The candidate will be on 9 months contract for maternity coverage (extension for up to 12 months). Reporting to the Finance Manager, responsible for the accounting for Asia Pacific including AR, financial reporting, tax compliance, vessel and bank reconciliations, company secretarial duties and management of consultants.
ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES (What is this role responsible for delivering?)
Financial Reporting
- Prepare month-end closing in SAP.
- Review monthly vessel accounting entries.
- Prepare utilization reports.
- Analyse vessel and shore profit and loss reports and provide variance analysis.
- Oversee the fixed asset register of Tidewater Offshore Operations PTE LTD
- Assist in vendor callback.
- Assist in preparation of manual payments.
- Collating supporting documents and issuance of invoice to charterers, including liaising with charterers and accruing revenue
- Prepare/review of shore journal entries.
- Prepare journals for master cash book expenses.
- Liaise with external and internal auditors on financial audits
Billing
- Prepare and process sales invoices to customers.
- Follow up issues relating to invoicing and assigned customers.
- Monitor and follow up on collections from customers.
- Assist to ensure that sales invoices are prepared in accordance with contracts and applied tax rules (e.g WHT, GST etc) in area of operations.
- Liaise with tax department and customer on WHT tax slip collections.
Seafarer Payroll
- Review OSM Australia Pty Ltd payroll
- Liaise with manning department on errors in seafarer payroll.
Reconciliations
- Prepare account reconciliations.
- Prepare bank reconciliation.
- Prepare fuel oil reconciliations.
- Make accounting adjustments.
Budgeting & Quarterly Forecasting
- Assist finance manager to prepare vessel forecast/budget.
- Work with other departments on budgeting/forecasting
- Assists to prepare reports for reporting to Head Office and Outport General Manager
Tax Compliance
- Collate seafarer payroll information from manning department.
- Assist to prepare monthly personal income tax calculation
- Liaise with tax consultant on tax filing.
- Assist tax team on adhoc requests.
Company Secretarial
- Assist to prepare secretarial documents for SEA region (i.e. bank signatories, annual filing, company registration etc).
- Handle ad hoc requests as required.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field with 3 years working experience, OR in lieu of degree, Diploma or Professional accounting certifications with 5 years working experience.
Skills & Experience:
- Proficient in SAP and other accounting software.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and practices
- Experience with financial reporting, reconciliations, and budgeting/forecasting.
- Working knowledge of seafarer payroll and tax compliance in the maritime industry (preferred).
- Ability to analyze financial data, identify trends, and provide insights.
- Strong problem-solving skills to resolve discrepancies and find solutions.
- Attention to detail for accuracy and adherence to procedures.
