Finance Assistant / Accounts Assistant
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Role Overview
The Finance Assistant / Accounts Assistant supports daily transactional accounting operations and financial document workflows.
The role maintains clean sub-ledgers and works with internal teams, suppliers, and bank representatives.
The position is described as entry-level to early-mid-level and reports to a Finance Supervisor or Accounts Executive.
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Role Description
The Finance Assistant / Accounts Assistant supports daily transactional accounting operations and financial document workflows.
The role maintains clean sub-ledgers and works with internal teams, suppliers, and bank representatives.
The position is described as entry-level to early-mid-level and reports to a Finance Supervisor or Accounts Executive.
Accounting Responsibilities
- Process accounts payable invoices, prepare payment vouchers, and issue customer tax invoices.
- Track outstanding receipts and maintain organized audit trails.
- Cross-check purchase orders, delivery orders, and supplier invoices.
- Perform daily bank reconciliations, manage petty cash, and record routine journal entries.
- File financial records in compliance with audit standards.
- Audit employee expense claims against corporate policy.
Education and Accounting Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree, Diploma, or LCCI/CAT certification in Accounting, Finance, Business Studies, or a related discipline is required.
- Hands-on experience or solid training in AP matching, AR billing, and basic general ledger postings is required.
- Experience with three-way matching and employee expense claim auditing is required.
Technical Skills
- Familiarity with petty cash floats, payment vouchers, and daily cash receipts is required.
- Basic bank reconciliation capability is required.
- Basic knowledge of cloud or desktop accounting software such as Xero, QuickBooks, AutoCount, SQL Account, or MYOB is required.
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets skills are required, including SUMIFS, VLOOKUP, filtering, sorting, and structured data entry.
- Basic awareness of sales tax, invoice documentation, and e-invoicing compliance is required.
Professional Attributes
- Professional verbal and written communication skills are needed for vendor inquiries and documentation coordination.
- The role requires integrity, numerical capability, meticulous record keeping, reliability, and attention to time-sensitive deadlines.
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