Finance Assistant (Fresh Graduates Preferred) - Dayshift Remote
Salary : Php 30,000 - Php 40,000 per month
Working Hours & Conditions : AU Working Hours and Holidays
OVERVIEW:
We are seeking a remote Finance assistant to support an Australian business. The core requirement for this role is strong Excel ability — you will be working daily with spreadsheets to reconcile accounts, track payments, and maintain accurate records.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prepare cost code reports in Excel
- Prepare and send Payment Schedules to suppliers
- Track supplier spend against Purchase Orders, and alert the team when a supplier is going over their approved PO amount
- Maintain accurate reconciliation and account records in Excel daily
- Raise questions or flag discrepancies as they arise, rather than guessing or waiting
Requirements
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including:
- Data entry and formatting
- Cell formatting (fonts, borders, colours, number formats)
- Sorting and filtering data
- Basic formulas (SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MIN, MAX)
- Building and maintaining reconciliation reports
- Excellent written and verbal English
- Comfortable working independently and flagging issues or blockers proactively, rather than sitting on them
Note on experience: We are open to recent graduates (accounting, finance, commerce or similar) with strong Excel ability and no bookkeeping experience yet, as well as candidates with existing bookkeeping/accounts experience. Excel skill is the deciding factor, not years on the job.
Highly Regarded (not required)
- Experience bookkeeping for an Australian construction, building, civil, fit-out or trade business
- Experience using MYOB
- Experience using Procore or similar construction management software
Summary
Support financial record-keeping using Excel, prepare reports, and track payments.
Job title
Finance Assistant
Experience level
entry level
Industry
finance
Location requirements
Remote role based in Manila, Philippines, working for Australian hours.
Salary
Php 30,000 - Php 40,000 per month
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines