintaining it.