Finance Specialist (1-Year Contract)

IKEA; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented individual to support their growing organization in the finance department. This role focuses on Account Payables, where you will be responsible for verifying invoices, preparing payments, and conducting reconciliations. The ideal candidate is proactive, organized, and capable of working under pressure in a dynamic environment. You will play a key role in ensuring timely and accurate financial operations while collaborating with a diverse team. If you're passionate about finance and looking to make a meaningful impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years experience in accounts receivables in retail.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Verify and post invoices from suppliers ensuring correctness.
• Prepare payments and handle vendor queries regarding payments.
• Conduct monthly reconciliations and support the accounting team.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Problem-Solving

Time Management

Communication Skills

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy

Tools

MVBC

Job description

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. We operate in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand – and have an ambitious expansion plan to bring a little bit of Sweden to new markets in the region. We are part of the Ikano Group of companies and the only IKEA franchisee owned by the Kamprad family that founded IKEA.

We also develop, own and operate Shopping Centres that are anchored by IKEA and create walkable communities by including residential, office and other types of real estate in our development plans.

We work towards making sustainability a natural part of our everyday work. We are active in our communities, driving and supporting social initiatives that benefit children, women and the environment.

Job Description

About the job

We want to fill this position with a hands-on and detailed individual who can support the needs of the business as we grow as an organization by ensuring accurate and timely work practices. This role focuses on Account Payables.

Your assignment

• Receive, verify & post invoices from local/foreign suppliers to ensure correctness and completeness of supporting documents. e.g. tax invoice, receipt, purchase order.
• Verify claim verification, approval and transaction posting for Staff/ Travel Claims.
• Assign account code and business dimension for each invoice and post into MVBC.
• Prepare payment for local/ foreign suppliers.
• Liase with vendors on payment related queries and email payment remittance to suppliers.
• Monthly reconciliation of ISMY statement of accounts against vendor ledger.
• Corporate Credit card reconciliation and payment process.
• Prepare monthly vendor aging report and follow up on the long outstanding invoices.
• Accounting Schedule/GL Reconciliations in respect of Purchase and Vendor.
• Updating payment amount in cashflow file.
• Submission of WHT/SST in IRB/Customs Website.
• Liaise with internal/external auditor in payable area.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations and monitor cashflow.
• Support assistant accounting manager/accounting manager when needed.
• Support the Store AP team when needed.
• Accounting documents archiving.
• Other ad hoc tasks related to accounting and finance.

Qualifications

Your profile

• You are an energetic, motivated and proactive person who gets things done.
• You are someone with a desire for keeping everything organised and structured.
• You are someone with passion for finding new and most pragmatic, yet compliant and better ways of doing things.
• You can work independently in a team and in a multinational environment, with minimal supervision.
• You possess a good command of English (written & spoken) and are able to work independently on multiple tasks and to make priorities.
• You can work under pressure with tight deadlines, sometimes in uncertain situations but with the ability to handle multiple tasks and to make priorities.
• You have Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy or other related course with minimum 2-3 years working experience (accounts receivables) in retail industry.

Additional Information

Your application

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