Strategic Accounting Manager – AP, GL & Closings Lead

English 1 Indonesia; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 210,000,000 - 360,000,000; Full time

Job summary

English 1 Indonesia seeks an experienced finance professional to lead AP, reconciliations, month-end closing, and compliance. The role requires strong accounting knowledge, cross-border experience, and staff supervision in a multinational context.

The candidate will coordinate with vendors and internal teams to ensure accurate financial reporting, timely closings, and adherence to internal controls and tax requirements. A Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years’ experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, including team supervision.
• Experience in multinational companies is an advantage.
• Professional certification or Big 4 experience is a plus.
• Strong ownership and ability to meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee AP and payment processes, ensuring invoice completeness, accurate processing, timely payments, and resolution of outstanding issues.
• Review vendor master data, incentive payments, employee reimbursements, and supporting documents before final approval.
• Review weekly cash-out bank reconciliations for Indonesia and Vietnam, investigate variances, and ensure timely resolution.
• Review incoming payments, reconcile bank receipts against invoices and accounting records, and resolve unmatched transactions.
• Coordinate with vendors, employees, and relevant departments to resolve payment and finance-related issues.
• Review GL transactions, account classifications, and system-related posting issues; initiate necessary corrections and adjustments.
• Manage the monthly closing timetable, assign responsibilities, and ensure all deliverables are completed on time
• Review accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, depreciation, foreign currency revaluation, and closing journals.
• Maintain and review monthly balance sheet reconciliations and closing binders, investigate variances and outstanding balances, and ensure timely resolution and necessary adjustments.
• Review AR aging, ensure regular clean-up of outstanding and negative balances, and resolve reconciliation differences.
• Review book inventory reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and ensure necessary accounting adjustments are recorded.
• Review monthly royalty calculations and related invoices to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Review intercompany balances, investigate differences, and ensure timely reconciliation and resolution.
• Review P&L accounts and monthly financial results, prepare first-level analytical reviews, and resolve discrepancies before reporting.
• Ensure closing figures and supporting schedules are complete, accurate, and finalized before submission to the Head of Reporting, Tax and Compliance.
• Coordinate local and Group audit requirements, prepare supporting schedules, and follow up outstanding audit findings.
• Support Transfer Pricing documentation and perform first-level reviews of Corporate Income Tax calculations and supporting schedules.
• Review inventory stock-take results, reconciliations, and related accounting adjustments.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, finance procedures, and applicable internal controls.

Skills

Accounting

Financial reporting

Month-end closing

Balance sheet reconciliations

Analytical skills

Communication

Team management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Professional certification

Tools

MS Excel

Accounting systems

Job description

English 1 Indonesia seeks an experienced finance professional to lead AP, reconciliations, month-end closing, and compliance. The role requires strong accounting knowledge, cross-border experience, and staff supervision in a multinational context.

The candidate will coordinate with vendors and internal teams to ensure accurate financial reporting, timely closings, and adherence to internal controls and tax requirements. A Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years’ experience are essential.