Controlling Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Completion of transaction tasks including Goods receipt monitoring and period end closing tasks.
• Produce and publish analytical documentations and reports as required by local CFO, Zone and Group
• Coordinate accounting closing performed and countries divisional controllers. 
• Perform account reconciliation in BSC scope and arrange balance sheet reviews for assigned countries with head of accounting and countries divisional controllers and countries CFO.
• Being a key contact of accounting for assigned countries in terms of provision and controlling reports.
• Improve Controlling reporting processes and working closely with DEX team. 
• Responsible for KPIs that are linked to Controlling reporting for assigned countries.
• Ensure timely completion of all transactional tasks enabling to close the monthly/quarterly/semester or year-end financial statements:
• Monitor good receipts in the system and chase business departments when necessary
• Perform general closing tasks (open/close periods, proceed to Journal entries in Blackline…)
• Perform technical closing checks (SAP FICO checks, Royalties reconciliation...) & manage system interfaces & reconciliations (SAP-Compass TM1-Magnitude, inter-Compass TM1 modules)
• Launch transactional closing tasks (POS activation to balance sheet…)
• Perform closing process in Compass (Upload actuals/Manage allocation of actuals in Compass/Fix blocking controls/Complete indicators/Officialize Budget/Trend scenarios)
• Produce the analytical documentation on behalf of the zone countries:
• Produces Period closing CFO / Finance Director reporting books (actuals, budget, trends) & associated books (Digital/HR books…)
• Prepare performance analysis documentation (against budget, target, and/or trend) and run reports 
• Responsible for preparation and publication of monthly actual results 
• Responsible to publish Trend/Pre-budget/Budget 
• Prepare the management reporting deck to be presented to divisional controllers and CFO and ensure issues are timely resolved.
• Prepare other group reporting defined in BSC scope. 
• Be a key accounting contact with group and zone controlling team for the entities he/she is in charge of.
• Prepare account reconciliations and follow up the actions to ensure balance sheet are clean.
• Be a key accounting contact with group and zone controlling team for the entities he/she is in charge of.
• Arrange balance sheet reviews with country divisional controllers and country CFOs for entities he/she is in charge of.
• Any other closing and reporting tasks as required.
• for the entities he/she is in charge of.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in accounting, including manager/supervisor role.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS accounting standards and regulations in Asia. 
• Experience in Finance business partnering and management reporting (especially management P&L reporting)
• Solid knowledge of accounting process and practice, and ERP (SAP) system. 
• Experience of managing a professional accounting team.
• CPA or equivalent is a plus
• Experience in a multinational company or shared services organization strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage complexity and dynamic business situation.