Senior Bookkeeper, Accountant

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🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote

💵 A$3k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🏫 Bookkeeping and Clerks

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RunRemote

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1 - 10 employees

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

✈️ Travel

Marketing • Logistics • Travel

RunRemote is a recruitment partner that helps companies hire top-rated remote professionals from the Philippines. The firm sources, thoroughly vets, and interviews candidates to present a short list of full‑time hires who work directly for the client, promising significant cost savings (around 70%) and typically placing candidates within 3–4 weeks. RunRemote charges a one-time success fee, offers ongoing support and a 90‑day guarantee, and focuses on roles across sales & marketing, operations, finance, customer experience, HR and design.

📋 Description

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping across multiple property development, joint venture, and civil construction projects • Process, reconcile, and accurately code supplier invoices, consultant fees, credit card transactions, and receipts in Xero • Allocate expenses to the correct project, entity, and detailed cost category for project-level cost tracking and reporting • Follow up with the team, contractors, and consultants to obtain missing invoices, receipts, supporting documents, and expense allocations • Review supplier invoices and supporting documentation against project records, delivery dockets, and other relevant information • Manage weekly accounts payable preparation, including compiling payment schedules and circulating invoices for internal review and approval • Prepare and lodge monthly BAS, ensuring transactions are accurately recorded and supporting documentation is complete • Assist with monthly financial reporting and accurate project-cost capture for reporting and feasibility purposes • Track intercompany and project-related loans, prepare loan documentation, record amounts and interest rates, and coordinate documentation for signing and recordkeeping • Assist with property settlement accounting, including supporting documents, bank and legal invoices, settlement costs, and GST • Work with the client's external accountant to support financial records, tax compliance, and settlement-related accounting • Identify opportunities to streamline bookkeeping processes and automate repetitive tasks using technology and AI tools • Contribute to detailed project cost analysis, reporting, and construction cost tracking

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5 years of Australian based bookkeeping or accounting experience, ideally in a senior-level role managing complex, high-volume transactions • Solid working knowledge of Xero, including bank reconciliation, accounts payable, expense coding, and financial recordkeeping • Strong understanding of general accounting principles and Australian accounting requirements, particularly GST and BAS preparation and lodgement • Proven ability to manage financial records across multiple projects, entities, or cost centres while maintaining a high level of accuracy • Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs • Proficiency with Hubdoc, OneDrive, or similar document management tools • Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to checking invoices, receipts, cost allocations, and supporting documentation • Strong follow-up and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to chase missing information and resolve discrepancies independently • Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate professionally with internal stakeholders, external accountants, suppliers, and consultants • Highly organised and comfortable managing competing priorities, recurring deadlines, and a growing volume of invoices • Tech-savvy and open to using AI and automation tools to improve workflows and reporting • A CA or CPA qualification would make the candidate stand out • Previous experience in property development, construction, civil works, or project-based accounting would make the candidate stand out • Experience in management accounting, project cost reporting, cash flow tracking, or financial analysis would make the candidate stand out • Experience managing intercompany transactions, shareholder loans, property settlements, and project-related expenses would make the candidate stand out • An interest in AI tools, workflow automation, and improving finance processes through technology would make the candidate stand out

🏖️ Benefits

• Great opportunities for career growth • Opportunity to work in an amazing environment • 100% remote work • Work from home / no daily commute