Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Prepare complete details and accurate accounts for all entities including a group consolidation

• Report accurate, timely and insightful monthly management accounts and financial updates for management review

• Motivate management accounting/nominal ledger team to take further responsibility for accounts input and preparation processes, and ensure career development in a supportive manner

• Manage and liaise with auditors, IT review and tax computation processes from planning to filing in an efficient and effective manner

• Collaborates with the other finance department managers to support overall department goals and objectives

• Advises staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions

• Manage and oversee the daily operations of the accounting department

• Ensure accounting, associated IT systems and internal control environment are in compliance with Corporate policy as well as SOX requirements etc.

• Responsible for review of journal entries

• Review reconciliations of all significant account balances including bank accounts and fixed assets, debtors and creditors, and report significant exceptions to management

• Guides other departments by researching and interpreting accounting policy, applying observations and recommendations to operational issues

• Understand key concepts of tax returns (i.e. corporate income tax, withholding tax and indirect taxes) in foreign jurisdictions where the company has legal presence

• Provide tax team with accurate information for the purpose of tax compliance in local and foreign jurisdictions

• Manage and implement Company’s initiatives and projects from finance and accounting perspective. This includes providing requirements, designing and performing UAT, designing new workflow, monitoring post-go-live processes, and troubleshooting

• Identify and drive process and technology improvement opportunities
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Accounting or Finance

• 5+ years of working experience in Accounting

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and analytical skills

• Solid problem-solving skills with the ability to think outside the box

• Dynamic and able to adapt to a fast-paced environment

• Energetic, initiative with good communication skills

• Experience in project management

• Good command of both spoken and written English

• Excellent leadership and team management skills

• Skilled in presentation composition, communications technology including PowerPoint, and engaging, articulate audience presentations

• Excellent computer proficiency

• Familiar with local/US GAAP and knowledge & compliance in financial & accounting management and internal control