CPA with XERO accounting experience

ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS

Philippines - Independent Contractor | Full-Time

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT
- Prior experience supporting short-term rental, vacation rental, property management, or hospitality business is preferred
- Must have experience with Xero
- CPA certification is preferred.

ROLE OVERVIEW
As the Accounting Lead, you will report to the Managing Director and be responsible for managing day-to-day accounting operations across our property rentals.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple accounting workstreams at once. You should be able to create structure, identify gaps, follow up on open items, and ensure accounting processes are completed accurately and on time.

WORKING HOURS
This is a full-time role aligned to the Hong Kong time zone. Required schedule: 10:00am-7:00pm Monday-Friday.
If you cannot work full ---------- please indicate your availability. For exceptional candidates might accept part time hours with weekend shifts.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
This is a full-time independent contractor role based in the Philippines.
$ ---------- USD per month, based on experience, skill.

YOU WILL OWN
* Day-to-day accounting operations payment reconciliations from guests/ tenants
* Month-end close coordination across our company entities
* Chart of accounts maintenance and accounting structure improvements.
* Vendor payment workflows and accounts payable coordination.
* Tax filing support.
* End-to-end accounting flows across property management systems, accounting platforms, banking/payment tools, and reporting processes.
* Coordination and accountability of external and internal bookkeeping resources.
* Accounting SOPs, checklists, calendars, and process documentation.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
* Manage day-to-day accounting workflows
* Coordinate accounting activities across multiple markets, brands, entities, and accounting resources.
* Serve as the primary operational point of contact for external and internal bookkeeping resources.
* Ensure accounting tasks are completed accurately, consistently, and on schedule.
* Maintain clear accounting task lists, close calendars, open-item trackers, and follow-up routines.
* Identify process gaps, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve accounting workflows.
* Create structure and accountability across the full accounting process.

MONTH-END CLOSE
* Own and coordinate the month-end close process across all operating brands.
* Maintain the monthly close calendar and ensure deadlines are met.
* Review reconciliations, open items, supporting schedules
* Coordinate with bookkeeping and accounting resources to resolve missing information or discrepancies.
* Prepare summaries of close status, unresolved issues, and items requiring the managing directors review.
* Support timely preparation of market-level and company-level financial reporting.

CHART OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
* Help maintain and improve the chart of accounts across multiple entities
* Ensure transactions are coded properly
* Support department, property, and entity-level reporting needs.
* Help create scalable accounting structures that support business growth.
* Document accounting policies, workflows, coding rules, and reporting standards.
* Identify where account structure, classes, departments, properties, or other reporting dimensions need to be improved.

VENDOR PAYMENTS AND PAYABLES
* Manage and improve the vendor payment process.
* Ensure vendor bills are properly received, coded, approved, and scheduled for payment.
* Coordinate to resolve missing invoices, approvals
* Support payment tracking, vendor statement review, and payables reporting.
* Help ensure strong controls around vendor payments and expense approvals.
* Identify recurring vendor payment issues and recommend process improvements.

TAX FILING SUPPORT
* Track filing deadlines and payment due dates by market.
* Coordinate with internal and external resources to ensure filings are prepared and submitted on time.
* Reconcile tax liability accounts and investigate discrepancies.
* Maintain supporting records for tax filings, payments, and related schedules.
* Help ensure tax processes are documented, repeatable, and scalable across markets.

END-TO-END ACCOUNTING FLOWS
* Manage accounting workflows across systems such as property management software, accounting platforms, payment tools, bank accounts, and reporting tools.
* Support the flow of reservation revenue, guest payments, vendor charges, taxes, reimbursements, refunds, expenses and company revenue.
* Help reconcile data between property management systems, banking/payment platforms, google sheets and accounting software.
* Identify broken workflows, missing data, duplicate entries, reconciliation issues, and process gaps.
* Create and maintain SOPs for key accounting processes.

SYSTEMS AND TOOLS
* Experience with Xero
* Experience with short-term rental, vacation rental, property management, or hospitality accounting systems is highly valuable.
* Strong Excel / Google Sheets skills are required.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
* 5+ years of accounting, bookkeeping, finance operations, or related experience.
* Prior experience supporting short-term rental, vacation rental, property management, or hospitality business is a BIG BONUS
* Experience with property-level accounting
* Experience with IFRS accounting practices
* Strong XERO experience
* Strong Excel / Google Sheets skills.
* Experience managing month-end close tasks and reconciliations.
* Experience coordinating with bookkeepers, accountants, operators, or business leaders.
* Strong written and spoken English communication skills.

STRONGLY PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
* CPA certification.
* Experience with short-term rental or vacation rental homeowner statements.
* Experience with multi-entity businesses.
* Experience building accounting SOPs and process documentation.
* Experience leading or supervising bookkeepers or accounting assistants.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR
* Highly organized and detail-oriented.
* Proactive and comfortable taking ownership.
* Strong follow-up and accountability.
* Able to manage multiple deadlines and workstreams.
* Comfortable working with HK based leadership teams.
* Able to identify accounting issues and recommend solutions.
* Process-minded and interested in building scalable systems.
* Clear, professional, and responsive in communication.
* Comfortable leading other accounting resources.
* Excited to grow with a company over time.

LOCATION
This role is fully remote within the Philippines. Candidates must have reliable internet, a quiet professional work environment, and the ability to work Philippines/ Hong Kong hours.


HOW TO APPLY
Please submit the following:
* Resume/CV.
* Brief written summary of your accounting experience.
* Details of your experience with a short-term rental, vacation rental, property management, or hospitality accounting.
* Your experience with Xero
* Your experience managing bookkeepers, accounting assistants, or external accounting resources.
* Your expected monthly compensation in USD.
* Your availability to work
* Speedtest.net result screenshot.

REQUIRED APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Please answer the following questions in your application:

1. Describe your experience with short-term rental, vacation rental, property management, or hospitality accounting.
2. What accounting-related tasks did you handle ?
3. What accounting software have you used?
4. Tell us about a time you managed bookkeepers, accounting assistants, or external accounting resources.
5. Describe your month-end close experience.
6. Are you a CPA? If yes, please include details
7. What is your expected monthly compensation in USD/ pesos?
8. What’s your time availability during the week and when can you start working?