JOB OVERVIEW:
The Assistant Trust Accountant is responsible for supporting the management of the Firm's General Trust Account, Payroll Outsourced Accounts, and Legal Trust Account, ensuring accurate recording of transactions, compliance with relevant regulations, and assisting with reporting and tax-related matters.
Work Setup:
- Hybrid
- Work onsite for the first 2 weeks
- Required onsite during monthly and quarterly team meetings and when required by the manager/client.
WORK SCHEDULE:
- Monday to Friday - 7:00AM - 4:00PM
Office Assignment:
- MAKATI OFFICE: 22F Tower 1, One Ayala Corporate Center, Ayala Ave., Makati City
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist the Trust Accountant with the management of the Firm's General Trust Account, Payroll Outsourced Accounts, and Legal Trust Account
- Perform daily receipting and issue trust receipts using HandiTrust and LEAP Migration Manager
- Process EFT payments and trust-related disbursements in accordance with approvals and timelines
- Maintain accurate and timely recording of all trust transactions
- Assist with end-of-month trust reporting and reconciliations
- Support the preparation of trust documentation for internal review and audit purposes
- Assist with tax accounting, where required
- Daily input of time into the practice management system
- Daily communication with the onshore managers on priorities and actions
- Highly responsive to emails and communication from onshore managers
- Awareness to time, budget and KPI expectations
- Provision of queries to onshore managers
- Filing of relevant client information to the internal database
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS Accountancy graduate or a related discipline
- CPA qualified or currently working towards CPA certification
- 2-3 years experience in an Australian public practice accounting role
- Experience with Trust Accounting
- Strong written and verbal English skills
- Intermediate level of Excel skills (e.g., Vlookup, Xlookup, pivot tables, sumifs, tables, etc.)
- Well organized and detail-oriented
- Analytical mind
- Open to learning new software
- Client focused with a strong commitment to quality service and client relationships
- Strong attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
- Ability to identify and escalate technical issues when they arise
- Experience managing multiple client portfolios preferred
