Assistant Manager (Vessel Accounting-Manila)

Our 30-year journey rides on the passion of over 27,000 seafarers and 1,200 onshore professionals. Today, we are one of the largest independent third-party ship management companies managing over 650+ diverse types of vessels.

Headquartered in Hong Kong SAR, China, we operate on a global scale having 27 offices in 12 countries. Our client base spans over 100 world-class ship owners, including Fortune 500 companies from China, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and the USA, among others.

In a shore career at FLEET, you will be working with a team of a highly passionate, self-driven and committed group of people. We aim to be a place where you can achieve your full potential, regardless of your background. We are looking for individuals who are ambitious about making a strong contribution to FLEET’s short and long-term sustainable growth – whether you are dealing directly with clients or working in a role supporting the business, such as technology, legal or communications.

Job Position Summary

The Assistant Manager is in-charge of specific Vessel Accounting group as assigned and report to Manager, Vessel Accounting. The primary responsibility is to address the financial reporting requirements from clients and ensure proper adherence to the company’s policies and procedures by way of implementing best accounting practices among the team.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the team of accountants within the assigned group in daily operations
• Maintain close and effective communication with Clients to understand and meet their requirements in terms of financial reporting for the vessels
• Monitor the preparation of monthly vessel financial accounts, cash flow statements, budget variance reports, etc. and end to technical team for checking and approval
• Review the reports and ensure timely submission on reports and responses externally with clients and internally with other departments

Relationship:

INTERNAL:

• All internal departments like Technical, Manning, Quality Safety, Purchasing, etc. on vessel accounting matters

EXTERNAL:

• Ship Owners on various matters like reporting, clarification on queries, raising the fund requests and settlement of accounts on periodical basis.

Job Experience, Functional Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Degree in Accounting & Finance or related fields
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Accounting, prior experience in Shipping Industry is preferred
• Supervisory experience is preferred
• Experience in preparing Financial Reports, Cash Flow Reports, Budget V/s Actual Reports is a must
• Working knowledge of ERP (Oracle, SAP) is preferred
• Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft Office

Competencies   

• Able to multi-task and meet tight reporting deadlines
• Good command of written and spoken English
• Self-motivated, hardworking, demonstrate the ability and initiative to handle increasing responsibility over time.

Fleet Management Limited is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by local laws.