What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Associate position at Happy Koala LLC?
Happy Mammoth is a fast-growing natural food tech business selling across Australia, Europe and the United States. We specialize in formulating, producing and marketing gut, digestive and microbiome health foods and natural supplements, designed to help our clients make long-lasting positive health changes and start living very full lives again.
What You Get:
* Competitive salary
* Work remotely from anywhere in the world
* Lots of variation to keep the day-to-day exciting
* Free access to books, courses and anything else that helps improve your skill set
We are searching for a motivated Accounting Associate who is an excellent multitasker with exceptional communication and time management skills. You should be thorough, accurate, and honest with good bookkeeping skills. Accounting Associates can expect to assist the Accounting department with data entry, processing, and recording transactions, updating the ledger, assisting with audits or fact-checking, preparing budgets and reports.
To be a successful Accounting Associate, you should have an understanding of Accounting principles and proficiency with computers and software, such as MS Excel and Xero (similar to Quickbooks). You should be trustworthy, efficient, and organized.
This is a fully remote position but only for candidates currently living in Malta.
Responsibilities
- Monitoring daily communications and answering any queries.
- Updating payment schedule and PO Tracker with new invoices and payments.
- Process purchase invoices through DEXT and Xero software
- Daily bank reconciliation in Xero software
- Supplier Payments through online banking.
- Raising and processing sales invoices in Xero.
- Assisting with data collection, calculation and reporting for European VAT returns.
- Assisting with month end tasks:
- Assisting with Month End, Quarter End and Year End VAT and Tax returns
- Assisting with all Compliance and KYC requests
- Assisting on Audit preparation requests
- Supplier liaison for missing invoices/payments etc
- Updating and maintaining procedural documentation.
- Other admin duties as required.
Requirements:
- 3 years of Bookkeeping knowledge and experience
- Experience with EU and Maltese specific VAT and accounting procedures is a must.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft excel/google sheets, Adobe, and Word
- 3 years of experience with accounting software (preferably Xero)
- Accuracy and attention to detail
