Accountant/Senior Accountant

Count On Me Pte Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Count On Me Pte Ltd in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a self-driven Accountant or Finance Manager to lead and manage accounting activities for various clients. This full-time remote position involves preparing financial accounts, payroll processing, and compliance reporting. Candidates should have a degree in Accounting or related field, with 3-4 years of experience. Proficiency in MS Excel and familiarity with ERP systems like XERO is essential, along with strong analytical and communication skills. Join us to support international businesses and contribute to their financial success.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 or 4 years of experience in Accounting.
• Comfortable with ERP systems and app testing.
• Self-driven and able to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain full set of accounts for client portfolios.
• Prepare GST/Withholding Tax returns and statutory reporting.
• Process monthly payroll and maintain HR data.
• Assist with company secretary activities as required.

Skills

IT savvy

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Time management

Education

Degree in Accounting or related field

CA/CPA preferred

Tools

XERO

MS Excel

Job description

Count on Me is a professional services firm that specialises in improving efficiency through digitisation and automation. Since we are a one stop solution, we can follow our clients from the incorporation of their companies all the way to the weekly/monthly assistance, to compliance, payroll, tax and advisory.

At Count on Me, you can trust us with your finance functions.

Tasks

Role Description

We are inviting a self-driven individual to lead and manage a full fledge of accounting and finance activities for a client’s portfolio. This is a full-time remote Accountant or Finance Manager role.

You will have the opportunity to be exposed to a variety of tasks and problems to support international businesses, as well as being involved to other internal commercial matters and corporate secretary type of tasks.

Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the Team Directors, understanding the business models of each assigned clients to act as an advisor, the duties and responsibilities are:

• Prepare and maintain the full set of accounts (AR/AP and GL) of the assigned clients’ portfolio along with supporting schedules and any other necessary reconciliation, as well as reporting and support cashflow forecasts and variance analysis.
• Prepare GST / Withholding Tax returns as well as statutory yearly reporting (i.e. XBRL files, Financial statements under IFRS and SFRS, etc.).
• Perform full monthly payroll processing including: maintain HR master data, process pay-runs, upkeep social security administration, statutory filing and annual income tax return submissions.
• Prepare the annual tax returns for the assigned clients.
• Assist the other Senior Accountants or Directors with company secretary activities for the assigned clients portfolio.
• Work on any other ad-hoc requests from clients as included in the agreed scope.

Requirements

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting or related field; CA/CPA preferred
• Minimum 3 or 4 years of experience in Accounting
• Must be IT savvy and comfortable with ERP systems. Experience with app searching and testing for XERO (ideal)
• Proficient in MS Excel is a must
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and remotely
• Self-driven and able to work within tight deadline
• Commercially minded