Accountant Team Lead - Global Accounting Center in Asia Region

• Responsible for monthly closing activities; review of all journal entries, in accordance to US Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (“US GAAP”) and local statutory requirements. Ensure that accounting transactions are properly supported, recorded, and reported;

• Review of monthly variance analysis including correlation to operational results and interaction with operational business units;

• Timely review of monthly balance sheet reconciliations in accordance to US GAAP and IFRS locally statutory requirements; 

• Identifies and follows up on areas of concern within the reconciliation, develops corrective action plans where needed and ensures accounts are in good standing;

• Liaise with internal and external auditors;  

• Coordination of audit documentation, account analysis, annual financial statements and related statutory reports for both US GAAP and local statutory requirement;

• Assist in General Ledger work transition and remediation from field locations into Shared Service site;

• Maintain internal controls including completing self-audits and adherence to compliance policies;

• Supports process improvement including recommendations for training and updates to procedures.

Competencies

• Applies standard GAAP methods; makes recommendations to improve practices or procedures in compliance with GAAP.

• Distinguishes between “big picture” concepts and comments and specialized, smaller specific facts associated with work; notes the specifics of events and experiences; explains, in general, how details impact end goals or outcomes; ensures that work is completed accurately and with the appropriate level of detail.

• Generates reports in appropriate format using basic software; reviews reports to ensure accuracy and completeness; identifies issues with report generation (e.g., missing variables, incorrect data, etc.)

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required 

• 3-5 years of experience in accounting, internal audit or public accounting required 

• Attention to details with strong organizational skills

• Good written and verbal communications skills

• Proactive and independent team player who enjoy working in a dynamic environment

• Proficient in Microsoft applications especially Excel