Financial Shared Service Centre - Accounting Leader

LIXIL INTERNATIONAL (Korn Ferry); Jakarta Utara; On-site; IDR 100.000.000 - 200.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational company is seeking an Accounting Leader to oversee financial accounting operations in Indonesia or other APAC countries. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in accounting, professional qualification, and over 5 years of experience in a multinational setting, preferably with Big 4 or BPO background. Key responsibilities include managing audits, ensuring compliance, and enhancing corporate governance. The position requires strong communication skills in English and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• More than 5 years of experience in a multinational organization.
• Big 4 experience or BPO R2R experience preferred.
• Experience with IFRS and J-SOX.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial accounting activities in Indonesia or other APAC countries.
• Perform the 100% balance sheet account review and reconciliations.
• Be responsible for all internal and external audits.

Skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

Collaborative with peers and colleagues

Hands-on experience for accounting management

Attitude and aptitude to thrive in a fast-moving, demanding environment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Professional accounting qualification

Tools

SAP systems

Job description

Financial Shared Service Centre - Accounting Leader

LIXIL Corporation had implemented a Financial Shared Service Centre including the use of BPO (Business Process Outsource). By establishing a Financial Shared Service Centre hereinafter called FSSC, the company would like to achieve the following objectives.

To further enhance good corporate governance

To segregate the local finance department between business partnership function and financial accounting function.

To achieve better accountability of local subsidiaries accounting to HQ.

Responsibilities:

This position has a key role to manage financial accounting activities in Indonesia or other APAC country and support other assignments from leaders:

Routine RTR (GL), PTP (AP) and OTC (AR) process management, to ensure smooth daily operations.

Align with APAC process owners or other country best practices to drive the process standardization and efficiency.

Manage issues and communications between BPO and local finance team, to have a periodic meeting with Local finance leaders to detect/solve accounting related issues, include continual improvement and voice of customer.

Keep optimizing processes and service level agreement with BPO.

Perform the 100% Balance sheet account review and reconciliations, and make sure there is no significant risk and exposures related with compliance and Internal control.

Ensure daily/closing activities and reporting packages to Japan HQ.

Be responsible for all Internal, statutory external audits and JSOX, and make sure there is no significant findings and audit adjustments.

Bank authorizer for bank payments.

Be the key contact person for local authorities, handle and support tax matters under Global tax function management.

Perform ad hoc tasks, continual improvement initiatives and project management.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting and professional accounting qualification.

More than 5 years of background and history of demonstrating global business acumen with experience in working in a multinational, matrix driven organization.

Big 4 experience or BPO R2R experience, with hands-on experience in designing SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) and BPO project implementation.

Knowledge of SAP systems.

Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

A hands-on experience for accounting management.

Experience to work for IFRS and J-SOX and any kind of internal control system equivalent to J-SOX.

Excellent communication and presentation skills, interpersonal skills.

Collaborative with peers and colleagues to drive involvement and engagement.

Attitude and aptitude to thrive in a fast-moving, demanding, dynamic environment, with the personal integrity to make positive change even when it challenges the status.

Requires travelling for regional meetings up to 10% of total work time.

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