8NABLER
8nabler is a voice AI company building multilingual conversational AI for enterprise clients across ASEAN. Our platform handles SEA based languages such as Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin, and other regional dialects for banking, financial services, and government agencies. We have a growing client base and backed by international investors.
The Role
We are looking for an accounts executive to own day-to-day bookkeeping and financial operations. You will be part of a fast-moving team, working closely with our COO and an external accounting firm that handles audit and annual tax filing.
This is primarily a hands-on bookkeeping role (approximately 40-50% of your time), with the remainder split across payroll, statutory compliance, external accountant liaison, and periodic contract-related entries.
What You Will Do
- Maintain the general ledger in QuickBooks Online (or equivalent cloud accounting software), including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, and inter-company entries.
- Process monthly payroll and compute EPF, SOCSO/EIS, and PCB deductions. Prepare and submit statutory contributions to KWSP, PERKESO, and LHDN on schedule.
- Act as the primary liaison with our external accounting firm prepare supporting schedules, provide source documents, and coordinate timely submission of corporate tax computation and annual filings.
- Handle contract-related journal entries where clients pay deposits, milestone-based instalments, or advance payments. You should understand when to recognise revenue versus post deferred income.
- Manage foreign currency entries arising from USD-denominated funding and multi-currency ASEAN client invoicing.
- Prepare EA forms at year-end and support SST return filing as applicable
What We Are Looking For
- ACCA part-qualified (or equivalent: CIMA, MICPA, diploma/degree in accounting). If you are currently sitting your ACCA papers, this role gives you direct practical exposure to Financial Accounting (FA), Financial Reporting (FR), and Taxation (TX-MYS) syllabus areas.
- 2–4 years of hands-on full-set accounts experience, ideally in an SME or startup environment.
- Proficient in QuickBooks Online, Xero, SQL Accounting, or AutoCount you should be comfortable setting up and maintaining a chart of accounts, not just processing transactions.
- Solid working knowledge of Malaysian statutory requirements: EPF, SOCSO/EIS, PCB, corporate tax schedules, and SST.
- Comfortable with foreign currency transactions and basic forex accounting.
- Self-managing and deadline-driven. You will own the finance function the external accountant provides a safety net for complex compliance, but daily deadlines are yours.
