Accountant

Plasticos Castella SA; Balik Pulau; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Penang is seeking a candidate responsible for preparing financial statements and reports. The role involves analyzing data, training staff, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Candidates should have strong presentation, problem-solving, and PC skills, particularly with software common in accounting environments. This role offers opportunities to grow and work collaboratively within the team.

Qualifications

• Ability to present information effectively to groups.
• Strong problem-solving skills and data analysis.
• Competence in Microsoft Windows and related software.
• Proficiency with Jabil’s software packages is a plus.
• Basic writing and comprehension abilities.
• Understanding and following simple instructions.
• Ability to work with standardized situations.
• Basic math skills for calculations and interpretations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and compute data for journal entries.
• Accumulate information for financial statement preparation.
• Assist in creating financial reports.
• Ensure timely communication with functional areas.
• Train other employees as necessary.
• Adhere to safety and health regulations.
• Follow company security policies.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Effective presentation

Problem definition and data collection

Personal computer operation

Advanced PC skills

Simple correspondence writing

Common sense understanding

Handling standardized situations

Reading comprehension

Basic arithmetic

Calculating rate, ratio, and percent

Job description

Job Summary

Prepare financial statements, ledgers, and taxes for general accounting principles and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Compute and prepare data for journal entries, reviews general ledger and related financial statements for reasonableness.
• Accumulate and analyze information for the preparation of financial statements, ledgers, reports and taxes.
• Assist in preparing financial reports for both inside and outside the company.
• Prepare timely reports and communication with functional areas.
• Train other employees both within and outside the department.
• Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
• Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to operate a personal computer including using a Windows based operating system and related software.
• Advanced PC skills, including training and knowledge of Jabil’s software packages.
• Ability to write simple correspondence. Read and understand visual aid.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.