Purpose:
Manage the accounting team and manage the cross-functional working relationships with other stakeholders such as Tax, Treasury, Operations to ensure timely and accurate submission of internal and external financial reports, and ensure corporate governance and compliance.
Responsibilities:
- Overseeing and reviewing tasks done by the accounting team in the day to day operations and month end closing process
- Ensure compliance with Location Accounting Minimum Financial Controls
- Promote close working relationships with other stakeholders groups such as FP&As, Billings, Project Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Operations etc
- Prepare and ensure timely submission of monthly and quarterly management report and cash flow forecasting reports
- Prepare and post monthly accruals, prepayments and similar accounting entries
- Ensure Balance Sheet reconciliations are prepared and reviewed properly on monthly basis.
- Review working capital requirements and arrange funding
- Prepare/review the quarterly/annual statutory filings and related queries
- Prepare/review the quarterly/annual tax-related filings and queries
- Liaise with external auditors, company secretary and tax agents
- Assist with the preparation of any ad-hoc reports/assignments as requested
Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree qualification in Finance & Accounting
- CPA or CA or ACCA qualification
- 10 to 15 years accounting experience in a multinational company
- Solid knowledge of accounting standards and tax rules in Singapore
- Experience with a large ERP environment such as Oracle, SAP
- Knowledge in BlackLine, PowerBI, OBIEE would be an advantage
- Ability to interpret and apply accounting standards and corporate financial policies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A high degree of organizational skills
- Strong leadership, staff supervision and mentoring skills
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications including intermediate/advanced Excel knowledge
