As a Senior Accounts Executive, you are at the heart of our organisation's financial operations, helping drive accuracy, efficiency, and smart business decisions. This role is designed for proactive, detail-oriented finance professionals who enjoy being hands-on while also contributing strategic insights that shape the company's future.
You will manage core finance functions including accounting, reporting, budgeting, cash flow, and compliance, while ensuring strong internal controls and smooth day-to-day operations. Beyond the numbers, you will collaborate with teams across the organisation, support audits, guide junior staff, and contribute ideas to improve processes and financial governance.
If you are a finance professional who thrives on responsibility, enjoys making an impact, and values working in a supportive and collaborative environment, this is the role for you!
Duties and Responsibilities
Financial Accounting & Reporting
- Prepare a full set of accounts, supporting schedules, reports, consolidation and financial analyses required for both internal and external reporting purposes, timely and accurately.
- Prepare Management Reports, which may include (but not limited to) special analyses reports, Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Cashflow, Forecasts, Budgets and others, to provide financial insights as necessary to Management.
- Manage the upkeep of all financial records, GL, Journals, Provisions, Accruals, month/year end closings, etc.
- Maintain proper function and integrity of the accounting systems, chart of accounts, filing systems and record keeping practices, etc. to enable appropriate financial accounting and reporting.
- Maintain professional integrity and confidentiality of sensitive financial information to protect the organization at all times
Audit, Tax and Compliance
- Ensure all policies and procedures, compliance with financial accounting standards and all regulatory requirements are adhered to at all times.
- Keep up-to-date with all applicable financial standards, rules, legislations and other regulatory requirements; ensure proper adoption and implementation at all times
- Liaise with auditors, tax agents, compliance officers etc., provide schedules and information required, respond to queries with guidance from Group Accountant / Superiors
- Communicate any inconsistencies, make recommendations to Group Accountant / Superiors on opportunities for improvement to resolve any audit / tax / compliance findings
Finance Operations, Internal Controls & Administration
- Manage financial status e.g. via coordination, monitoring & managing revenue and expense cycles, for example, payments & collections scheduling, execution, follow up on outstanding items, etc.
- Monitor daily cash position, perform bank accounts reconciliations and highlight any inconsistencies to management
- Verify all transactions, ensure all supporting documentation, approvals are in place and in compliance with all policies, procedures and compliance requirements
- Manage & support day-to-day accounting functions such as Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivables (AR), Fixed Asset (FA), General Ledger (GL), Petty Cash Management, Inter-company billing and adjustments, etc.
- Team support functions, e.g. generate and prepare Invoice, Payment Voucher, Credit Note (CN) and Debit Note (DN), Students school collection, claims (purchases, expenses etc) and related matters, issuance of purchase order, delivery order and monitoring on delivery, etc.
- Managing key stakeholders and liaise with relevant parties e.g. bankers, leasing companies, company secretary, suppliers etc.
- General office administration and supporting operational duties including filing, data entry, etc.
- Adhoc/project based work deliverables as and when required by the management
Team Management and Development
- Lead a team of finance personnel, provide mentorship, training and guidance as necessary
- Assignment and delegation of tasks, manage, monitor, review, feedback and improve the team, in order to ensure all roles and responsibilities are effective and efficiently carried out.
Requirements and Skills
- Minimum 4-5 years experience in business finance, accounting or related fields
- Must be able to handle a full set of accounts. Knowledge in group consolidation or taxation is a plus.
- Ability to manage and supervise day-to-day finance operations of the unit, e.g. revenue and payments, cash management, etc. with fast turn-around time.
- Education qualification of LCCI, Higher Diploma, ACCA/ICAEW, Bachelor's degree in Accounting / Finance or equivalent. Professional certifications or licenses (e.g. CPA or similar) is a plus
- Excellent knowledge & skills in Microsoft Office Excel, Word / Google Suite. Knowledge & skills in accounting systems and packages e.g. SQL or similar is a plus.
- Highly numerate, analytical and able to articulate information (financial & non-financial) to all levels of management and staff
- Maintain accuracy of information and attention to detail at all times
- Demonstrates ability to manage a team
- Collaborate with all levels of people in the organisation
- Possess a high degree of integrity, sound judgment and good work ethics
- Maintain confidentiality with sensitive financial information
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English & Chinese due to the nature of business
- A pleasant, sociable personality and a team player
