Accountant/Bookkeeper (Philippines)

UpCounting; Philippines; Remote; PHP 3,781,000 - 5,671,000; Full time

Job summary

UpCounting is seeking a remote, full-cycle bookkeeper to manage a portfolio of ecommerce client files with 39 hours per week aligned to EST hours. You will handle reconciliations, A/P, A/R, journal entries, and month-end close for multiple brands with strict deadlines.

You will review work with an accounting manager and ensure timely, accurate filings, including sales tax across jurisdictions. Prior QBO/Xero and ClickUp experience is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in accounting or bookkeeping in a firm, BPO, or international multi-client environment.
• Multiple clients across separate books with deadlines and stakeholders.
• Full cycle bookkeeping: reconciliations, A/P, A/R, journal entries, accruals and prepaids.
• Worked to a month-end close with fixed deadlines.
• QuickBooks Online or Xero experience; onboarding certification funded if needed.
• Follow written instructions precisely and without reminders.
• Experience working with clients outside your country, ideally US/Canada/UK/Australia.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• eCommerce or consumer goods clients; Inventory and COGS; Sales tax and multi-jurisdiction compliance.
• ClickUp or similar project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Full-cycle bookkeeping across a portfolio of client files.
• Support month-end close with reconciliations, schedules, and working papers.
• Record payroll entries, prepaids, and accruals accurately.
• Prepare sales tax filings and remittances.
• Check your own work before it goes to review; catching errors is part of the job.
• Raise discrepancies clearly and early, with what you have checked.
• Act on review notes fully and on time, including unitemised ones.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Month-end close

A/P & A/R

Reconciliations

Attention to detail

Follow instructions

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Xero

ClickUp

Job description

Hours: Full overlap with EST, 9 am to 5 pm

The role

You carry several eCommerce client files at once, each with their own books and deadlines. Reconciliations, A/P, A/R, journal entries, month-end close, on every file. Our clients are 7- to 9-figure brands, and we work to a five-day close.

We are hiring for multi-client and full cycle. Multi-client means separate clients, not entities inside one company. Full cycle means you have carried a client from bank feed through to a closed month, not just A/P, A/R, or reconciliations.

Your work is reviewed by an accounting manager or senior accountant before it reaches the client, and you are expected to make that review short.

Must have

• 3+ years in accounting or bookkeeping, in a firm, BPO, or international multi-client environment
• Multiple clients, not multiple entities. You have worked across separate client books with their own deadlines and stakeholders. Several subsidiaries of one company in one system is a different job and does not count here.
• Full cycle bookkeeping: reconciliations, A/P, A/R, journal entries, accruals and prepaids
• You have worked to a month-end close and met it. Fixed deadlines preferred. If yours has been rolling, be ready to talk about how you would adapt.
• QuickBooks Online or Xero experience. We will fund your QuickBooks Online certification during onboarding if you do not have it.
• You can follow written instructions precisely, including format, naming, and deadlines, without being reminded.
• Experience working with clients or employers outside your own country, ideally the US, Canada, the UK, or Australia
• English strong enough to be understood in writing and on a live call
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• eCommerce or consumer goods clients
• Inventory and COGS experience
• Sales tax and multi-jurisdiction compliance
• ClickUp or similar project management tools

What you will do

• Full-cycle bookkeeping across a portfolio of client files
• Support month-end close: reconciliations, schedules, supporting workpapers
• Record payroll entries, prepaids, and accruals accurately
• Prepare sales tax filings and remittances
• Check your own work before it goes to review. Catching your own errors is part of the job.
• Raise discrepancies clearly and early, with what you have already checked
• Action review notes fully and on time, including the ones that were not itemised for you.

What the job actually looks like

• Month end is the most demanding period of the month and falls within the first ten business days. It eases considerably after that.
• You are expected to book around 39 hours a week to client work, tracked accurately.
• Your first two weeks are onboarding, not client work. How you handle that period tells us a lot.
• When you are stuck, you come with the problem and what you have already tried. You do not wait for a scheduled call to raise it.
• Some of our processes are mature, and others are still being built. Tell us when you hit a gap.

This role is not for you if

• You need each piece of work handed to you and itemised
• You wait for a scheduled call to raise something rather than flagging it the same day
• You assume an explanation for something that looks wrong instead of checking it
• You are looking for a calmer or less demanding environment. This is public accounting; it is busy by design, and month-end has real pressure in it.
• Working full EST hours would be a strain on your health or your life
• Your current role is AP only, AR only, or audit rather than full cycle accounting.
• Paid time off, Me Days, statutory holidays in your country, year-end company closure
• Certifications and internal training paid forPromotion from within based on performance and impact. Several of our leaders started in more junior roles.
• Fully remote, async first
• Intro call with the People Team, 30 minutes
• Practical assessment
• Final interview with accounting leadership