Main purpose

This role is responsible for the accounting, reporting and control of the Trading legal entities with primary responsibilities of monthly closing of the books, entity-specific accounting policy, legal entity maintenance, account reconciliation & account structure management. The role will require an in-depth understanding of these entities including their business strategies, associated technical accounting and disclosure requirements.

Key responsibilities

Balance Sheet Review & Control

• Provide and support input into the end-to-end control and ownership of legal entity balance sheets for the division supported

• Drive the monthly financial close which entails analytical review and sign off of the balance sheet, profit and loss accounts for entities of the specified trading division

• Perform the month end close process including but not limited to revenue recognition checks, stock verification and valuation, debtors aging along with provision review, intercompany & related party balance confirmation

• Ensure strong control framework by implementing and maintaining effective internal controls

• Address ad hoc requests from various stakeholders and counterparts like consolidation, and regional accounting teams

• Coordinate with multiple teams on matters relating to intercompany settlements, transfer pricing, legal, compliance

• Analyse impact of various journals and processes on trial balance areas.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual MIS packs, dashboards and KPI reports for management.
• Ensure timely and accurate month-end close inputs and reconciliation of reports.

Audit

• Liaise with external auditors during the group & statutory audits

• Coordinate with various functions to provide auditable support & evidence to external auditors

• Prepare audit documentations and walkthrough

Change Management

• Drive change projects to support any accounting policy changes or new reporting requirements for the legal entities in scope

• Challenge the current processes for improvement and constantly review processes for efficiencies

• Identify and escalate control gaps, data discrepancies and process improvement opportunities.

 
Tax Accounting

• Oversee accurate tax accounting, monthly tax provisions and tax-related financial reporting across assigned legal entities.

• Ensure timely preparation, review and filing of corporate income tax returns and compliance with local tax regulations.

• Support Pillar Two reporting, transfer pricing requirements and intercompany tax assessments.

• Coordinate with tax advisors, manage tax audits and assessments, and monitor tax payments, filing deadlines and overall tax risks

Required qualifications

• Minimum  1-3 years experience in Accounting.
• Chartered Accountant / post-graduation accounting qualification
• Determined and able to take end-to-end ownership
• Keen to question and challenge the existing processes with a view of creating reporting efficiencies and improvements
• Can work with multiple data sets, various systems and Excel
• Eager to take up fresh challenges and support the team wherever required
• Comfortable to work with non-accounting teams for regular activities and projects

Attributes for success

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Eager to take up fresh challenges and support the team wherever required

Department overview

The Financial Control & Reporting team operates across various APAC and MEA locations, acting as the entity-level financial reviewer, reporting to the Regional Controller. The team plays a critical role in ensuring accurate accounting, reviewed financial statements, compliance with applicable accounting standards, and effective financial controls across all legal entities. This covers both trading and non-trading entities, including financial reporting, reconciliations, P&L and balance sheet oversight, tax accounting, tax compliance, and ensuring accurate tax provisions and disclosures while mitigating financial and tax risks.