Client Accounting Manager (Remote)

We are seeking a Client Accounting Manager with excellent interpersonal and communication skills on behalf of our client. The candidate must have had minimum 5 to 6 years of relevant working experience with Singapore clients, and preferably from a professional services firm in Assurance / Accounting / Outsourcing / Client Accounting environment serving SME clients.

You will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with a portfolio of customers ranging from SME business owners to Finance-Admin SME staff and assist with issues on accounting, GST, tax, payroll and corporate secretarial matters.

You may be tasked to assist in training and helping a team of 2 junior accountants and bookkeepers based both in Singapore and in our Philippines office. In this regard, the ideal candidate should have sound technical knowledge, be task-driven, but also have an ability to work with other accountants and bookkeepers, helping and guiding them technically.

This is a full-time position with a 100% remote working arrangement.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales and Onboarding:

• Prospect, quote, onboard new customers and identify suitable Xero-integrated apps or solutions (point-of-sales, inventory, payments, payroll) for accounting automation.
• Drive and lead migration work, managing production team members to complete.
• Identify opportunities to provide more value and services to the customers, translating to higher fees and upsell of services.
  

Production of Deliverables:

• Create and disseminate monthly management accounts using Xero cloud accounting ecosystem and its integrated solutions. You may be tasked to supervise and review the work of production team members.
• Prepare workpapers, annual unaudited financial statements and tax computation. You may be tasked to supervise and review the work of production team members.
• Perform or review monthly or quarterly GST submissions for customers, as well as submissions of Estimated Chargeable Income and final tax Form C/S on IRAS portal.
• Compute or review payroll and submission of CPF to CPF Board, submission of annual IR8A and IR21.
• Liaise with Corporate Secretary partner firm to ensure Annual Return filing deadlines are met.
• Ensure all timelines and reporting deadlines are adhered to.
• Communicate complex technical information to customers and other stakeholders.
• Ensure good client feedback, customer satisfaction and encourage referrals.

Requirements: 

• Minimum 5-6 years of relevant working experience preferably from a professional services firm in Assurance/Accounting/Outsourcing/Client Accounting environment serving SME clients in Singapore.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, financial statements standards, Singapores GST and tax laws, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
• Minimum Diploma in Accounting or equivalent professional qualification (ACCA, CPA, CA etc.).
• Experience preparing Financial Statements, Tax Computation with good knowledge in Singapore Financial Reporting Standards, tax laws, GST and CPF is preferred.
• A self motivated and proactive mindset, able to make suggestions on the improvement of the firm, and generate initiatives on your own. 
• A high level of interpersonal or communication skills. The ideal candidate should be a good leader, be results and outcomes driven but with great people skills.
• Have the ability to be an extremely good communicator of complex technical information into simple client centric language.
• A natural people person and love working with and dealing with clients problems, and teaching and mentoring junior staff members.
• A knack and interest in testing and rolling out new software and tech solutions. A comfortable digital native.
• Training on accounting software and integrated apps will be provided, however prior experience with Xero accounting software is preferred.