Accounting Officer
Job Summary
Cloudstaff is looking for an Accounting Officer to join their Hybrid team in the Philippines. The position is responsible for providing comprehensive financial, clerical, and administrative support across the Group Finance team. Key duties include processing invoices, recording customer receipts, and completing month-end accounting activities.
Responsibilities
- Process invoices and data entry accurately
- Manage vendor records and resolve supplier discrepancies
- Perform bank and credit card reconciliations
- Assist with month-end accounting activities and journals
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related
- At least 5 years of experience in a similar role
- Strong English communication skills
- Experience in accounts receivable and accounts payable
Job Details
Role: Accounting Officer
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Schedule: Morning Shift
Job Description:
The position is responsible for working closely with stakeholders across the Group Finance team—including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and the accounting team, to provide comprehensive financial, clerical, and administrative support. Key responsibilities include ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoices, recording of customer receipts, and completion of month end accounting activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accurate coding and data entry of daily invoices into the accounting system in a timely manner and in accordance with weekly team targets and priorities
- Working with authorised persons to maintain vendor records and enforcing firm policy in relation to new vendors and vendor changes
- Manage Workday Help support requests to ensure timely responses to queries
- Resolve supplier account discrepancies by investigating documentation, liaising with suppliers, issuing stop payments, payments, or adjustments
- Assisting with credit card reconciliations
- Understanding, processing recoverable costs from the clients, coordinating with respective office managers and business cost centres owners for timely submission. Maintaining monthly reconciliation of the costs by the RSM offices.
- Monitoring of common email inbox for timely response and queries
- Assisting in bank reconciliation process of multiple bank accounts, accounting of receipts to correct customer accounts in a separate system (MYOB)
- Monthly reconciliation of accounts receivable control account with customer accounts and working effectively to resolve variances
- Accounting journals for month end and ad hoc adjustments
- Assisting senior accountants with month end activities
- Cross-skilling across other areas within Group Finance and to provide backup support for processes during periods of absence
- Share knowledge with team members through effective communication
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed; and
- Assist with other Group Finance activities when required.
Qualification and requirements:
Education Requirements:
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related
Demonstrated Experience & Attributes:
Essential
- Experienced working in a similar role for at least 5 years
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Exposure to working across finance streams of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of general bookkeeping procedures
- Knowledge of general accounting principals
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Strong problem solving and query resolution skills
Desirable
- Exposure to Workday, MYOB.
- Exposure to Australian based companies
Non-negotiable skills & requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related
- Experienced working in a similar role for at least 5 years
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Exposure to working across finance streams of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Perks & Benefits:
- Comprehensive health and life insurance on your 16th day of employment, covering 1 free dependent on the 16th day of employment
- Flexible leave credits which may be used for vacation, emergency and sick leaves
- Quarterly perks boxes for WFH staff, offering groceries and snacks to keep you fueled
- Superb and exciting Mid-Year Parties – with items to give away and cash prizes!
- Endless opportunities for career advancement
- Annual Performance Review with Salary Increase
- We set you up for success with a company-provided PC/Laptop and fiber internet connection
- Tech-on-wheels Support
- Participate and join our CS Social Clubs and Special Interest Groups to connect with colleagues
- International career growth and connections
- Unlimited cash incentives for hired referrals
- Mental Wellness Employee Assistance program through Lifeworks
- In-house psychiatrist available to support employees' well-being
- Become part of the Employee Share Units program
- Cloudstaff Dream Points - To be used for bidding useful items like appliances, kitchenettes etc.