PART TIME MATERNITY LEAVE ACCOUNTANT 6 MONTH TERM.

We currently have an opportunity within our Accounting Department for an Accountant to provide coverage for remaining Maternity leave. The ideal candidate would be someone who has worked up from a junior accounting role with thorough knowledge of accounting processes including, applying customer payments to account receivables, booking vendor invoices to account payable, doing accruals and adjustment entries, posting, monthly closing and financial statement preparation, to attaining a CPA designation with 3 years’ full-cycle accounting under their belt.
In addition, candidate is may be responsible for management of some of the day to day Human Resources department and related functions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must hold an Accounting or Business Administration degree, preferably along with a Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) designation OR working towards achieving a CPA designation.
• Minimum 3 years’ full-cycle accounting experience and using an accounting system, preferably Visual or Simply Accounting.
• Minimum 1 year HR experience.
• Strong computer skills and proficiency using the MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access), is required. Must be comfortable using pivot tables, vlookup and queries to extract and compile data.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written in English is a must.
• Ability to balance multiple responsibilities, prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Detail-oriented, with strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as with others in a team environment is essential.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment is desired, but not necessary.
• Mandarin Speaking Required due to communication with overseas production facility

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Prepare weekly sales reports and monthly company reports.
• Work order costing.
• Commission expense calculations.

OTHER DUTIES:

• This position will be the back-up for benefits administration (enrollment, updates and terminations).