Accountant

About the Role
We are looking for a detail-oriented Accountant with 3–5 years of experience to join our finance team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment and is comfortable working across multiple countries, currencies, and payment platforms. You will support day-to-day accounting operations, assist with month-end close, and play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records across our international operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping and transaction processing across multiple entities and jurisdictions.

• Process accounts payable and receivable, ensuring timely and accurate recording of invoices, payments, and receipts.

• Perform bank and payment platform reconciliations, including Wise (TransferWise) and Airwallex accounts, across multiple currencies.

• Record and reconcile foreign currency transactions, including unrealised and realised FX gains and losses.

• Maintain the general ledger in Xero, ensuring all entries are properly coded, supported, and compliant with local requirements.

• Assist with month-end and year-end close processes, including preparation of journal entries, accruals, and prepayments.

• Support intercompany accounting, including intercompany invoicing, loan tracking, and elimination entries.

• Prepare and maintain supporting schedules for balance sheet accounts (e.g., fixed assets, prepayments, provisions).

• Assist with VAT/GST and other indirect tax filings across relevant jurisdictions.

• Collaborate with external accountants, auditors, and tax advisors as needed.

• Identify and recommend process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy in financial workflows.

• Assist with budget, forecasts, variance analysis

• Support financial responsibility for customers

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on accounting experience, preferably in a multi-entity or multi-country environment.

• Proficiency in Xero accounting software (essential).

• Practical experience using international payment platforms such as Wise and Airwallex.

• Strong understanding of multi-currency accounting, including FX revaluations and hedging concepts.

• Solid knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, accrual accounting, and GAAP/IFRS fundamentals.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data validation).

• Familiarity with VAT/GST reporting obligations in at least one international jurisdiction.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent professional qualification).

Preferred Qualifications

• Partially or fully qualified in a recognized accounting body (e.g., ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CA)

• Exposure to consolidation of multi-entity group accounts.

• Experience integrating third-party apps with Xero (e.g. automating invoices).

• Working knowledge of transfer pricing principles and intercompany documentation.

Tools & Platforms

• Accounting: Xero (primary)

• Payments: Wise, Airwallex

• Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets

• Expense Management: TBD

• Communication: Slack, Microsoft Teams, or equivalent

Key Competencies

• Meticulous attention to detail and a high standard of accuracy.

• Strong organisational and time-management skills; able to manage competing deadlines.

• Proactive communicator who can work independently and collaboratively across time zones.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to investigate discrepancies and resolve issues efficiently.

• Adaptable and eager to learn new tools, processes, and regulatory frameworks.

Values

We take our values very seriously and ask that all team members reference (or keep in mind) values in dealing with conflict, challenges, opportunities and day to day operations.

Each individual's role is to also hold others accountable and themselves.

• Accountability- own your part in it first.

• Collaboration- take initiative with discipline and humility.

• Resilience- to be steadfast, assess, and bounce back.

• Selflessness- ‘what does it take to scale’.

• Fun- be present and connect.

Agentic AI

Our Product Team creates a prompt template from user (staff) instructions, action group, and knowledge bases. Then, leverages AI further to enhance and refine user experience. Staff may also update (modify) parts of the user input, orchestration plan directly, and the Agents response memory. With the ability to modify the prompt template, you gain better control over the AI Agent orchestration. Then based on the results, Agents will come up with recommendations and those will be reviewed by our product team and management. They continue to repeat their process, but the learnings are automatically being added into the prompt.

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