Accountant Full Time NEW

Purpose of the Job:

• To support financial decision making by implementing standard financial accounting and reporting system that provides accurate and current information to management and other stakeholders.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare and submit timely, accurate, and complete financial reports.
• Collect and analyze financial data.
• Prepare periodic financial statements and reports and submit to Manager, Financial Reporting & Analysis for review.
• Review and evaluate for cost-reduction opportunities and manage the Company’s financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems.
• Maintain tracers for all suspense and clearing accounts and any other temporary account.
• Check the agreement of the total with the respective general ledger balance.
• Provide required documents and explanations to external and internal auditors.
• Anticipate and document the impact of new accounting rules to the Company’s financial statements.
• Ensure that all reporting is in compliance with the International Finance Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting regulations and guidelines.
• Consolidate entries and account to be utilized in financial reports.
• Prepare, compile and sort documents for data entry. Transcribe information into required electronic format.
• Maintain tax proclamations, regulations, directives and circulars applicable to the Company in hard copy and soft copy as appropriate.
• Conduct analysis on tax relief business status and report to the management.
• Liaise with the appropriate tax authorities for any new updates on the tax laws.
• Organize and give tax trainings for the finance and management staff as appropriate and keep them updated when there are new tax laws.
• Ensure that the company complies with all applicable tax.
• Prepare tax returns for all applicable taxes, pension contribution and cost sharing.
• Keep appropriate documentation, copy of returns and tax payment receipts for all the applicable taxes.
• Prepare and process tax refund request, if any.
• Follow up any outstanding issues in tax matters with the tax authority and keep the management update.
• Facilitate and follow up tax audits by availing the documents to be required by the tax authority.
• Liaise with the tax authority and follow up tax assessment notice, if any.
• Liaise with the tax authority if there is any appeal by the company following tax audits.

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Taxation or related fields with three (3) years of directly related experience.