accounts executive.

The Role The role sits within Finance Group Shared Services and is responsible for Record-to-Report (R2R) operations for the Adjusting business portfolio including preparation of monthly management accounts, balance sheet ownership and general finance accounting tasks. The incumbent will be expected to support and work closely with the APAC Head of reporting and to work closely with the APAC Business Partnering team

Key Responsibilities

• This role is a temporary role to cover for the R2R Accountant who will be on maternity leave.
• Responsible for performing comprehensive, timely and robust month end close and financials.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations. Ensuring reconciliation is conducted in a robust and timely manner, that old balances are investigated and resolved and that the output stands up to scrutiny from external auditors.
• Responsible for performing of inter-company account reconciliations and revaluations.
• Carry out multi-currency bank reconciliations including petty cash and calculate any revaluations.
• Review capital expenditure monthly, calculating the depreciation charge.
• Assist in preparing all tax related accounting activities and schedules including preparing the quarterly GST/SST/VAT returns, statutory reporting (GAAP and IFRS) for submission to tax agent.
• Responsible for liaising with the Auditors during year end audit, providing audit schedules as requested and, ensuring audit queries are resolved promptly.

Required Skills
• Bachelors’ Degree in Accountancy/Finance or equivalent professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Minimum 3 years of relevant working experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word
• Experience using accounting systems (SUN Accounts would be useful but not essential)
• Must be able to work independently and have keen willingness to learn
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with excellent spoken and written English that enable effective working relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.
• Highly numerate with strong communications skills (written & verbal)
• Ability to multi task, prioritise and work under tight schedules
• Detail oriented, accurate and diligent
• Highly motivated and self-starting

Adhoc duties
As requested by your Line Manager or relevant Board Director, the Job Holder will perform reasonable ad hoc duties within the Job Holder’s capabilities.