Accountant (Project Support Accountant)

Permanent
- Full-time
- Singapur

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CORPORATE SERVICES

**The Zuhlke Opportunity.**

Zuhlke is at an incredible time of growth. Having seen over 50 years of success in Europe, Zuhlke has brought its top-of-the-line offerings across continents to its Singapore, Hong Kong, and Vietnam offices. Taking the next step in its expansion, the Zuhlke Group announced the opening of a new site in Edinburgh, bringing its network up to 17 offices across 10 countries.

As an individual contributor, you will manage the behind-the-scenes administrative end-to-end process of the entire project lifecycle. You are highly service-oriented and can communicate effectively across diverse project teams. You support the Project Managers and Engagement Leads in all administrative duties from project offering to completion stages. You are on top of all project-related data (such as data oversight and key account controlling). You manage the order-to-cash processing including sales order entry, customer purchase order adherence, receipts, and invoicing in close collaboration with our Finance teams in both Asia and Europe.

You enjoy being in a dynamic role where you juggle between driving initiatives while at the same making sure nothing falls through. Your meticulous nature ensures that attention to detail is given from the smallest tasks to more complex assignments.

**Your Role.**
- You will work closely with both the Client Engagement as well as the Project Management teams within Zuhlke Asia, and support the various regional leaders, through excellent project administration
- Responsible for customer order management, handling customer queries, documenting and maintaining customer specific requirements, and assisting with sales reporting and its related accounting procedures
- Interacts proactively with all functional areas to ensure appropriate accounting, financial reporting, and settlement of revenue matters are accomplished
- You will ensure compliance to the invoicing agreements between Zuhlke Asia and its key client accounts, by adhering to best practices, agreed control/finance procedures, and corporate guidelines
- As an integral part of the client account team, you will monitor the data quality via multiple client reporting channels, and support the entire team by minimising any data discrepancies which might jeopardize invoicing accuracy
- You will tactfully troubleshoot as well as escalate all relevant project issues to the right parties, as soon as you are aware of it, to minimise any potential snowball effect
- You will independently drive and execute any new processes and guidelines, which will ensure administrative efficiency when supporting large and complex client accounts, while cultivating an internal and external customer service focus culture
- Manage balance sheet reconciliations of allocated accounts and ensure timely resolution and clean-up of overdue items, if any
- Any other projects or tasks assigned by the Head of Finance & Controlling of Zuhlke Asia.

**Your Talent.**
- You hold at least a tertiary education, preferably in Accountancy or Business. You also have an attitude of continuous learning and regularly take personal initiative to further develop your technical and soft skills
- You have at least two years’ experience within a similar Junior Accountant role such as an Order-to-Cash Assistant or an Accounts Receivable Specialist ideally for large client accounts. Experience in a professional service firm is a strong plus
- You have strong coordination skills and proven experience in supporting different projects
- You possess some background in supporting various duties related to Key Account Management such as Finance & Controlling, handling discrepancies, and client administration tasks
- It is your nature to be methodical, pragmatic, and proactive. You show great attention to detail, you value finance technicalities and possess excellent organizational and its relevant computer skills
- You are comfortable with ambiguity in a start-up like environment where you need to take the initiative to ensure that tasks are completed successfully
- You are self-motivated, reliable, and like to take responsibility and ownership of your own tasks. You can prioritise effectively, manage project workload, attain goals, and respond adeptly to rapidly changing priorities
- You possess effective written and verbal communication skills in English
- You place professional integrity above all else. Your personal values drive you to achieve stretch goals yet keep you well-balanced, constantly looking out for the best interests of all parties.

**Life at Zuhlke.**

At Zuhlke Asia you get the best of both worlds. You can leverage on the benefits of working in a stable, large, highly reputable company with a long history of success while enjoying the freedom and autonomy of working in a fast-growing start-up environment. We support your personal development with specialised workshops and active knowledge sharing a