Job Description
Role: Accountant
Location: Singapore, West
Reporting to: Regional Finance Manager
Overview:
As a General Accountant, you will be responsible for the general ledger, accounts receivable, and accounts payable functions. You will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining compliance, and supporting the overall financial health of the business.
Key Responsibilities:
General Ledger:
- Prepare IFRS 16 lease accounting entries.
- Prepare inventory aging reports and provisions for stock obsolescence.
- Post group treasury interest income and expenses.
- Post monthly manual journal entries.
- Oversee month-end closing tasks, including FX revaluation and period opening/closing.
- Prepare monthly financial data for submission to the Group.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Prepare quarterly goods and service tax and withholding tax filings.
- Prepare VAT returns for Australia.
- Assist with APAC payroll computations and other matters.
- Participate in annual budget exercises.
- Liaise with auditors, customers, suppliers, bankers, and tax consultants.
- Support the Regional Finance Manager in financial analysis and commentary.
- Prepare external audit schedules and tax organizers.
- Attend to external auditor, tax agent, and tax authority queries.
Accounts Receivable:
- Manage customer master data.
- Release sales orders when credit is approved.
- Follow up on customer payments.
- Prepare debit and credit notes.
- Post customer receipts and bank charges.
- Forecast monthly receipts for cash flow management.
- Prepare aging reports and provisions for bad debt.
- Accrue customer claims.
- Post other monthly manual journal entries.
- Compute agent commission and customer volume rebates.
- Perform monthly intercompany confirmations and resolve differences.
- Prepare external audit schedules and corporate income tax computation data.
Accounts Payable:
- Manage vendor master data.
- Match invoices to purchase orders and delivery orders.
- Scan supplier invoices and upload to the vendor management portal.
- Post supplier invoices, apply payments, and assign correct account and cost center coding.
- Close drop shipment purchase orders.
- Forecast monthly payments for cash flow management and prepare netting payments to Treasury.
- Accrue supplier invoices not received for month-end closing.
- Perform monthly intercompany confirmations and resolve differences.
- Post goods-in-transit journal entries.
- Post other monthly manual journal entries.
- Check staff claims for compliance with company policy.
- Arrange payments for various matters, such as director fees and bonuses.
- Follow up on long overdue advance payments.
- Clear control accounts.
- Post and amortize prepayment accounts.
- Prepare fixed cost reports for Singapore and consolidate for other APAC regions.
- Check and process payments for the APAC region.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in a finance role
- Strong financial analysis and reporting skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Knowledge of international financial reporting standards (IFRS).
About Us:
Leading provider of chemicals used in the leather industry.
Please submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected]
