Afterhours Consultant

Clear Admin People; Philippines; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-from-Home setup with IT equipment

HMO coverage with dependents & life

Paid vacation and sick leave

Monthly & quarterly subsidies

Team engagement activities

Job summary

Clear Admin People in the Philippines is seeking a Financial Accountant to join our specialist team working for Australian clients in a remote work setup. You will supervise a small team of bookkeepers and admin staff, coordinate group financials in Xero, and ensure accurate, timely reporting to support informed decision-making.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, 5+ years Australian accounting experience, advanced Excel skills, and excellent English communication.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of Australian accounting experience.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Proficient in Excel and Microsoft 365.
• Advanced experience in using Xero (including profit centre accounting).
• Working knowledge of GAAP and bookkeeping principles.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a small accounting/bookkeeping team and oversee day-to-day accounting functions.
• Enter intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Oversee payroll activities and monthly payroll payments.
• Prepare month-end processes, balance sheet reconciliations, and journal adjustments.
• Prepare BAS/IAS/PAYG activity statements for lodgment with regulatory bodies.
• Assist with cash position monitoring and forward-looking cash planning.
• Provide reliable financial insights for informed decision-making.

Skills

Attention to detail

English communication

Multitasking & deadline-driven

Learning new systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Xero

Excel

Microsoft 365

Job description

Accountant (For Pooling)

Clear is looking for a Financial Accountant to join our specialist team of accountants and bookkeepers working for Australian clients from a range of industries, in a remote work setup.

Role and Opportunity

We are seeking a detail-oriented Financial Accountant to manage our client’s financial obligations, in a work-from-home setup. Your role is to oversee and coordinate the group’s financial and administrative functions, ensuring proactive management, accuracy, timeliness, and operational efficiency. This position plays a key role in supporting the business with reliable financial insights for informed decision-making, while ensuring that all regulatory and compliance obligations are consistently met.

This is a hands-on role, where you are expected to perform the listed tasks to efficiently supervise a full-time bookkeeper and site-based administrative staff who assist with processing customer and supplier invoices, payroll, and selected month-end tasks.

Purpose

As a Financial Accountant, you shall be reporting to the Finance Manage, in a remote work setup where you will play a key role within a small, collaborative finance team, to:

• Supervise a small team in delivering day-to-day accounting functions, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of financial information across the group, including profit centre reporting and management within Xero
• Maintain delegation of authority and ensure compliance.
• Enter intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Maintain accurate records of business assets, ensuring appropriate recognition, valuation and depreciation treatment within Xero.
• Coordinate weekly supplier payment runs.
• Oversee payroll activities, coordinate weekly, fortnightly and monthly payroll payments.
• Be responsible for other employee-related obligations, including supporting onboarding, payroll tax, superannuation and PAYG-W.
• Complete end of month accounting processes, including ledger maintenance (and profit centre accounting), balance sheet reconciliations and journal adjustments for accruals.
• Close the ledger by 5 working days, monthly.
• Assist with the short-term monitoring of cash position and contribute to forward-looking cash planning.
• Prepare and distribute the weekly dashboard to the management team and board
• Be responsible for drafting activity statements for lodging with ATO (BAS/IAS/PAYG).
• Work closely with the Finance Manager to identify and implement process improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing other tasks as requested by the client and/or management.
• Perform other tasks as required by the client and the management

Essential Experience

• At least 5 years of Australian accounting experience
• Holds a bachelor's degree in accounting or any finance-related field
• High level of proficiency in Excel with experience in using other Microsoft 365 applications
• Advance experience in using Xero (including profit centre accounting)
• Working knowledge of the generally accepted accounting/bookkeeping principles and procedures

• You have relentless attention to detail.
• You have great English communication skills (both verbal and written)
• You aim for excellence and have exceptional skills in processing and handling tasks.
• You excel in multitasking and meeting strict deadlines.
• You quickly learn new systems and software.
• You perform your duties with minimal supervision and still produce outstanding results.
• You have absolute respect for confidentiality and sensitivity of information, with the flexibility to perform other relevant tasks as required by the client or management

Advantageous (Optional Qualifications)

• Familiarity with Australian GST and tax regulations.
• CPA certification or equivalent professional status.

• Work-from-Home (WFH) setup with IT equipment provided
• Support from an outstanding leadership group and team structure, positioning you for success
• Membership of the Clear 6-Tool Player Playground-our unique development and engagement program
• HMO Coverage with free dependents & group term life insurance coverage
• Paid vacation leave and sick leave for regular employees, special leave benefits for all
• Monthly & quarterly subsidies, incentives
• Employee engagement activities (virtual & face-to-face)
• In addition to the above, we provide all mandatory government contributions.