Accountant

Umerco (Umer & Company), an official IBM Partner serving US customers, is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Accountant to join its finance team at the Valencia Town office. This full-time, on-site position requires working night shift hours to align with US business operations. The role involves taking over billing, payment follow-up, incentives, and tax-related tasks currently managed by sales and delivery teams, ensuring accurate bookkeeping and financial record-keeping.

Key Responsibilities
- Manage daily accounting operations, including accounts payable and receivable.
- Generate customer invoices from signed orders and purchase orders, verifying quotes, part numbers, and sales tax before issuing invoices.
- Follow up with customer accounts payable, pursue late payments, and reconcile incoming payments.
- Reconcile distributor quotes (e.g., TD SYNNEX) against customer purchase orders, verify margins per line item, and monitor pay-per-use, overage, and renewal billing.
- Track IBM and partner incentives (estimated, pending, and received) and reconcile amounts billed versus received.
- Maintain accurate deal and payment trackers using Smartsheet, reflecting ordered, invoiced, and paid statuses.
- Record and maintain ledger and journal entries with precision.
- Perform monthly bank and credit card reconciliations and manage petty cash.
- Prepare and process invoices, vendor payments, contractor invoices, timesheets, payroll, and expense reports.
- Assist with month-end and year-end closing activities.
- Prepare financial statements and monthly margin and expense reports for management review.
- Review subscriptions and recurring costs, and monitor budgets.
- Handle tax filings, company registrations, renewals, and business insurance renewals.
- Maintain organized and audit-ready financial records within accounting software.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and standard accounting practices.
- Coordinate effectively with US-based team members, IBM, and clients as needed.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant accounting experience; experience with US-based companies or clients is advantageous.
- Proficiency in accounting software such as QuickBooks, Xero, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding of bookkeeping principles, financial reporting, taxation, and compliance requirements.
- Advanced skills in MS Excel and familiarity with tracker tools like Smartsheet.
- Ability to track expenses and collect receivables efficiently.
- Competence in reconciling quotes, purchase orders, and invoices line by line.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- High attention to detail, accuracy, and strong organizational abilities.
- Ability to handle confidential payroll and financial information with discretion.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Willingness and ability to work night shift hours (6:00 PM – 3:00 AM PKT).

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
Experience in an IT reseller or channel-partner business, IBM or distributor billing, US sales tax, vendor incentive or rebate tracking, and managing multi-entity books is highly desirable.

Job Details
- Position: Accountant
- Experience: Minimum 2 years
- Job Type: Contractual, full-time, on-site only
- Working Days: Monday to Friday
- Location: Valencia Town, Lahore
- Working Hours: 6:00 PM – 3:00 AM (aligned with USA business hours)

This role offers the opportunity to work with a reputable IBM partner and gain valuable experience in international finance operations. Candidates interested in applying should prepare their resumes accordingly.