Accounts Associate (DP)

Book & Entries Services; George Town; Hybrid; MYR 39,000 - 61,000; Full time

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Job summary

Book & Entries Services in George Town, Malaysia, is hiring for an accounting role handling day-to-day processing for Singapore and Malaysia clients. You will process transactions in Xero, manage AR/AP, and assist with month-end activities and tax data preparation.

The candidate should have a Bachelor's in Accounting (ACCA or equivalent preferred), strong English (Mandarin a plus), and 1 year accounting/Xero experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent.
• Strong English communication, Mandarin preferred.
• Self-motivated, independent, proactive and a team player.
• Willingness to learn and good attitude.
• Strong project and time management.
• Open to using technology for efficiency.
• Able to handle large data sets with software.
• Preferably 1 year accounting and Xero experience.
• Meticulous and organized.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day accounting data processing for Singapore and Malaysia clients.
• Process and maintain accounting transactions in Xero and other platforms.
• AR processing: invoicing, debit/credit notes, quotations, POS data, AR/DSR reports.
• AP processing: supplier bills, PO matching, SOA reconciliation, staff claims.
• Assist month-end activities and accounting adjustments.
• Support Xero-related activities: data import, processing, document management, troubleshooting.
• Assist with XBRL and financial statement prep, including data roll-forward.
• Prepare P&L schedules and Excel datasheets for tax computation and filing.
• Document and data management: saving and organizing client documents, archiving.

Skills

English communication

Mandarin

Team player

Time management

Proactive

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

ACCA or equivalent

Tools

Xero

Excel

Job description

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1. Perform day-to-day accounting data processing for Singapore and Malaysia clients.
2. Process and maintain accounting transactions in Xero and other relevant accounting platforms.
3. Perform Accounts Receivable (AR) processing, including:
   • Preparing sales invoices, debit notes and credit notes
   • Processing quotations where required
   • Importing and processing POS transactions
   • Preparing relevant AR and DSR reports
4. Perform Accounts Payable (AP) processing, including:
   • Processing supplier bills, debit notes and credit notes
   • Performing purchase order and supporting document matching
   • Performing statement of account (SOA) reconciliation
   • Processing staff claims and other business expenses
   • Maintaining accurate AP records
5. Assist with month-end accounting activities, including preparing schedules, checking transactions completeness and supporting necessary accounting adjustments.
6. Support Xero-related activities, including data import, transaction processing, document management and basic issue troubleshooting.
7. Assist with XBRL and financial statement preparation, including data preparation, roll-forward of prior-year information, casting and cross-referencing.
8. Support corporate tax-related data preparation, including preparing P&L information and required Excel schedules for tax computation and filing.
9. Perform document and data management, including:
   • Saving and organising client documents
   • Downloading and saving reports from relevant platforms
   • Maintaining client folders and SharePoint records
   • Creating folders for new financial periods
   • Archiving older financial year documents
10. Identify missing information, unusual transactions or processing issues and raise queries to the relevant team members for clarification.
11. Work closely with the Record to Report and Accounts Finalization teams to ensure smooth handover and completion of accounting workflows.
12. Support team members in other accounting-related and ad hoc duties as assigned.

Requirements

1. Degree in Accounting, ACCA or equivalent
2. Good command of English with ability to interact well with internal departments and external clients (Mandarin is preferred)
3. Self-motivated, independent, pro-active, has great initiative & a team player
4. Good learning attitude
5. Good project and time management.
6. Open to technology in adopting applications to perform work efficiently.
7. Ability to work with large data set through software
8. Preferably minimum 1 year of accounting and Xero accounting software experience
9. Meticulous and organised.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

• Opportunities for promotion

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Accounts: 1 year (Preferred)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

• Opportunities for promotion

Work Location: Hybrid remote in George Town