Senior Accounts Associate

What you will be doing:

You will be assisting the Finance Manager based in MY. You will be a self-starter who will operate with significant autonomy and participate in process improvements projects to drive automation and efficiency.

• Responsible for account receivable functions, including invoicing, collection, and updating receivable balances.
• Responsible for accounts payable functions, including raising purchase orders, processing purchase requests from internal team members, performing three-way matching prior to recording supplier invoices, managing the monthly payment cycle, ensuring timely updates of payable balances, and conducting supplier reconciliations.
• Execute daily early payment requests and invoice factoring bank disbursements in a timely and accurate manner.
• Partner with the General Ledger team on monthly closings and other reports. 
• Partner with the Finance Manager to coordinate with bankers throughout the regions on bank matters. (Bank queries, account maintenance, and bank updates.)
• Regularly update the finance operations documents on the server to ensure their completeness, tidiness, and relevance. 
• Timely produce various finance operation reports including but not limited to age receivables report, collection report, purchase order status report, billing report, etc. 
• Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve operational issues including finance operations, client and/or supplier inquiries and collection matters in a timely manner. 
• Act as a collaborative team player to support company and/or departmental initiatives in driving process changes, readily adapting to new workflows and systems to enhance overall finance operational efficiency.
• Any other duties assigned by the Finance Manager.

What we need from you:

• Must possess at least a Diploma in Accounting/Finance.
• Minimum 2 years relevant working experience.
• Able to work independently and multi-task efficiently.
• Positive work attitude and display initiative in problem solving.
• Experience with Xero accounting software preferred.
• Comfortable with technology, softwares and applications.
• Self-disciplined and independent, capable of thriving in a remote environment with minimal supervision.
• Comfortable working in a distributed team, proactive in maintaining clear, consistent communication via digital channels (E.g., Slack, Google Meet).