Senior Accountant

Confidential Jobs; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a detail-oriented Senior Accountant to enhance their finance team. The role involves managing financial operations, ensuring accurate reporting, and collaborating with various teams to maintain financial integrity. The ideal candidate will have proven accounting experience and be skilled in financial software. This position offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to the company's financial success and work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven accounting experience, ideally within a creative agency.
• Professionally qualified or working towards AAT, ACCA, or CIMA.

Responsibilities

• Manage reporting cycles and reconcile payments.
• Prepare flash reports and conduct variance analysis.
• Compile and reconcile monthly tax data.

Skills

Accounting

Organisational Skills

Communication

Education

AAT

ACCA

CIMA

Tools

MS Office

Job description

THE ROLE

Senior Accountant

We’re looking for a confident and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our finance team. In this role, you’ll work closely with the Head of Finance to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of our financial operations. From managing reporting cycles to reconciling payments and budgets, you’ll play a hands-on part in keeping our numbers sharp and our systems running efficiently.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Management

• Review project analysis in Smartsheet and ensure revenue is recognised in a timely manner
• Close jobs in the system once fully billed and finalised
• Work with client teams to ensure all PEs are submitted before revenue recognition, and confirm budget baselines match approved CEs

Accounts Receivable

• Coordinate with the accounts team to deliver accurate and prompt billing
• Generate client and intercompany invoices and credit notes on schedule
• Prepare client account statements and post receipt journals for incoming payments

Accounts Payable

• Set up new vendor records in the system
• Record and review accounts payable entries, verifying against purchase orders
• Reconcile out-of-pocket costs and align payment schedules with account teams
• Review payment requests, ensuring required client funds are received before disbursement
• Process purchase order invoices, staff reimbursements, and salary payments through banking

General Ledger

• Post month-end journals and audit general ledger activity for accuracy
• Work with intercompany partners to resolve monthly variances
• Conduct thorough reviews of profit and loss statements and balance sheet schedules

Payroll

• Review payroll disbursements submitted by the external provider
• Reconcile monthly salary data and post related accounting entries

Reporting

• Prepare flash reports and month-end pre-close files
• Conduct variance analysis and populate detailed income reports
• Perform bank reconciliations and FX revaluations
• Finalise balance schedules and update TM1 data for month-end close

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support the preparation of annual budgets, forward plans, and quarterly reforecasts

Tax

• Compile and reconcile monthly input and output tax data
• Manage monthly and quarterly tax declarations, including VAT and withholding tax
• Prepare and review corporate income tax filings (SG)

Audit

• Gather and prepare supporting documentation for internal and external audits
• Help enforce and maintain financial controls and policies

Ad Hoc

• Take part in weekly finance team meetings
• Provide support on general office admin tasks in collaboration with HR/FD
• Carry out one-off financial analysis as needed by leadership or teams

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Proven accounting experience, ideally within a creative agency or similar environment
• Skilled in using accounting software and MS Office (particularly Excel and Word)
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Excellent communicator with a collaborative and proactive mindset
• Professionally qualified or working towards qualifications such as AAT, ACCA, or CIMA