Accountant (Full Set of Account)

Role: Accountant

Duration: 12 months contract

Working Location: Bangsar KL (Near to LRT)

Working Schedule: 1pm-10pm Monday to Friday, Hybrid working arrangement

Salary: RM 4100 + Statutory contribution + Medical Benefits + Leave entitilement

This role will be reporting to the Senior Manager General Accounting and collaborate within a dynamic, team oriented environment. This role provide general accounting support to EMEA entities, ensuring transactions are accurate and properly recorded. Participate in the month end and year end closing processes.

Core Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include supporting accounting team to deliver high quality accounting services in a timely and accurate fashion and ensuring adherence to strong internal controls.

• Prepare journal entries and ensure correct accounting information is uploaded in the system as per the supporting documents and right account codes as per the guidelines.
• Check the correctness of journal entries provided by business teams to mark the corrections to relevant teams.
• Work on SAP accounting modules like FICO and FA modules, BPC, Cadency to ensure all financial numbers are input correctly and management reporting is accurate.
• Perform general accounting and cost accounting month end close within deadlines set.
• Prepare fixed asset and balance sheet schedules on a timely manner and keep a repository of the same to be ready for review at times required by management or auditing teams. Review and update the detailed fixed assets schedule and accumulated depreciation.
• Prepare trial balance for account reconciliation and balance sheet GL reconciliations in Cadency system.
• Prepare bank reconciliation statements by comparing bank statements against ledger transactions.
• Prepare audit schedules related to fixed assets and assist the auditors in their inquiries.
• Prepare of various reconciliations by ensuring correct period data is downloaded from system and correct mapping has been done to minimize open item or error during reconciliation.
• GR/IR accounts analysis and clearing.
• Extract information from SAP, BPC and BW to prepare management reports.
• Maintain repository on shared drive.
• Provide supporting data and documents during statutory audits.
• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts.
• Ensure compliance with accounting and reporting deadlines.
• Enforce and maintain SOX compliance and controls for policies and procedures.
• Identify and review process improvement opportunities for daily, weekly, and monthly activities.
• Attend external and internal audits (Prepare and provide financial information for internal/external audits)
• Identifying process opportunity areas and coordinating the implementation of continuous improvement and process standardization initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualified candidates will have

• 1-3 years of significant experience in full set of accounts, general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial analysis, reporting or auditing within manufacturing entities in a multinational environment and public companies.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• English language skills required.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills and attention to detail.
• Proven skill in promoting harmonious working relationships in a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership of work performance, follow through on assignments, and anticipate, identify, and analyze problems and resolve or recommend course of action for resolution as appropriate.
• Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities effectively in order to meet timelines
• Excellent communication, customer service and organizational skills
• Must present a highly professional image and attitude
• Strong work ethic and the ability to meet deadlines
• Strong computer skills including SAP, Microsoft Word, Excel (advanced), Powerpoint.
• Experience working with SAP is a plus.
• If you are interested to apply, please forward your latest resume to azaham.sharifudin@adecco.com AND staffing@adecco.com

Subject: Job Application – Associate, AP