Regional Accountant

Michael Page

  • Kuala Lumpur
  • RM 84,000-144,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 15 days ago
  • Apply easily
Regional Accountant will be responsible for providing financial oversight and support to our regional offices, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting. This role plays a vital role in our financial success and requires a strong understanding of accounting principles and a commitment to excellence.
  • 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.
Opportunity to be part of a pioneer regional finance team|Opportunity to step up as a regional Finance Leader
  • 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.
Our client is a well-known consumer goods company with a great culture and values dedicated to providing the best food products to consumers.
  • A collaborative environment
  • A good working culture

Michael Page