Accountant - Hong Kong Clients - Remote - China

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 across 3 business segments:

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

Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service

FinTech payments: 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 600 staff with an intact startup mindset. We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has 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 Asia Pacific.

About the Role:

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the daily accounting operations and preparing full sets of accounts for a diverse portfolio of clients based in Hong Kong, ensuring compliance with local standards. This is a remote role based in China.

Mission of the Role

As an Accountant, you will play a key role in providing high-quality accounting services to our clients. This position is ideal for someone with 5 years of experience, preferably within practice, looking to deepen their expertise and take on new responsibilities in a fast-paced, cloud-based environment. You'll collaborate with a team of experienced accountants, managing a portfolio of clients and ensuring financial accuracy.

Your 5+ years of accounting experience, ideally managing a portfolio of international clients, will enable you to succeed in this role.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and record clients' daily financial transactions, complete posting processes, and verify that all transactions are accurately recorded in the general ledger.
• Perform regular bank and account reconciliations.
• Maintain full sets of accounts for various clients and assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual management accounts.
• Prepare and maintain audit schedules, including fixed assets, accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), accruals, and prepayments.
• Ensure all accounting treatments and financial reports strictly comply with The Small and Medium-sized Entity Financial Reporting Standards (SME-FRS).
• Perform other ad-hoc accounting and administrative duties as assigned by the Manager.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Must be based in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, or Meizhou, and legally authorized to work in Mainland China. (This is a 100% fully remote role).
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5 years of relevant accounting experience (experience in an accounting/corporate services firm is a strong advantage).
• Solid understanding of Hong Kong Accounting Standards.
• Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., Xero) and advanced MS Office, especially Excel.
• Native Mandarin Speaker with native-level fluency in written and spoken Chinese. (Proficiency in Cantonese is a strong plus).
• High fluency in written and spoken English for professional client and internal communications
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple clients effectively.

Behavioural fit is also important at Sleek, and we will be looking for candidates that have a proven track record of embodying the below attributes in their recent roles:

Ownership: This shows reliability and helps build trust within the team. We move fast and need to know that everyone will see things through to completion and proactively help to get things back on track when challenges arise. Accountability is really important to us.

Humility: There is so much we don’t know. Humility allows for open-mindedness to feedback and a willingness to learn from others. It paves the way for collaboration and creates a positive work environment. It is a key ingredient of self awareness and emotional intelligence.

Structured Thinking: Our business is complex with many layers (many services, many countries, many cultures). Regardless of whether you’re more analytical or creative in nature, being able to show sound judgement is important to us. It ensures solutions are pragmatic and balance the needs of the organisation, team and customers.

Attention to detail: You’ll be managing multiple, complex workstreams from numerous stakeholders. It will be important for you to keep track of everything and notice when information is missing or inconsistent.

Excellent listener and clear communicator: We have a variety of nationalities and for many people, English isn’t their first language. For you to excel, you’ll need to be present in your calls and make sure you properly receive and thoughtfully send messages to others in the business.

The interview process

The successful candidate will participate in the below interview stages. We anticipate the process to last no more than 3 weeks from start to finish.

Whether the interviews are held over video call or in person will depend on your location and the role.

One-way Video Interview

Shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation to complete a one-way video interview. This step allows us to review your skills and background early in the process, ensuring a smooth and efficient experience for all applicants.

Technical round A 60-minute chat with a Hiring Team. They'll discuss your last 1–2 roles to understand your experience in more detail.

Behavioral/ Soft Skills round

A ~ 45 minute chat with a member of the leadership team, where they will dive into some of your recent work situations to understand how you think and work.

Reference verification

We will conduct a short phone or video call with one of your former direct managers. To avoid delaying your offer, we may ask to connect with them earlier in the interview process.

Requirement for background screening

Please be aware that Sleek is a regulated entity and as such is required to perform different levels of background checks on staff depending on their role.

This may include using external vendors to verify the below:

• Your education
• Any criminal history
• Any political exposure
• Any bankruptcy or adverse credit history

We will ask for your consent before conducting these checks. Depending on your role at Sleek, an adverse result on one of these checks may prohibit you from passing probation.

By submitting a job application, you confirm that you have read and agree to our Data Privacy Statement for Candidates, found at sleek.com.

Benefits

Some other great things about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.

Flexibility: You’ll be able to work remotely. If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you get your work done and proactively communicate. You can also work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year

Financial benefits: We pay competitive market salaries and provide staff with generous paid time off and holiday schedules. Certain staff at Sleek are also eligible for our employee share ownership plan and can share in the upside of our stellar growth trajectory as we work toward listing on a prominent stock exchange in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal growth: You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.

Sleek is also a proudly certified B Corp. Since we started our journey in 2017, we’ve been committed to building Sleek as a force for good. In just over 5 years, we’ve joined a community of industry leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, and P&G who are building an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economy.