Senior Accountant

Job title: Senior Accountant

Type of employment: Full-time

Shift Schedule: 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM PHT (1-hour lunch)

Own core accounting operations for a professional services environment, with a strong focus on month-end close, GL accuracy, and financial analysis. Work across project/time-tracking data and accounting systems to produce clean, supportable financials and improve accounting processes.

About the Employer:

The client is an accounting services firm that supports clients by building strong financial foundations, maintaining accurate books, and delivering reliable financial insights to guide business decisions.

Company core values:

• Collaboration and teamwork

• High standards and accountability

• Client-first service mindset

• Continuous improvement

• Technology-forward execution

Objective of this role:

• Deliver a consistent, on-time monthly close with complete supporting schedules and documentation.

• Maintain a high-integrity general ledger aligned with GAAP and accrual accounting standards.

• Strengthen financial visibility through analysis (project costing, revenue recognition, and profitability insights where applicable).

• Improve accounting workflows and controls to increase efficiency and reduce errors.

Responsibilities:

• Manage monthly close end-to-end, including reconciliations, accruals, and support schedules.

• Ensure general ledger accuracy, proper coding, and clean audit trails.

• Apply strong accrual accounting and GAAP principles (rev rec, direct labor, project costing as relevant).

• Pull, clean, and analyze large datasets using Excel to support close and reporting (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP).

• Work with the team's project management/time tracking tools (e.g., Double and Harvest/Tsheets-type systems) to validate time, costs, and allocations.

• Support payroll-related accounting workflows through coordination with payroll processing tools (ADP/Paychex/Gusto) as needed.

• Produce financial analysis and insights to support decision-making (trends, variances, project performance).

• Identify process gaps and implement improvements (templates, checklists, controls, automation where possible).

Required skills and qualifications:

• Strong accrual accounting and GAAP knowledge (professional services experience is a plus).

• Demonstrated experience running month-end close with supporting documentation.

• Must have strong proficiency in QuickBooks Online (QBO) / QuickBooks Desktop (QBD).

• Experience with Xero is nice to have.

• Familiarity with: Time tracking tools (Harvest/Tsheets-type systems), Payroll processing systems (ADP, Paychex, Gusto)

• Advanced Excel proficiency: pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, cleaning and sifting through large datasets.

• Strong time management and prioritization; can meet deadlines consistently.

• Adaptable and able to learn new tools/processes quickly.

• Team player with clear communication and collaboration habits.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Accounting experience in professional services (revenue recognition, direct labor, project costing).

• Experience working with project management systems such as Double (or similar).

• Process improvement mindset (building close checklists, standardizing reconciliations, improving controls/accuracy).

• Ability to produce clear, actionable financial insights (variance analysis, margin/profitability by project).