Finance Assistant

About This Role:
As a Finance Assistant, you’ll be responsible for handling the day-to-day tasks in the financial department. You’ll assist the finance executive in managing, processing and regulating various accounts and transactions as well as maintaining great financial records of Accounting Superhero.

While the finance manager receives most of the recognition for a company’s financial success, it is commendable to say that the support they obtain from their assistants is invaluable. With that, Accounting Superhero is keen to work with a finance assistant who understands finance fundamentals and knows how to support the company. In achieving so, you’ll then be actively involved in preserving the company’s financial health and ensuring that we use our resources beneficially.

You Will Work On:

- Handling the day-to-day tasks in the financial department.
- Assisting the finance executive in managing, processing and regulating accounts and transactions as well as maintaining great financial records of Accounting Superhero.
- Actively in preserving the company’s financial health and ensuring that we use our resources beneficially.

Accounting Superhero Benefits:
Exact benefits vary depending on location. That said, all our employees receive the following:

- Group Hospitalization & Surgical Insurance
- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Base of 10 days paid annual leave and 14 days medical leave.

**Requirements**:
You will be great at this role if you are:

- Having good organizational, planning and time management skills.
- Having integrity and high attention to detail (ability to spot numerical errors).
- Possessing strong analytical, mathematical and problem-solving skills.
- Possessing solid communication skills, both written and verbal.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assisting the Finance Executive in company financial matters.
- Updating financial spreadsheets with daily transactions.
- Helping to process and prepare financial statements and balance sheets.
- Assisting in handling petty cash and submitting monthly reports to reviewers.
- Helping to prepare cash flow forecasts and budget and to create cost analysis reports.
- Assisting in handling GST accounting and computations and to report to tax & other authorities.
- Helping to deliver documents in person to government agencies when necessary.
- Helping to maintain fixed assets register and schedules as required from time to time for all internal accounts.
- Supporting payroll and reviewing and recommending staff claims.
- Assisting to record accounts payable and accounts receivable.
- Helping to process, send and follow up on receipts, invoices and payments of clients.
- Helping to monitor and schedule payments to vendors (weekly, monthly, bi-annually, yearly).
- Providing basic Xero support, admin support and training to clients when needed.
- Assisting to liaise with auditors for internal accounts.
- Suggesting internal improvements in accuracy, efficiency, and reducing costs.
- Completing any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Business, Economics or other related fields.
- Strong knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles.
- Excellent working knowledge in MS Excel (using spreadsheets and financial functions) and accounting software.
- Work experience as a Finance Assistant, Finance Officer or other similar roles.
- Good understanding of data privacy standards.
- Familiarity with business principles and practices.

**Salary**: RM2,000.00 - RM2,500.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Maternity leave
- Opportunities for promotion
- Parental leave
- Professional development
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Fixed shift

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Corporate finance: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)
- Bahasa (preferred)