Overall purpose of the job

The role sits within Finance Group Shared Services and is responsible for Record-to-Report (R2R) operations for the Adjusting business portfolio including preparation of monthly management accounts, balance sheet ownership and general finance accounting tasks. The incumbent will be expected to support and work closely with the APAC Head of reporting as well as with the APAC Business Partnering team.

Key responsibilities

• Become the financial point of contact for the entities assigned in the R2R team under APAC region.
• Perform comprehensive, timely and robust month end close and financials, delivering accurate and meaningful numbers and reporting these to the Group centre for consolidation.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations. Ensuring reconciliation is conducted in a robust and timely manner, that old balances are investigated and resolved and that the output stands up to scrutiny from external auditors.
• Responsible for performing of inter-company account reconciliations and revaluations.
• Carry out multi-currency bank reconciliations and calculate any revaluations.
• Review capital expenditure monthly, calculating the depreciation charge.  
• Assist in tax related accounting activities including producing the quarterly GST/SST/VAT returns, statutory reporting (GAAP and IFRS) and liaising with tax agents in providing information to produce and file company corporation tax return, ensuring returns are submitted to authorities by the deadlines stipulated. 
• Responsible for the year end process on the preparation of the annual statutory accounts for the assigned APAC legal entities in the R2R portfolio. Become the point of contact to coordinate with the Auditors, manage the audit cycle, ensure that audit queries are resolved promptly and Statutory Accounts are signed on time.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency and streamlining. To support standardization initiatives rolled out by the group and ensure policies and new processes are implemented successfully in the entity.
• Improve and document process design for R2R activities
• Assisting the implementation of internal controls in compliance with company policy
• Demonstrate and champion Charles Taylor Values by ensuring Agility, Integrity, Care, and Accountability and Collaboration.
• Ad Hoc duties: Your key accountabilities will include such other duties and tasks as allocated, at the discretion of management, and that are within your capabilities and the scope of your role.

Required Skills

• Able to speak and read Japanese is a desirable skill for this role as role includes managing a Japanese entity
• Part or fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with a minimum of 4 years’ commercial accounting experience
• Experience of working in a large MNC
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with SUN & Cognos Controller system would be useful but not essential
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership to the role assigned
• Strong accounting, analytical, time management and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a pro-active mindset
• Able to work independently, prioritise work under tight schedules, be deadline driven, focused, and able to deliver quality results.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with excellent spoken and written English that enable effective working relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.
• Highly numerate with a keen willingness to learn

Contact information

Cara Norkett