We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Remote Financial Accountant to join our team. As a Remote Financial Accountant, you will play a vital role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining compliance with regulations, and providing valuable insights for decision-making. This is a remote position, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere.

What we offer in this role

• Challenging work in a 100% remote environment.
• Fast-paced environment with intellectually stimulating work.
• Committed and remarkably talented colleagues.
• An exciting and challenging career with unlimited growth opportunities.
• An opportunity to build things from scratch and make independent decisions.
• Opportunity to lead a talented team.

Responsibilities

• Manage weekly bank reconciliation and other standard bookkeeping tasks.
• Coordinate the preparation, tracking, and reconciliation of ledgers, budgets, and financial plans.
• Examining financial records to check for accuracy.
• Advise on adoption of appropriate accounting treatments.
• Manage month-end and year-end close processes.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual statements (balance sheets and income statements) to identify results, trends, and financial forecasts.
• Manage and coordinate compliance with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings in the different jurisdictions in which we have operations.
• Collaborate with auditing services to ensure proper compliance with all regulations.
• Prepare and analyse key competitor analysis and make recommendations for improvements.
• Overseeing the financial liquidity of the company
• Responding to financial inquiries by gathering and interpreting data
• Motivate/lead/train/supervise other team members within the finance function.

Requirements

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in Finance
• Ability to leverage technology to simplify, improve and innovate finance processes and systems.
• Entrepreneurial individual ready to take complete ownership of finance processes.
• Advanced analytical and numerical skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting software; familiarity with data query/data management tools is desirable.
• Independent thinker with a growth mindset.

Desirable Qualities

• 2+ years’ experience in one of the large accounting /audit firms.
• Exposure to finance issues in multiple jurisdictions
• 1+ years in similar business activities (e.g., Trading / Electricity Trading).
• Experience with Group accounting and cross border transactions
• In-depth understanding of bookkeeping procedures
• Solid knowledge of accounting regulations
• BSc degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Economics or relevant field
• Additional certification (e.g. ACCA or CPA) is preferred