Accounting Associate – Client Accounting Services

Remote Employee PH; Paombong; Remote; PHP 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HMO for employee

2 dependents covered

Rice allowance PHP 1500

Job summary

Remote Employee PH is hiring an Accounting Associate to support day-to-day accounting for a U.S.-based client. The role involves AP/AR, billing, reconciliations, payroll entries, and month-end close in a remote, team-based environment.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance with 1–3 years of relevant experience, strong Excel skills, and experience with project accounting and time-and-billing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 1–3 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Experience supporting U.S.-based companies preferred.
• Working knowledge of accrual accounting and month-end close.
• Hands-on experience with AP, AR, billing, reconciliations, and journal entries.
• Exposure to project accounting, job costing, time-and-billing, or professional services accounting preferred.
• Experience with accounting/project management systems; BigTime is desirable.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Ability to manage deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, team-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and timely accounting records according to policies.
• Record and classify financial transactions and maintain documentation.
• Process accounts payable and maintain vendor records.
• Support client billing, including client invoices.
• Maintain accounts receivable records and AR aging schedules.
• Support collections, tracking invoices and escalation of delinquent accounts.
• Perform bank and credit card reconciliations.
• Support payroll accounting and related entries.
• Assist with month-end close, including reconciliations and journals.
• Assist with monthly financial statements and management reporting.
• Review time submissions for client billing accuracy.
• Assist with setting up projects, tasks, budgets, and billing categories.
• Monitor project activity against budgets and identify unbilled time.
• Maintain project/client information in systems and ensure status accuracy.
• Identify accounting discrepancies and assist timely resolution.
• Follow established processes, controls, close calendars, and client service standards.
• Communicate proactively with Senior Accountant about outstanding items.

Skills

Attention to detail

English fluency

Time management

Remote work

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

BigTime

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Role: Accounting Associate – Client Accounting Services
Compensation: Competitive Basic Salary
Benefits: HMO plus 2 free dependents and PHP 1,500 rice allowance
Work Schedule: 5-day work week, 12:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Philippine time
Work Setup: WFH

Position Overview:

We are seeking an Accounting Associate to support the day-to-day accounting function for a U.S.-based professional services client.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain accurate and timely accounting records in accordance with established accounting policies and procedures.
• Record and classify financial transactions and maintain supporting documentation.
• Process accounts payable and maintain vendor records.
• Support client billing, including preparation and issuance of client invoices.
• Maintain accounts receivable records and AR aging schedules.
• Support proactive collections efforts, including tracking outstanding invoices, documenting client follow-up, and escalating delinquent accounts.
• Perform bank and credit card reconciliations.
• Support payroll accounting and related entries.
• Assist with month-end close, including reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, schedules, and supporting documentation.
• Support preparation of monthly financial statements and management reporting.
• Review employee time submissions for completeness and accuracy as they relate to client billing.
• Assist with setting up new projects based on client scopes of work, including project tasks, billing categories, and budgets.
• Assist with monitoring project activity against established budgets.
• Identify missing, incomplete, or potentially unbilled time and escalates exceptions to the Senior Accountant.
• Maintain accurate project and client information within accounting and project management systems.
• Assist with maintaining accurate project status, including inactive, on-hold, and completed projects.
• Identify accounting discrepancies and assist with timely resolution.
• Follow established accounting processes, internal controls, close calendars, and client service standards.
• Communicate proactively with the Senior Accountant regarding outstanding items, deadlines, and potential issues.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Experience supporting U.S.-based companies preferred.
• Working knowledge of accrual accounting and month-end close.
• Hands-on experience with accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, bank reconciliations, credit card reconciliations, and journal entries.
• Exposure to project accounting, job costing, time-and-billing, or professional services accounting preferred.
• Experience working with accounting and/or project management systems. BigTime experience is highly desirable but not required.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify discrepancies or incomplete information.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Ability to manage deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Highly responsive, accountable, and proactive in communicating issues and following through on assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to work effectively within a remote, team-based environment.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with project-based or professional services organizations such as consulting, architecture, engineering, real estate services, or legal services is preferred.

Experience or exposure to the following is particularly relevant:

• Project-based accounting
• Time and billing systems
• Project budget monitoring
• Accounts receivable and collections
• Billable-time reporting
• U.S. GAAP/accrual accounting
• BigTime or similar professional services software