Financial Accountant - Account Payable

AMD; George Town; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Penang seeks an Accounts Payable Specialist. The role involves managing daily operations, ensuring compliance with financial policies, and performing monthly close activities. Ideal candidates are self-starters with analytical skills and a degree in Accountancy. Fresh graduates with strong communication skills are encouraged to apply. This position offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and contribute to process improvements.

Qualifications

• Results-oriented self-starter with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Knowledge of report and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily Accounts Payable operations.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies and SLAs.
• Perform Month End Close activities.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Team player

Effective communication

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree in Accountancy/ACCA

Tools

SAP

Excel Macro

PowerBI

Power Automate

Job description

Overview

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING. We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences - the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.

AMD together we advance

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the daily Accounts Payable operations, including invoice processing, liaise with internal/external stakeholders on issue resolution and payment execution.
• Ensure all requests are handle per Service Level Agreement and in compliance with financial policies.
• Perform Month End Close activities such as accrual, balance sheet reconciliation and discrepancy analysis, etc.
• Support AP self-assessment, internal and external audits.
• Undertake any ad-hoc assignments as and when required.
• Proactively challenge the current processes and develop business process improvements.
• Maintain AP dashboard and perform KPI analysis.
• Prepare reports & presentation decks for management and business partners.

Qualifications

You are a results-oriented self-starter with excellent communication skills. You possess attention to detail and well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills. You have the ability to adapt to changing priorities and are comfortable with ambiguity.

• Open for fresh graduate or 1 year of related working experience.
• Effective communication skills with good spoken & written English.
• Team player and able to work with minimum supervision and under tight deadlines.
• Assertive, creative, good interpersonal skills, highly driven and self-motivated for a fast-paced evolving environment.
• Knowledge of SAP and Excel Macro will be an added advantage.
• Strong analytical skills and familiar with report and data analysis.
• Good in PowerBI/ Power Automate will be added advantage.
• Academic Credentials: Degree in Accountancy/ACCA or any equivalent accounting professional qualification.

Benefits

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.