LevelUp - WordPress Technical Support & Outsourcing helps WordPress businesses manage the technical and customer-support work behind their products and websites. Founded in 2017, the company provides ongoing WordPress maintenance and technical support, one-off fixes, managed customer service for theme and plugin developers, and white-label support for design agencies.
LevelUp also helps businesses build offshore teams for WordPress support and development, giving them access to specialized talent while reducing the operational load of handling support in-house. The company is based in the UK and operates a support office in Manila, Philippines.
Senior Accountant - 6-Month Contract (Philippines Remote)
Senior Accountant supporting a US client with accruals, financial close, audits, and financial statement preparation. LevelUp delivers outsourcing services for agencies, software providers, and website owners.
Description
- Manage monthly accruals by reviewing purchase orders and contracts in Coupa to determine the appropriate entries.
- Support month-end and year-end close by maintaining accurate, complete books and meeting closing deadlines.
- Assemble interim and year-end audit support, including source documentation and workbooks that substantiate financial statements.
- Help prepare financial statements, reconcile all figures, and resolve issues such as rounding discrepancies.
- Complete the annual stock option roll-forward using Carta reports to calculate weighted-average stock prices and other financial statement figures.
- Review prior-year work papers to understand balance construction and reproduce the required analyses for the current year.
- Provide support for revenue-related accounting activities as needed.
- Report to the Accounting Lead.
- Work with the US client's accounting team during year-end close and audit season.
Requirements
- At least four years of progressive accounting experience, including senior-level or external audit work.
- Strong fundamental accounting knowledge and the ability to manage complex projects with limited supervision.
- Working knowledge of US GAAP and experience supporting US-based companies.
- Hands-on ownership of accruals and month-end and year-end close activities, including purchase order and contract review.
- Demonstrated experience preparing audit support and financial statements.
- Intermediate Excel proficiency, including pivot tables and VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP.
- Ability to interpret complex formulas and workbooks created by others.
- Ability to investigate discrepancies, reconstruct figures from prior-year work papers, and resolve questions independently.
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or a related discipline.
- Availability to work US business hours throughout the contract.
- Experience with Coupa or a comparable procure-to-pay platform is preferred.
- Philippines or US CPA certification is preferred.
- Working knowledge of NetSuite is preferred.
- Experience with equity accounting, stock option roll-forwards, or Carta is preferred.
- Experience in hosting, SaaS, or subscription businesses, including revenue accounting exposure, is preferred.
- Willingness to work a fixed US Central Time schedule from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM Philippine time, Monday through Friday, without schedule flexibility.
Benefits
- Philippines government-mandated benefits, including 13th-month pay, SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG.
- Support for establishing a remote work setup.
- Philippine holiday observance.
- Company-provided equipment.
- A respectful workplace with attention to work-life balance.
- Contract extension may be available based on performance.