Accounts Supervisor

We are a firm with strong commitment to quality of service to client and professional development of the staff. We encourage our staff to learn and progress through their roles and develop to be an all-rounder in the accountancy and related fields. Rather than merely executing the routine accounting work, we are transitioning to a more value-adding service provider, to satisfy the growing information needs of our clients while making sure their compliance requirements are met.

An accounts supervisor is the leader of the accounts team. The candidate should have a positive attitude in facing challenges and the interest in exploring new ways of doing things. He/ she should be a good influencer to the team in moulding and bringing the team together to meet the firm's objectives and goal.

On the ground level, the job scope of an accounts supervisor is:

1. To plan, schedule and assign resources to routine accounting (including GST reporting), business support, compilation, and taxation jobs. This includes managing the accounts team and to monitor the performance of the jobs to ensure services are provided timely and meeting the requirements of the clients.

2. To coach and develop the accounts team in terms of technical skills and soft skills. This includes providing timely performance feedback to the team and clear goal and development target to the team.

3. To support partner in business development i.e. meeting new clients and identifying opportunities for providing non-audit services to clients from various industries.

Soft qualities of a team leader:

1. Problem solving skills

2. Communication skills

3. Able to pay attention to details

4. Systematic and disciplined

5. Leadership

Technical skills of a team leader:

1. Competency with routine accounting and business processes

2. Accounting knowledge, GST and Income tax reporting requirements, and ACRA requirements on companies and partnership

3. Moderate excel skills i.e. use of excel functions, pivot table etc. is an advantage

4. Able to operate various accounting software is an advantage