Bookkeeper
Bookkeeping, payables and receivables, reconciliations, payroll prep and month-end.
Hire an offshore assistant accountant in the Philippines
Give your accountant or finance manager a dependable second pair of hands. Explore offshore professionals with relevant accounting experience, discuss your software and month-end process, then agree the employment cost and terms before hiring.
From USD$1,500 a monthA$2,150 · NZ$2,680 · full-time, before tax
- Works with your tools
- Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Dext, Excel
- Works with your team
- Your business hours, NZ, AU or US time
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About the role.
What does an offshore assistant accountant do?
They support your accountant or finance manager with the recurring ledger work that keeps the books ready for review.
Complete bank and credit card reconciliations and clear unreconciled items
Prepare journals for accruals, prepayments, depreciation and payroll
Maintain the fixed asset register and loan or intercompany schedules
Prepare GST or BAS working papers for your accountant to review
Reconcile balance sheet accounts and prepare supporting schedules
Assemble the month-end pack and track open items on a checklist
Which software do they use?
Assistant accounting work usually sits in Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks, with Dext or Hubdoc for supporting documents and Excel for schedules and reconciliations. Each profile lists the software that person has used, so you can pick someone who already knows yours.
If you are building capacity in an accounting firm, use our accounting-firm hiring guide to separate preparation from review and plan the handover. Compare the full employment cost and any one-off charges with the offshore employment cost checklist before agreeing a start date.
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Compare the local annual salary with our full-time starting price. Choose your market and team size to see the difference.
Your roleAssistant Accountant
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Full-time people
Local salary estimate
NZ$75,000
NZD a year · NZ$6,250 a month
Assistant Accountant · New Zealand
Ramp Remote from
NZ$32,160
NZD a year · NZ$2,680 a month
Full-time Philippines hire · before tax · 43% of the local cost
Potential annual savingsNZ$42,840
57% below the local salary estimate.
1 full-time person · your quote confirms the total.
Comparison uses the local salary estimate published by Ramp Remote and this role’s starting service price. The figures have different inclusions. Experience, benefits, taxes and one-off costs may vary. Your quote confirms the total.
What changed for a client
40%
“During a period of rapid growth, [Ramp Remote] gave us access to talent we couldn’t find on our own. They guided each hiring manager through the process, helping us secure the right people with the right skillsets—perfectly matched to our culture. This has significantly reduced the cost of our delivery and back office by upwards of 40%.”
Paul PrichardGroup CEO, Overdose DigitalFind the right person for the work.
What good looks like
Agree a month-end rhythm with your accountant or finance manager. Useful measures include reconciliations completed to your timetable, supporting schedules attached to each balance and a month-end checklist with open items clearly listed.
Define who reviews and posts journals, who approves adjustments to closed periods and who signs off the final accounts.
Assess the right fit
Our catalogue candidates are reviewed and interviewed by our team.
Discuss experience with your accounting software, entity structure and industry. Ask the candidate to explain how they investigate an unreconciled difference, support an accrual and decide what to escalate to a senior accountant.
Agree any practical exercise with our team, using sample data. Confirm the candidate's level of responsibility and any qualifications you require; an assistant accountant prepares work for review, so do not assume they can give tax advice or lodge returns.
Your next assistant accountant could change your day.
More capacity for your business. More time for the work that needs you. Tell us who you need and we’ll help you find the right fit.
Let’s find your personStart with a conversation. Agree the full quote and terms before you hire.
From your brief to their first day.
Meet the person. Understand the cost. Start with a plan you’ve agreed together.
Tell us what you need
Share the work, experience and hours you need. You can start with a role enquiry or discuss someone you have seen in the catalogue.
Meet your shortlist
Review suitable people, discuss relevant experience and interview the candidates you want to consider. Agree any role-specific assessment with us.
Agree the hire and get started
Review the full quote, service terms and working arrangements before committing. Then plan access, handover and onboarding together.
How do I fill my Assistant Accountant role in the Philippines?
Start with a brief for your Assistant Accountant role: the responsibilities they will own, the systems they will use and the working hours you need to overlap with your team in New Zealand or Australia. Meet candidates against that brief and agree the total monthly cost before choosing a start date.
With Ramp Remote, we employ and support your person in the Philippines. You provide the business context, set priorities and review their work. Start with one clear responsibility and a named manager, then expand the role as the handover takes hold.
Before you hire.
What the monthly price includesThe starting price is a guide for a full-time hire in the Philippines. Your quote confirms the total for your chosen person, agreed hours and service arrangements.
- Experience and scope: specialist skills, seniority and the responsibilities you need affect the price.
- Hours and coverage: agree the working week, time-zone overlap and any evening or weekend needs.
- What is included: ask for the breakdown of employment costs, our service, equipment and any one-off charges, with currency and applicable taxes stated.
We confirm these details before you commit. The starting price is not a fixed quote for every candidate.
Timing depends on the brief, candidate availability, interviews and any notice period. We will agree the next update and a target start date with you once those details are clear. If the right person is not currently available, we can recruit to your brief.
- Set the controls: agree access, journal approvals, the chart of accounts and the month-end calendar.
- Handover one cycle: work through your reconciliations, accrual routine and supporting schedules together.
- Review the first close: check accuracy, schedules and open items with your accountant, then agree the ongoing cadence.
You can discuss a role without committing to a hire. Before proceeding, review your written quote and agreement for payment timing, currency and taxes, notice requirements, the support included and what happens if the hire is not the right fit.
We will confirm replacement arrangements and any conditions in your agreement before you proceed.
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