Accounting Assistant
Westfields International
- Angeles, PhilippinesVictoria Ln, Angeles, Pampanga, PhilippinesAngelesCentral LuzonPhilippinesPhilippines
- Full timeFULL_TIME
Job Description
Help Accountants in the course of their work. May help accountants directly, helping them complete daily tasks, or may work indirectly, keying in data and compiling information for the Accountants but leaving the final analysis, audit, and approval to the Accountants themselves. Relies as much on administrative skills as accounting knowledge and understanding of financial concepts. Relies on knowledge of accounting terminology and accounting systems. Follows the direction and judgement of Accountants and Accounting Managers.
Accounts assistants provide administrative support to accountants, undertaking clerical tasks such as typing, filing, making phone calls, handling mail and basic bookkeeping.
Working directly for an accountant, accounting manager or finance manager (or a small team of them), accounts assistants help to maintain the office and keep it running smoothly. As well as helping the manager, accounts assistants also deal with customers and external agencies.
Other duties and responsibilities of the job include:
- Working with spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledgers and journals.
- Preparing statutory accounts.
- Calculating and checking to make sure payments, amounts and records are correct.
- Sorting out incoming and outgoing daily post and answering any queries.
- Managing petty cash transactions.
- Controlling credit and chasing debt.
- Reconciling finance accounts and direct debits.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree Holder
- 1-2 years job experience
- Willing to be trained
- Strong analytical and planning skills
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
Required Skills
- Analyzing Data
- General Accounting
- Accounts Receivable
- Accounting
- Computer Literate / Basic Computer Skills
Preferred Courses
- Accountancy
Jobs Summary
- Job Level
- Entry Level / Junior, Apprentice
- Job Category
- Accounting and Finance
- Educational Requirement
- Bachelor's degree graduate
- Recruiter response to application
- Once in a while
- Office Address
- 21-2 Friendship Highway, Cutcut, Angeles, Central Luzon, Philippines