Accountant – HK Clients (Malaysia-Based Remote | Cantonese/Mandarin Speaker) at Sleek

Job Description

Through proprietary software program and AI, together with a concentrate on buyer delight, Sleek makes the back-office simple for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time again to concentrate on what they love doing – rising their industry and being with clients. With a surging variety of Entrepreneurs globally, we’re innovating in a extremely profitable house.

We function 3 industry segments:

1. Corporate Secretary: Automating the corporate incorporation, secretarial, submitting, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes through customized on-line robots and SleekSignal.  We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new industry incorporations
2. Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll due to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI instruments and distinctive customer support
3. FinTech funds: Overcoming a key problem for Entrepreneurs by providing digital banking providers to new companies

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has round 15,000 clients throughout our workplaces in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK.  We have round 600 workers with an intact startup mindset.

We have lately raised Series B financing off the again of >70% compound annual progress in Revenue during the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of many quickest rising firms in Asia. Backed by world-class traders, we’re on monitor to be one of many few money movement constructive, tech-enabled unicorns based mostly out of Asia Pacific.

We are on the lookout for an Accountant – HK Clients (Malaysia-Based Remote | Cantonese/Mandarin Speaker) / 會計 – 香港客戶 (馬來西亞遙距工作 | 廣東/普通話) who is worked up in regards to the mission and end result beneath.

This is a 100% distant position. We welcome functions from certified candidates positioned wherever in Malaysia (together with however not restricted to Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang, Johor, Perak, Sarawak, Sabah, Kedah, Malacca, and so on.).

Mission of the Role: As an Accountant, you’ll play a key position in offering high-quality accounting providers to our shoppers. This place is good for somebody with 5 years of expertise, ideally inside observe, trying to deepen their experience and tackle new duties in a fast-paced, cloud-based surroundings. You’ll collaborate with a workforce of skilled accountants, managing a portfolio of shoppers and making certain monetary accuracy.

Your 5+ years of Accounting expertise working with a portfolio of global shoppers will enable you to succeed on this position.

Position Duties:

• You will lead and handle a excessive quantity of portfolio of accounting shoppers and be the important thing level of contact for all of your shoppers.
• You will therefore be accountable for the standard of service deliveries, timeliness, correct billings, managing consumer relationships, sustaining good rapport with shoppers, and being able to realize consumer satisfaction and retention.
• You should have the ability to plan your work successfully and effectively, and supply efficient management, supervision and steering to workers to make sure deliverables are in accordance with the scope of providers and timelines. This contains however shouldn’t be restricted to company secretarial, accounting, tax, payroll, MPF, immigration, mailroom, and nominee director providers.
• From the beginning of your engagement, you could have the ability to show experience in main accounting frameworks and in relation to monetary reporting issues as regulated by the Companies Registry and the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). You should even have adequate information on the regulatory necessities of assorted firm set-ups in Hong Kong, primarily that of personal restricted firms.
• You are required to achieve a complete understanding of consumer operations, processes, and industry aims and utilise that information on engagement.
• For assigned shoppers, you could have the flexibility to overview and/or put together administration accounts and schedules, earnings tax computations, payroll experiences, employer’s returns and different statutory filings, and guarantee its accuracy and completeness earlier than delivering to shoppers.
• The information that you’ve got will allow you to supply primary consultancy recommendation to shoppers on varied accounting, tax, payroll and company secretarial issues.
• One of your key duties is to arrange Unaudited/Group Unaudited Financial Statements and earnings tax returns for shoppers with zero error.
• You should adhere to the best diploma {of professional} requirements and strict consumer confidentiality.

Role Requirements:

• Fluent in spoken and written Cantonese/Mandarin and English.
• Recognised diploma/diploma in Accountancy.
• Preferably professionally licensed with ACCA, HKICPA, or equal qualification.
• Preferably 5–7 years of related working expertise for candidates who usually are not / but to be licensed. 2–3 years of related working expertise for professionally licensed candidates.
• Hands-on expertise with Google Workspace and Microsoft functions.
• Experience with cloud accounting software program, Xero shall be a particular plus, ideally at the very least a 12 months of expertise in Xero.
• Resourceful and expertise with varied productiveness software program relevant to facilitate every day works.
• Self-motivated, constructive angle, proactive and detail-oriented.
• Love assembly folks and have nice interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Able to work beneath stress and meet tight deadlines.
• Immediate availability is most popular.
• Must be based mostly in Malaysia (100% Fully Remote). Must have an appropriate residence workspace positioned inside Malaysia with a dependable high-speed web connection..
• Must possess the authorized proper to work in Malaysia. We are unable to supply employment move sponsorship for this position.

