Regional Accountant
Michael Page
- Kuala Lumpur
- RM 84,000-144,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Reconcile bank statements, general ledger accounts, and customer accounts to ensure accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
- Accurately apply cash receipts to customer accounts, ensuring timely and correct application of payments.
- Assist in the preparation of financial reports, including balance sheets and income statements.
- Reconcile freight charges and performs monthly variance analysis and communicates key findings to management team
- Implements business controls best practices, ensures controls are followed and recommends areas for improvement.
- Assist the regional accounting team for continuous process improvement and automation to increase effectiveness and efficiency of financial processes.
- Works with shared service team (WNS) to help them build understanding and achieve a high level of performance.
- Responds to reporting requests/requirements from corporate accounting, management, tax, risk management, etc.
- Ensures compliance with MFL accounting standards and requirements in all financial statements and reports.
- Reconciles balance sheet accounts monthly and processes adjusting entries/takes corrective actions as required.
- Minimum 5 years of working experience in accounting or finance department.
- Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA or CIMA equivalent.
- Intermediate experience in SAP
- Strong attention to detail
- Organizational Skills
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders including external auditors, customers, vendors and bank relationship manager.
- A collaborative environment
- A good working culture