Vacancy in Manila: Marine Accountant - Hire Desk

Office location: Klaveness Shore Services Inc. (KSSI), 5F, FiveE-com Center, Harbour Drive, MOA Complex, Pasay City, Philippines

With great ambitions, we need great people!

Klaveness Shore Services, Inc. (KSSI) is currently seeking to fill a challenging role in Commercial Operations. KSSI is a PEZA registered IT Export Enterprise, engaged in the business of providing outsourcing services and business process outsourcing services, specifically accounting, information technology, and commercial operations to shipping enterprises, organizations, entities and companies in the foreign market.

MARINE ACCOUNTANT – HIRE DESK

About the role:

The Marine Accountant – Hire Desk shall be responsible for the control of assigned voyages; ensures no discrepancies on Dataloy and SAP voyage results when closing; responsible in ensuring that all hire invoicing and payment are done in accordance with the contract; and ensures that all other accounting-related transactions for assigned voyages are done in Dataloy in a timely manner. The role works closely with ship operators, chartering/traders, and finance/accounting to ensure contractual compliance and timely financial processing.

Job Responsibilities:

• Issue hire invoices to charterers and ensure collection of payment.

• Process timely hire payment to owners.

• Responsible in posting various costs and revenue in Dataloy.

• Process broker’s commission payment and serve as final approver of vendor invoices in Readsoft to ensure timely payment.

• Ensure that Dataloy result is the same as SAP result before closing the voyage in Dataloy.

• Support the operators when needed in a satisfactory way.

• Handle reconciliation of accounts.

• Liaise with brokers, owners and charterers.

Qualifications:

• Relevant accounting education in college/university

• Meaningful experience in accounting especially AR and AP; marine accounting or shipping experience is an advantage

• Good understanding of accounting principles and commercial agreements

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills

• Able to work independently as well as in team

• Work according to high ethical standards

• Fluent in English, both written and oral

• Multi-cultural understanding

We offer a challenging position in an international company with great ambitions for the future based on digitization and innovation:

• European modern Company with long traditions within Shipping

• Part of a dedicated team of professionals working with global clients

• Fast paced working environment in modern office in Five Ecom Center, Harbor Drive, MOA Complex, Pasay City

We offer a role in our KSSI team in Manila, an integral part of an international and progressive company with great ambitions for the future. With us, you will experience good opportunities for personal and professional development, and we offer nice and collaborative working environment in our office at Five Ecom Center in Pasay City.

If all this sounds like a great opportunity to you, please submit your application including CV as soon as possible.

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Torvald Klaveness is a pioneering shipping group with a vision to improve the nature of shipping.  Through its portfolio companies, Klaveness helps customers move cargo more efficiently by combining maritime expertise, innovative shipping solutions, and digital capabilities. Together, these solutions increase trading efficiency and support more resilient, decarbonized, and cost-effective seaborne supply chains. 

Klaveness Holding oversees the group’s ownership interests and investments. Klaveness Combination Carriers, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, owns and operates a fleet of combination carriers, Klaveness Dry Bulk is a leading global dry bulk operator and manager of the world’s largest Panamax pool, and Klaveness Digital develops digital solutions for seaborne supply chains and chartering decision support.

With 80 years of experience, Klaveness operates approximately 75 vessels and employs around 155 people across offices in Oslo, Singapore, Manila, Dubai and Tokyo. For more information about Klaveness, please visit www.klaveness.com.