Account Executive / Senior Account Officer
Manage day-to-day accounting transactions, oversee accounts payable and receivable, and ensure the accuracy of financial records.
Responsibilities
- Month/Year End Close
- Ensure that the accounts are close on timely basis
- Assist to ensure all the month end/quarter end reports are prepare accurately and on timely basis
- Ensure appropriate record keeping takes place
- Ensure effective communication within the finance team on deadlines etc
- Regular review of policies and procedures
- Accounts Payable
- Contribute to the operation and integrity of the departmental accounts payable system and ensure accounts payable functions are delivered effectively and efficiently for supplier
- Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment. Following up on original invoices
- Ensure coding to accounts are accurate
- Processing payments based on payment cycle
- Processing approved urgent payment requests as soon as possible
- Conduct regular reviews of policies and procedures to identify issue or provide improvement to current procedures and systems and continually review and update the process of accounts payment to ensure that it meets auditor requirement and is achieved with maximum efficiency
- Undertake a range of operational activities associated with accounts payable including providing an escalation point for complex queries, providing advice to suppliers and vendors, creditor file maintenance, monthly reconciliations and other relevant duties as required
- Respond and reconcile vendor statements, research and correct discrepancies
- Maintain the records of accounts payable by filing all source documents and system generated reports or payment voucher and prepare reports and other documentation for management when requested
- Assist with other projects/tasks as needed/assigned
- To follow up on outstanding payments independently and pay close attention to all matters at hand
- Following up on annual payments renewal. Eg. Insurance payments
- Monitoring payment clearance
- Ensure payments are all taken up / paid according to supplier’s contractual value & period
- Ensure balance schedule always up to date
- Fixed Assets
- Ensure all the relevant information for new assets being updated within the month itself
- Conduct periodic audits to verify the accuracy of the fixed asset register. Assets that have been lost, stolen or have become nonfunctional no longer have value to the organization and, therefore, the remaining book value of such assets must be written off
- Prepare month end report on capex
- Petty Cash Reconciliation
- Ensure invoices are compliance with tax requirement
- Correct budget code & tax code (if applicable) being entered
- Matching cash transactions and reconciling transactions in accounting system by weekly basis
- Inspecting on payment that has gone out but not taken up in accounting system
Qualifications
- Requirement :- Minimum professional certificate, diploma/advanced/higher/graduate diploma, bachelor’s degree/post-graduate diploma/professional degree / acca or its equivalent
- Minimum 3 years working experience in audit or finance handling closing of accounts/reporting
- Minimum 2 years of supervising subordinates
- Minimum 2 years of manufacturing industry accounting experience
- It literate and able to use ms office 365 applications proficiently
- Knowledge in erp system will be an added advantage
- Working knowledge and experience in procurement processes
- Excellent proficiency in communicating in the english language
- Excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi-functional tasks