Important Notes: Recruitment interviews shall be carried out primarily in English, with a brief part carried out in Mandarin to guage language proficiency.

This is a full- time place requiring a dedication of 40 hours per week. The core working hours for this position are Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to six:00 PM (HK time/ Malaysia time).

Behavioural match can be necessary at Sleek, and we shall be on the lookout for candidates which have a confirmed monitor file of embodying the beneath attributes of their latest roles:

Ownership: This exhibits reliability and helps construct belief throughout the workforce. We transfer quick and must know that everybody will see issues by means of to completion and proactively assist to get issues again on monitor when challenges come up. Accountability is absolutely necessary to us.

Humility: There is a lot we don’t know. Humility permits for open-mindedness to suggestions and a willingness to study from others. It paves the best way for collaboration and creates a constructive work surroundings. It is a key ingredient of self consciousness and emotional intelligence.

Structured Thinking: Our industry is advanced with many layers (many providers, many nations, many cultures). Regardless of whether or not you’re extra analytical or artistic in nature, having the ability to present sound judgement is necessary to us. It ensures options are pragmatic and steadiness the wants of the organisation, workforce and clients.

The interview course of

The profitable candidate will take part within the beneath interview levels. We anticipate the method to final not more than 3 weeks from begin to end.

Whether the interviews are held over video name or in individual will rely in your location and the position.

One-way Video Interview

Shortlisted candidates will obtain an invite to finish a one-way video interview. This step permits us to overview your abilities and background early within the course of, making certain a easy and environment friendly expertise for all candidates.

Technical spherical

A ~60 minute chat with a Hiring Team. They’ll focus on your final 1–2 roles to grasp your expertise in additional element.

Behavioral/ Soft Skills spherical

A ~45 minute chat with a member of the management workforce, the place they’ll dive into a few of your latest work conditions to grasp the way you assume and work.

Reference verification

Prior to last provide affirmation, we are going to conduct one skilled reference examine together with your latest direct supervisor or supervisor. To preserve the method shifting easily, this step could also be initiated throughout the last interview levels.

Requirement for background screening

Please bear in mind that Sleek is a regulated entity and as such is required to carry out totally different ranges of background checks on workers relying on their position.

This could embrace utilizing exterior distributors to confirm the beneath:

• Your schooling
• Any prison historical past
• Any political publicity
• Any chapter or adversarial credit score historical past

We will ask in your consent earlier than conducting these checks.  Depending in your position at Sleek, an adversarial end result on one in every of these checks could prohibit you from passing probation.

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Some different nice issues about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we rent for, which suggests we now have a tradition of not taking ourselves too severely and having the ability to chuckle. Kindness can be extremely necessary. We are dedicated to creating and nurturing a various and inclusive surroundings.

Flexibility: You’ll have the ability to work remotely. If you should begin early or begin late to cater to your loved ones or different wants, we don’t thoughts, as long as you get your work carried out and proactively talk. You can even work totally distant from wherever within the globe for 1 month every year

Financial advantages: We pay aggressive market salaries and supply workers with beneficiant paid break day and vacation schedules. Certain workers at Sleek are additionally eligible for our worker share possession plan and may share within the upside of our stellar progress trajectory as we work towards itemizing on a distinguished inventory alternate within the Asia Pacific area.

Personal progress: You’ll get loads of accountability and autonomy at Sleek – we transfer at a quick tempo so that you’ll be making selections, making errors and studying. There’s additionally a spread of inside and exterior dealing with coaching programmes we run. We’re additionally on the forefront of utilising AI in our house and are growing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that when you go away Sleek, you permit as a extra well-rounded individual {and professional}.

Sleek can be a proudly licensed B Corp.  Since we began our journey in 2017, we’ve been dedicated to constructing Sleek as a power for good. In simply over 5 years, we’ve joined a neighborhood of business leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry’s, and P&G who’re constructing an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economic landscape.