Accountant

Barry Callebaut Services Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Barry Callebaut Services Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd is seeking an experienced accounting professional to manage local accounting activities in Malaysia, ensuring accurate financial statements and compliance with group and national standards.

You will oversee internal controls, collaborate with the GBS Centre for centralized P2P/O2C/R2R, and support statutory audits and tax filings. Solid SAP skills and multinational exposure are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Professional degree / Bachelor’s / Master degree in Finance and/or Accounting.
• 5-8 years Finance and Accounting experience.
• Experience in a multinational company, preferably in B2B / food industries / FMCG / fast paced environment.
• Experience in managing Singapore local statutory reporting and corporate tax return will be an added advantage.
• English business proficiency; 2nd Asian language is a strong advantage.
• Strong end-to-end knowledge on Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage local accounting activities in line with group and local standards.
• Ensure timely and accurate close of books and preparation of financial statements.
• Oversee internal controls design, efficiency, and effectiveness across P2P, O2C, and R2R.
• Collaborate with GBS Centre to centralize transactional activities.
• Support statutory audits, tax filings, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in accounting processes and policies.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders and the SSC team.

Skills

Stakeholder management

SAP

IFRS

End-to-end FP&A knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Finance or Accounting

Tools

SAP

Job description

The role manages local accounting activities in accordance with group-wide (international) / national accounting principles and standards. The role ensures the accuracy of the organization’s financial statements and compliance with all relevant regulations, laws, as well as reporting requirements. This role is also expected to assist in continuous improvement projects as defined by the Chief Accountant and to collaborate with the GBS Centre in centralizing transactional P2P/O2C/R2R/IC activities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Support in financial statements preparation, ensure timely and accurate accounting books closing, and prepare the necessary paperwork for financial reporting purposes.

Prepare the reporting of the local finance entity and produce compliant internal as well as external reporting. Govern the quality, consistency, and integrity of financials. Develop, deploy, and ensure compliance with accounting policies as well as directives. Decide on the accounting treatment of individual complex issues (judgment-based perspective).

Oversee internal control frameworks and ensure the design efficiency as well as operating effectiveness of internal controls. Consult with various Finance and IM / IT functions to anticipate and address potential accounting issues.

Supports to develop, distribute and monitor accounting policies and procedures, continuously improve accounting and reporting processes to increase accurately and efficiency

Supports to deploy and govern local Finance policies and procedures, ensuring internal controls are effective and complied. Flag / raise alert of non-compliance

Distribute and communicate local Finance policies and procedures to internal stakeholders, ensuring internal controls are effective and complied. Identify/Monitor non-compliance.

Communicate / cascade process changes to affected internal stakeholders to ensure change management is well transited.

To ensure the completion of statutory audits, corporate income tax filing, indirect tax filing, transfer pricing and other local statutory compliance of the law.

Takes guidance and work with GAR function to deliver internal governance/compliance, closing deadlines

Drive continuous improvement initiatives regarding processes, technologies, accounting standard changes and organization

Supports to ensure audits completion, compliances and representation to the tax authorities

Supports external auditors on conducting interim and yearly audits including dispute resolutions

Primary focus on Singapore entities while assisting on other APAC countries entities as required.

Strong collaboration with multiples internal & external stakeholders and SSC team.

ABOUT YOU

Professional degree / Bachelor’s / Master degree in Finance and/or Accounting

5-8 years Finance and Accounting experience

Experience in a multinational company, preferably in B2B / food industries / FMCG / fast paced environment

Experience in managing Singapore local statutory reporting and corporate tax return will be an added advantage

English business proficiency (written and spoken), proficiency in 2nd Asian language a strong advantage

Manufacturing and/or trading industry

Strong and proficient in SAP

IFRS Accounting Treatment / local GAAP Accounting Treatment

Strong end to end knowledge on Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report processes

Strong understanding of global chart of accounts , statutory / management (BU) reporting, accounting automation processes

Ability to drive changes

Sound stakeholder management