Accountant/Senior Accountant

Count on Me is a professional services firm that specialises in improving efficiency through digitisation and automation. Since we are a one stop solution, we can follow our clients from the incorporation of their companies all the way to the weekly/monthly assistance, to compliance, payroll, tax and advisory. At Count on Me, you can trust us with your finance functions. **Role Description** We are inviting a self-driven individual to lead and manage a full fledge of accounting and finance activities for a client’s portfolio. This is a full-time remote Accountant or Finance Manager role. You will have the opportunity to be exposed to a variety of tasks and problems to support international businesses, as well as being involved to other internal commercial matters and corporate secretary type of tasks. **Responsibilities** Reporting directly to the Team Directors, understanding the business models of each assigned clients to act as an advisor, the duties and responsibilities are: * Prepare and maintain the full set of accounts (AR/AP and GL) of the assigned clients’ portfolio along with supporting schedules and any other necessary reconciliation, as well as reporting and support cashflow forecasts and variance analysis. * Prepare GST / Withholding Tax returns as well as statutory yearly reporting (i.e. XBRL files, Financial statements under IFRS and SFRS, etc.). * Perform full monthly payroll processing including: maintain HR master data, process pay-runs, upkeep social security administration, statutory filing and annual income tax return submissions. * Prepare the annual tax returns for the assigned clients. * Assist the other Senior Accountants or Directors with company secretary activities for the assigned clients portfolio. * Work on any other ad-hoc requests from clients as included in the agreed scope. **Requirements** * Degree in Accounting or related field; CA/CPA preferred * Minimum 3 or 4 years of experience in Accounting * Must be IT savvy and comfortable with ERP systems. Experience with app searching and testing for XERO (ideal) * Proficient in MS Excel is a must * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Ability to work independently and remotely * Self-driven and able to work within tight deadline * Commercially minded