Accounts Assistant

SINDO FERRY (PTE. LTD.); Singapore; On-site; SGD 39,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

SINDO FERRY (PTE. LTD.) is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support the Accountant and the finance team in day-to-day accounting and reporting.

The role covers accounts receivable and payable, payroll, tax filing, data compilation, billing, and finalisation of accounts for audit. It also involves maintaining records, month-end closing, and basic financial statements, with ad-hoc projects when required.

Qualifications

• Experience with accounts receivable and accounts payable processes.
• Familiarity with payroll and tax filing requirements.
• Proficiency in month-end close and financial statement preparation.
• Ability to use accounting software and data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Assign account codes to transactions in the accounting system.
• Calculate customer/supplier balances and reconcile with totals.
• Compile banking documentation used in processes.
• Enter accurate data into the accounting system.
• Maintain accurate financial records and statements.
• Perform month-end closing activities.
• Process payroll transactions in the accounting system.
• Record business transactions using double-entry accounting principles.
• Record inventory, accruals, prepayments, capital structure and finance costs.
• Record sales, purchases, receivables, payables and cash transactions.
• Retrieve system reports for management use.
• Use IT systems/tools for data analysis.

Skills

Accounts receivable

Accounts payable

Tax filing

Billing

Payroll

Accruals

Fixed assets accounting

Month-end closing

Double-entry accounting

Data analysis

Data entry

Job description

The Accounts Assistant reports to the Accountant to support the finance department in carrying out the responsibilities of the accounting department.

He/She covers duties such as work that is specific to accounts receivable, accounts payable, tax filing, data compilation, billing, payroll or other accounting tasks. He/She works specifically with accruals, fixed assets accounting or the monthly and yearly finalisation of accounts for audit purposes.

He/She assists with the preparation of trial balance, basic financial statements and simple consolidated financial statements.

He/She may be called on to participate in ad-hoc finance-related projects and systems testing when necessary.

• Assign account codes to all transactions in the accounting system.
• Calculate customer/supplier account balances and reconcile with totals.
• Compile the relevant business documentation used in banking processes.
• Enter accurate and timely data into the accounting system.
• Maintain accurate financial records and statements.
• Perform month-end closing activities.
• Process payroll transactions into the organisations accounting system.
• Record and process all business transactions within the organisations accounting system using principles of double-entry accounting.
• Record transactions and events relating to inventory, accruals, prepayments, capital structure and finance costs.
• Record transactions and events relating to sales, purchases, receivables, payables and cash.
• Retrieve system reports from the accounting system for managements use.
• Use relevant IT systems and tools effectively for data analysis.