Accountant I

TipTopJob.com Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking an experienced accountant to join their Kuala Lumpur team. The role involves key responsibilities like managing financial activities, contributing to month-end closing, and ensuring compliance with service level agreements. The ideal candidate has a strong educational background in accounting or finance, along with practical experience in operational tasks and systems support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of related working experience in OTC.
• Excellent command of English; proficiency in Mandarin preferred.
• Willingness to learn and seek new experiences.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily operational activities in financial accounting.
• Ensure timely closing of monthly accounts and preparation of reports.
• Support new systems implementations and identify process efficiencies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Customer focus

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

University degree in accounting/finance

Tools

MS Excel

Oracle

SAP

Alteryx

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily operational activities related to area of expertise as assigned.
• Ensure smooth month-end closing activities working to tight deadlines:
• ABOs Bonus (includes bonus adjustment and accrual journal processing)
• ABOs Payment (i.e., outbound payment)
• ABOs request / inquiries
• Trial balance commentaries and month-end reports
• Ensure timely preparation of balance sheet reconciliation and quality of supporting schedules, based on high, medium, or low-risk accounts.
• Ensure timely submission of required financial supporting documents and information for internal and external audit matters. Work with CAST and COE Tax when issues arise on OTC owned accounts.
• Maintain a strong financial control environment and ensure timely escalation and remediation of any control deficiencies identified.
• Ensure service level agreements (SLA) and monthly performance and productivity KPIs are met.
• Develop new and update existing desktop procedures to reflect process changes.
• Involvement in ad hoc OTC and GBS activities.
• Provide support to other markets within the OTC areas.
• Continuously identify opportunities to increase process efficiency, effectiveness, and customer experience, discussing with Lead Accountant.
• Support role in new systems implementation (Global solution): data analysis, requirements gathering, system/solution tests, end-user support.
• Support role for new initiatives and changes within the area of expertise.
• Support role for identifying root causes of repetitive problems, proposing actions to eliminate/reduce future issues.
• Support continuous development culture aligned with Lean methodology.

Required Qualifications:

• A university degree preferably in accounting/finance.
• Minimum 2 years of related working experience in OTC is a must.
• Basic knowledge and experience of MS Office tools, especially MS Excel.
• US GAAP knowledge is an advantage.
• Experience with project management and data analysis tools (Alteryx, Power BI, Power Query) is an advantage.
• ERP systems knowledge (Oracle, JDE, SAP) is an advantage.
• Excellent command of English.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-driven, professional approach, strong customer focus.
• Willingness to learn and seek new experiences, skills, and information (Change drive & can-do attitude).
• Demonstrate flexibility and resilience.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and the business.
• Proficiency in Mandarin with good communication and writing skills.
• Proficiency in Japanese is an advantage, with good communication and writing skills.