Assistant Manager / Manager - Accounts and Finance

Mission :

To support the Accounting department in producing accurate and timely financial statements by preparing and recording detailed AP, AR and other general accounting transactions.

Authority :

This position reports to the Accounting Senior Manager.

Skills :

Intermediate to advanced knowledge of excel.

Knowledge of advanced accounting platforms such as NetSuite.

Knowledge of advanced cloud-based reporting, AR and AP system.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Ability to work under pressure with changing deadlines and responsibilities.

Must be detail-oriented, flexible, and able to multitask.

Highly organized, strong analytical and problem solving skills.

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.

3 to 5 years accounting experience.

Hands-on experience on month-end and year-end close processes, account reconciliations and financial audit.

Comfortable working with various internal stakeholders (ie. Human Resources, IT, Operations, Marketing) and external vendors.

Comfortable working in a remote-first work environment.

Key Result Areas :

Objectives / Activities

Month-End & Year-End Processes

Review and account AP & corporate expense reports

Perform monthly bank reconciliation

Help with tax filings

Perform month clode activities such as accruals, prepays, deferrals, etc

Support with revenue recognition & refunds

Review monthly Income Statement and provides explanation on the monthly fluctuations for P&L accounts

Accounts Payable Processing

Review and approve POs and invoices in Nexonia

Process weekly check run for vendor payments

Initiate wire requests

Request and maintain W-9 / W-8 information for vendors and record new vendor information into NetSuite

Create necessary AP accrual journal entries and montly dererral entries

Coordinate 1099 filings

Audit Assistance

Prepare AP and other Accounting documents requested for audit

Work directly with auditor for any questions

Perform walkthrough of Accounting tasks as requested by auditors

Fixed Assets

Ensure the accuracy of Fixed Assets additions & retirements

Maintain Fixed Assets Module

Verify that all assets are depreciated monthly

Verify that monthly depreciation journal entries are accurate

Create all necessary retirement entries

Government & Business Filings

Ensure government filings and business renewals are filed on time

Maintain Business Filings document

Work with tax consultant

Miscellaneous

Assist management on special projects as necessary

Work with various departments as information is required from accounting department

Assists accounting / finance department in ad hoc tasks and / or projects

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