Audit & Accounts Executive

Key Responsibilities

• Perform detailed audit reviews of accounting transactions, balances, and supporting documentation to assess accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, and company policies.
• Conduct transaction testing, vouching, substantive reviews, and analytical procedures across key accounting cycles, including revenue, receivables, payables, cash, fixed assets, and general ledger accounts.
• Review and verify Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), General Ledger (GL), fixed asset transactions, and bank reconciliations, identifying exceptions, control gaps, and areas requiring corrective action.
• Participate in the maintenance of full sets of accounts to develop a comprehensive understanding of transaction flows, accounting treatments, financial reporting processes, and underlying business operations.
• Prepare and process accounting entries, journals, accruals, prepayments, and month-end closing activities, ensuring proper supporting documentation and audit trails are maintained.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and substantiate account balances through supporting schedules, reconciliations, and independent verification procedures.
• Prepare management accounts, audit schedules, financial analyses, and supporting reports for management review, statutory reporting, and audit purposes.
• Manage and review invoicing, collections, payment tracking, and customer account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial records.
• Verify financial transactions by reviewing invoices, contracts, bank statements, payment records, and other supporting documents to ensure legitimacy and proper accounting treatment.
• Assist in the preparation and coordination of statutory audits, tax filings, regulatory submissions, and responses to auditor queries.
• Liaise with external auditors, tax agents, bankers, and other professional advisors during audit, compliance, and financial reporting exercises.
• Investigate accounting discrepancies, identify root causes, and resolve reconciling differences promptly and accurately.
• Support cash flow monitoring, financial analysis, budgeting activities, and other finance-related projects as required.
• Evaluate existing financial processes and internal controls, identify areas for improvement, and recommend enhancements to strengthen governance, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, financial reporting requirements, company policies, and regulatory obligations.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives and finance transformation projects to enhance financial controls, reporting quality, and operational effectiveness.
• Support special reviews, internal audit assignments, investigations, and ad-hoc finance projects as assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 2–5 years of relevant experience in accounting, audit, or finance functions.
• Experience in handling full sets of accounts and month-end financial closing processes.
• Prior experience in external audit, internal audit, or audit-related assignments will be an added advantage.
• Good understanding of accounting standards, financial reporting requirements, audit methodologies, and internal control frameworks.
• Strong analytical, reconciliation, investigation, and problem-solving skills.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and accounting software (experience with Xero is an advantage).
• Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively across departments and external stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, responsible, and able to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to audit fieldwork, transaction testing, audit schedule preparation, and statutory reporting.
• Experience supporting external audits, regulatory compliance reviews, and financial due diligence exercises.
• Familiarity with multi-entity, group accounting, or consolidated reporting environments.
• Experience in identifying control deficiencies, implementing process improvements, and strengthening financial governance frameworks.

Application Question(s):

• Do you have hands-on experience with Xero? If yes, please briefly describe your usage.
• What is your earliest availability to join?
• What is your expected salary?

Education:

• S1 (Required)

Experience:

• Accounting/Audit/Finance: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• English fluently (Required)

Work Location: Remote