Senior Accountant (ACA/ICAEW)

About Sleek

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.

We operate 3 business segments:

1. Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations
2. Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, generative AI tools and exceptional customer service
3. Business banking: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 450 staff, but we think and act more like a startup than a large corporation.

We have achieved >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years and as a result have been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia. Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.

Requirements

To excel in this role, you MUST be:

• ACA/ICAEW qualified or partially qualified with supplementary experience
• A few years of experience within Client and Cloud Accounting, or partially qualified with additional years of experience
• Extensive knowledge of Accounting, corporation tax compliance and VAT processes and regulations
• Proficient in Accounting Software: Quickbook, Xero, Excel etc.
• Working in a fast growing start up and with a large portfolio of SME Clientele would be advantageous
• Working knowledge of Payroll and Personal Tax would be advantageous

Your daily tasks will include:

• Preparation and review of statutory annual accounts, reconciliations, external returns and claims for a large portfolio of SME clients
• Build new relationships and maintain existing relationships with clients.
• Ensure financial records, systems and other internal controls, including standing orders, financial regulations and asset registers, are properly managed, maintained, controlled, reviewed and complied with.
• Managing a team of accountants and effectively supporting them with day to day challenges, performance and training.

• An industry competitive salary package and a discretionary performance bonus
• A health care allowance and a pension scheme with an employer contribution
• Work remotely, hybridly or onsite from our offices in Manchester or Leeds, West Yorkshire (Hybrid or office based)
• Paid sick leave
• A close knit team of supportive colleagues and a culture that is fun, friendly and committed to your career development
• An environment that encourages innovation and the autonomy and freedom to apply your expertise