Accounting Officer / Assistant Accounting Officer

ISS Facility Services Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

ISS Facility Services Limited in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong is seeking a Finance professional to assist the Finance Director in ensuring timely monthly and yearly financial statements for managed properties under Cap. 344 of the Building Management Ordinance.

You will act as a customer ambassador to Incorporated Owners, coordinating reporting and inquiries with diligence and integrity. The role requires a Degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Admin and at least 3 years in a sizable organization.

Qualifications

• Degree holder in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Minimum 3 years' relevant experience in a sizable organization.
• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the trust accounting team for monthly reporting under PAM.
• Manage timely distribution of monthly reports to managed properties and IO inquiries (occasional after-hours meetings).
• Work cross-functionally within PAM to obtain and reconcile data for monthly and yearly statements.
• Liaise with external auditors to ensure statutory reporting compliance and timely audited statements per Cap. 344.
• Oversee outsourced providers for financial and management reporting tasks as required.
• Provide regular communication and training on processes and systems to staff and outsourced providers.
• Involve, coordinate, and support special projects as needed.

Skills

English

Chinese

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Accounting degree

Finance degree

Business Administration degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

ISS connects people and places to make the world work better. Are you ready to connect to a place where you belong? At our corporate facilities or at client sites - together, we make places while transforming businesses into having even more positive impact on societies, the environment and our people.

Location: Quarry Bay

This position aims to assist the Finance Director to ensure the timely production of monthly and yearly financial statements for the managed properties governed by Cap. 344 of the Building Management Ordinance, and to act as customer ambassador to the Incorporated Owners (IO) of managed properties to ensure any finance related matters are properly handled and followed up without delays.

What you'll do

Co-ordinate and work closely with the trust accounting team in managing the monthly reporting matters under the Property Asset Management Division (PAM)

Prime responsibility to project manage the timely distribution of monthly reports to managed properties, and to handle any enquiries from the Incorporated Owners (IO), including but not limited to attending the regular management committee meetings often held after office hours

Work cross-functionally with other end-to-end managers, and other points of contact within PAM, to ensure sufficient information are obtained and reconciled on a timely basis for production of monthly and yearly financial statements of the managed properties

Work closely with external auditors to ensure compliance of Reporting with statutory requirements, including but not limited to production of audited financial statements for managed properties on a timely basis as stipulated in the Cap. 344 Building Management Ordinance

Oversee outsourced providers to perform financial and management reporting tasks when required

Provide regular communication and training on processes and systems for employees, outsourced providers, as and when necessary

Involve, coordinate, and support special projects as needed

Degree holder in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related discipline

Minimum 3 years' relevant experience in sizable organization

Personal skills you excel

Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese

Independent, detail-minded, able to work under pressure in fast-paced environment

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Knowledge and experience working with building management would be advantageous but not necessary

Strong commitment, analytical, proactive, innovative and high integrity, professional ethics and business sense

Why ISS

Since our founding in 1901, ISS has been a people-first company. We recognize the power of diversity and celebrate the differences that make us unique. When everyone is free to be themselves, everyone benefits. Our people feel safe, respected, represented, and supported as their authentic selves, allowing them to seize opportunities and reach their full potential. We take seriously our obligation to improve lives, make a difference in our communities, and protect our planet - because when we get things right, the world works better. And that is what drives us.

ISS is a Place to Be You. Be who you are. Become what you want. Be part of something bigger.

Become more. Become ISS.

ISS seeks to BE a place of belonging and CREATE places where every person is welcomed, embraced, and valued for exactly who they are. Places where people feel safe, respected, represented, and supported as their authentic selves.