Accountant

Key Responsibilities

• •Process, review and validate various transactions entered in our system ensuring high accuracy of all entries, and compliance to established controls, accounting principles and policies.
• •In coordination with supervisors and colleagues, investigate and resolve transactional issues as necessary.
• •Prepare journal entries for adjustments or corrections.
• •Prepare and analyse reconciliations of selected complex accounts and advise the Sr Accountant/Team Lead of issues on the reconciliation
• •Review basic reconciliations performed by junior staff.
• •Create and amend vendor accounts.
• •Assist with audits by providing supporting records and documentation
• •Performs preliminary checks and enters data for payment runs
• •Reviews data entered by junior staffs in Payment Runs.
• •Communicate with the stakeholders on matters concerning invoices, and/or expense claims in a timely manner.
• •Check validity and completeness of supporting documents presented by the stakeholders.
• •Suggest and drive process improvement initiatives and best practices.

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• •A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• •Relevant professional certifications is an advantage (e.g. CPA, MBA …etc.)
• •Relevant experience in a Finance Shared Services or BPO is preferred.
• •Experience in any of the following Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an advantage:
• •SAP MM/FI Module (2 to 4 years if assigned to SJ)

• •3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in any of the following areas:
• •Vendor Invoice Processing
• •Intercompany Invoice Processing
• •Vendor Maintenance
• •Account Reconciliations
• •Payment Processing

• •Intermediate knowledge in MS Office applications is an advantage.
• •Able to collaborate with team members, internal clients and management.
• •Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills within a multi-cultural business environment.
• •Good communication skills. Able to engage stakeholders in a conversation. Able to express ideas or point of views both in oral and written communication.
• •Advance understanding of accounting principles. Able to explain and recommend journal entries and troubleshoot accounting errors.
• •Ability to cope with ambiguity and change and maintain high level of professionalism when working under pressure;

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