Junior Accountant

Amway Malaysia Indonesia Singapore & Brunei (MISB); Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Kuala Lumpur is looking for an individual to manage day-to-day transactional activities and ensure month-end closing is conducted smoothly. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance and be proficient in accounting principles, financial reporting, and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. The role involves supporting audits and maintaining a strong financial control environment.

Qualifications

• Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting / Finance or relevant qualifications (ACCA / CPA / CIMA / MIA / ICAEW).
• Preferably with relevant accounting experience.
• Good understanding of financial statements and reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day transactional activities.
• Ensure smooth month end closing activities.
• Review trial balance and month end reports.

Skills

Accounting principles understanding

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Microsoft Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting / Finance

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day transactional activities
• Ensure smooth month end closing activities – working to a tight deadline:
• Posting journals
• Reviewing trial balance 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 preparation of internal financial reporting, US GAAP, Local GAAP reports such as annual audit package.
• Support internal and external audit matters by ensuring timely submission of required financial supporting documents and information to auditors - Focal point for internal and external audit matters by ensuring timely submission of required financial supporting documents and information to auditors.
• Cleaning up of aged items and work with interdepartmental (O2C & P2P & Market) counterparts when issues arise on GL accounts
• Investigate and resolve issues found in the normal course of work and provide timely root cause analysis
• Maintain a strong financial control environment and ensure timely escalation and remediation of any control deficiencies identified.
• Ensure service level agreement (SLA) and monthly performance and productivity KPIs are met
• Ensure desktop procedures is updated timely with changes in process (if any)
• Providing support to other team members
• Support in team/company projects or initiatives
• Involvement in ad-hoc RTR or company activities
• Providing support to other markets within the R2R function

Job Requirement:

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting / Finance or relevant Professional Qualification (ACCA / CPA / CIMA / MIA / ICAEW)
• Preferably with some relevant experience in accounting function
• Good understanding of accounting principles, standards, financial statements and reports
• Able to work effectively as a member in multi-functional teams
• Computer literate with basic knowledge in Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in English with good communication and writing skills