Accounting Associate

Leechiu Property Consultants, Inc.; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 320,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Leechiu Property Consultants, Inc. is seeking an Accounting Associate to manage day-to-day bookkeeping for multiple entities and personal accounts.

The role emphasizes accurate recordkeeping, timely compliance filings, and strong attention to detail in a confidential family-owned setup. You'll prepare draft financial statements, reconcile accounts monthly, and support BIR/SEC filings, LGU permits, and payroll-related remittances.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of accounting experience
• Familiarity with BIR returns and filings
• Experience with cloud accounting systems (QuickBooks Online, Xero)
• Strong attention to detail and deadline discipline

Responsibilities

• Bookkeeping for multiple entities and personal accounts using QuickBooks Online.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations and draft monthly financial statements.
• Draft BIR returns and year-end reports with required schedules.
• Prepare paperwork for SEC filings, LGU permits, and related compliance.
• Manage personal expense administration and household payables.
• Coordinate payments, receipts, and collections across entities.

Skills

Accounting experience

Attention to detail

QuickBooks Online

Familiar with eFPS/eBIRForms

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or related field

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Xero

Job description

We look after the personal financial affairs of a business owner — a small group of holding entities, some real estate, an investment portfolio, and household finances. The Personal Accountant oversees all of it, but on a part-time basis, which means there's more day-to-day work than one person can comfortably carry.

That's where you come in. As Accounting Associate, you'll handle the everyday running of the books: keeping records current, preparing the compliance filings, reconciling accounts, and making sure everything is properly documented and on time.

You'll be preparing the work; the Personal Accountant reviews and approves. Tax positions and anything that calls for a judgment call stay with him. What's yours is making sure the groundwork underneath is accurate, complete, and ready when it needs to be.

It's a good fit for someone with two to four years of accounting experience who'd like broader exposure than a single-company role tends to offer, and who's comfortable handling confidential information with care.

Duties and Responsibilities, but not limited to the following:

Bookkeeping and records

• Keeping the books for several entities and personal accounts up to date in QuickBooks Online (or similar) — posting as you go rather than catching up at month-end.
• Monthly bank, credit card, and account reconciliations, with a summary of any open items for review.
• Maintaining the supporting schedules: prepaids, accruals, depreciation, loan amortization, and intercompany balances.
• Preparing draft monthly financial statements for each entity.

Compliance preparation

• Drafting BIR returns and their supporting schedules for review — 1601-C, 0619-E/F, 1601-EQ/FQ, 2550Q, 2551Q, QSLSP, 1702Q, QSAWT, and the annual returns.
• Putting together the year-end requirements: alphalists, SLSP, QAP/SAWT, and collating and issuing BIR Form 2307.
• Keeping the compliance calendar and giving the Personal Accountant plenty of runway — ideally ten working days before each deadline, with the draft ready to go.
• Preparing the paperwork for SEC filings (AFS, GIS), LGU business permit renewals, barangay clearances, and real property tax.
• Preparing SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG remittances for employees and household staff.
• Gathering supporting documents whenever BIR queries come up.

Investment and asset records

• Maintaining the investment register: holdings, cost basis, dividends, interest, corporate actions, and distributions.
• Reconciling broker, bank, and fund statements each month and flagging anything that doesn't tie out.
• Looking after the document file — share certificates, deeds, titles, loan agreements, corporate records — with a clear index, so anything can be found quickly when it's needed.

Personal expense administration

• Reconciling and categorizing personal credit card and account activity each month.
• Preparing the monthly personal expense report and budget summary.
• Preparing household payables for approval — staff payroll, utilities, insurance, subscriptions, tuition, medical, travel, etc. — with the supporting documents attached.
• Keeping personal and corporate expenses properly separated, and flagging anything that sits in between rather than deciding how to treat it yourself.
• Tracking insurance policies and renewal dates.

Payments and collections

• Preparing cheques and payment instructions with the supporting documents attached, ready for signature.
• Maintaining the cheque register and keeping unused cheque booklets under proper custody.
• Monitoring receivables across the entities — rental income, dividends, interest, loan repayments, and reimbursements — and keeping an aged listing that's genuinely current.
• Following up on overdue accounts: sending statements and reminders, calling tenants and counterparties, and escalating anything that's been outstanding too long.
• Issuing official receipts, recording collections promptly, and preparing deposit slips.
• Reconciling collections to bank credits each week, so nothing sits unaccounted for.

Coordination

• Dealing with banks, brokers, auditors, corporate secretaries, and government offices on routine matters.
• Handling BIR, SEC, and LGU submissions and follow-ups.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or a related field.
• 2-4 years in general accounting or bookkeeping, including hands-on preparation of BIR returns.
• Familiarity with eFPS/eBIRForms and the forms listed above.
• Comfortable with a cloud accounting system (QuickBooks Online, Xero, or similar).
• A genuinely careful eye. This role lives or dies on whether the numbers are right and the deadlines are met.

Nice to have

• CPA license, or working towards it. Not required — and if you're still studying, we'll support review and examination leave.
• Experience across more than one entity.
• Any exposure to SEC filings, LGU permits, or SSS/PhilHealth/Pag-IBIG.
• Experience with accounts receivable and collections follow-up, particularly rental or lease income.
• Previous work in a family business or owner-managed setting.