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Full-timeWhite Collar
Import Accountant
HQFinanceOn-site
Job Description
Import Accountant is responsible for managing and overseeing all financial transactions related to the company’s import activities. This includes verifying import documentation, ensuring compliance with customs regulations, recording purchase orders for new shipments for warehouse receipts, and processing payments to suppliers and freight forwarders. Knowledge of various payment methods and conditions and proficiency in accounting software.
Responsibilities
- Verify and process import invoices, bills of lading, and other shipping documents to double check with the customs.
- Initiate payment applications to foreign vendors and service providers in a timely manner.
- Recording purchase orders of new shipments in the system for warehouse receipts.
- Reconcile payments in customs agents' accounts with received receipts from customs.
- Contact shipping agents to get the best offers in case of arranging shipping on our side.
- Finalize journal entries of received shipments and record them in accounting system every month.
- Finalize the process of issuing the official documents needed for importing and registering factories in concerned governmental institutes.
- Revise labels of our imported items with suppliers and translate them to send to our customs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Proven experience in Import Accounting, Trade Finance, or a related accounting role.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and import/export transactions.
- Good knowledge of customs duties, import costs, and related accounting entries.
- Very good command of MS Office, particularly Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and IF Conditions).
- Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent communication and coordination skills with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines effectively.