Senior Accountant

WATI is an early stage, fast growing SaaS platform that is revolutionizing how companies communicate with their customers. Through our cutting-edge customer engagement software built on Whatsapp’s Business API, businesses are now able to have personalised conversations, be easily accessible and engage with their customers in-real time - at scale! We live in the on-demand economy, where customers expect fast, simple and easy service and that’s exactly what our platform empowers companies to do.

This is made possible through WATI’s easy-to-use platform that can be made up and running in no time. As a result, small and medium businesses have embraced the platform rapidly, and thousands of customers across 54 countries are now using WATI within just a year of launch.

We are growing fast, and we are now looking for a Senior Accountant to help the Finance team in handling day to day financial management of the organization.

What you’ll do:

● Ensure cashbooks have been correctly captured

● Prepare bank reconciliations, ensuring all unreconciled items are resolved and any corrections are processed

● Ensure Revenue has been correctly captured and reconciles to the billing system

● Assist with the review of billing system transactions

● Prepare Sales Invoices as required

● Ensure debtors receipts are correctly captured and allocated to outstanding invoices

● Review debtors age analysis for accuracy

● Review vendor reconciliations/invoices and prepare payment instructions

● Review vendors’ age analysis for accuracy

● Ensure all expenses have been correctly captured to the correct accounts and in the correct periods

● Process monthly general journals such as accruals, prepayments, etc

● Prepare balance sheet reconciliations

● Ensure intercompany loan accounts balance and process any correction journals

● Maintain the fixed assets register and process any related journals

● Prepare audit schedules and assist auditors with any queries/requests

● Assist with bookkeeping activities where required

● Oversee month end and annual close

● Assist Senior Finance Manager in the preparation of financial reports

● Assist Senior Finance Manager in the preparation of budgets and forecasts

● Prepare Adhoc schedules required by Senior Finance Manager

● Additional tasks as an when required

What will make you stand out:

● Experience of working in the SAAS industry

● Experience of working in an early-stage Startup environment

Requirements

● You must have a Professional accounting qualification of HKICPA or equivalent

● You must have an in depth understanding of accounting principles, specifically HKFRS

● You must have strong reconciliation skills and experience

● You must have an excellent command of both written and spoken English

● You must have a minimum of 5 to 7 years of working experience in a similar role

● You must be willing to roll up your sleeves to get the job done

● You must have experience using Xero accounting software

● You must have experience using Microsoft Excel

● You must have the ability to multi-task with strong planning, analytical and organizational skills

● You must have attention to detail, be well organized, self-motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment with little supervision