GL Accountant

Salt is looking for a highly motivated ‘Sr GL Accountant’ to play a key role in the development of an APAC accounting department that is established at the company Asia Pacific headquarters office in Singapore. This position will report to the APAC Senior Accounting Manager and is a great opportunity for a talented individual who has the desire to join a fast-growing company in a truly international environment.

Job Description:

• Manage month end accounting close process for countries across the APAC region.
• Coordinate with the local accounting services provider to ensure all accounting entry is booked on timeliness, accuracy, compliance with US GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Review monthly balance sheet and P&L account reconciliations.
• Prepare and perform balance sheet and P&L reviews.
• Coordinate and support the timely completion of statutory audits.
• Develops and implements value-adding and business insightful accounting analytics for the region.
• Drives new initiatives for process improvement and automation opportunities to continuously enhance the performance of the accounting function in the region.
• Supports and drives the regional implementation of any globally driven process improvement and automation projects.
• Partners with key financial close stakeholders in the organization to drive a cross-functional alignment in streamlining the close cycle process in the region.
• All other tasks/responsibilities as required for the job, ad hoc corporate and business requests.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting is required with prior hands-one US GAAP accounting work experience
• Big 4 accounting firm experience and a qualified accounting certification (CMA/CPA, or equivalent) is a plus
• Relevant experience in an international reporting environment
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet challenging deadlines and priorities on multiple simultaneous projects, and drive changes
• Strategic thinker with a firm grasp on the linkages between business process, financial systems, and accounting
• Comfortable learning new systems and working with large sets of data
• Advanced knowledge and experiences of Financial/Accounting ERP systems, preferably SAP
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-moving, and demanding environment

Manage your job search in the right direction by applying via the links below. Alternatively, you can reach out to Neha for more details or to explore other Business Operations roles in Singapore. (CEI No: R1223390 | License No: 07C3147)

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.