Senior Accountant

Sitecore; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sitecore is seeking a hands-on Senior Accountant to manage global and country accounting activities. You will prepare journal entries, perform reconciliations, and support VAT filings for international operations, working with teams across regions.

The role requires ACA/ACCA/CPA, 5+ years in general accounting within a multinational environment, and strong Excel skills. EMEA hours are possible; English proficiency is essential.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills with financial modelling and data analysis.
• Experience working in a multinational environment; cross‑functional collaboration.
• Strong communication skills across diverse teams and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Handle global or country accounting areas including journal entries and supporting documentation.
• Perform accruals, prepayments, bank reconciliations, payroll, intercompany and transfer pricing processes.
• Assist with VAT returns for international operations.
• Support audit readiness and respond to auditor requests.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and ensure financial records integrity.
• Conduct payroll reconciliations and assist FP&A with forecasts and reports.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Cross-functional comms

Multinational experience

Education

ACA/ACCA/CPA equivalent

Tools

Netsuite

Coupa

Job description

About Us

At Sitecore, our mission is to simplify how brands reach, engage, and serve people by delivering intelligent, personalised digital experiences that connect the world. We empower the world’s most iconic brands to build lifelong relationships with their customers—seamlessly, smartly, and at scale.

As the leading provider of agentic digital experience software, Sitecore brings together content, commerce, and data into one composable platform that enables brands to deliver millions of meaningful, adaptive experiences every day. Trusted by global leaders such as American Express, Porsche, Starbucks, and L’Oréal, Sitecore helps brands transform engagement through experiences that are not only personalised but predictive and dynamic.

Our foundation is our people—a diverse, passionate, and collaborative global team spanning over 25 countries. We believe that every experience matters, and that belief starts with how we work together. Our values guide how we lead, innovate, and connect. They are the behaviours that bring our mission and vision to life, every day, in every interaction.

As we continue to evolve, we are actively cultivating AI skills across our teams to unlock new levels of creativity, efficiency, and insight. From engineering to customer experience, AI capabilities are becoming integral to how we design, build, and deliver the next generation of digital experiences.

Learn more at Sitecore.com.

Position Overview

This role will be very hands on and play an integral part in all aspects of accounting operations with opportunities to work on a variety of projects and functional areas. The ideal candidate will be someone who can roll up their sleeves to execute accounting operations efficiently, identify and resolve issues independently, and work collaboratively with team members locally and abroad, within and without the accounting function. The ideal candidate should enjoy a fast-paced environment, be able to prioritize individual and team objectives, and be a good communicator.

Responsibilities may include

• You will be assigned various global or country specific accounting areas, which may change from time to time. This will include preparation of journal entries and supporting documentation, analytical review of account activity, tracking of various accruals and expenses while ensuring compliance with company internal control procedures.

• Process various accounting functions, including accruals, prepayments, bank reconciliations, payroll, intercompany and transfer pricing.

• Assist with the preparation and filing of VAT returns for international operations.

• Lead and assist in preparing audit schedules, providing data to auditors, coordinating with auditors and responding to their queries.

• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, maintaining the integrity of financial records

• Conduct global payroll reconciliations to identify and resolve discrepancies

• Support the wider Finance team, including AR, AP, Treasury, and FP&A with reviews and queries, control accounts, and processes.

• Work closely with the FP&A team to enhance reliability and accuracy of group forecasts and reports.

• Assist with developing and implementing new accounting policies, controls, and procedures as needed.

• Ad hoc accounting requests and projects as needed.

• Continuously identify opportunities for process improvement within the international accounting function

Required Skills

• Accounting Qualification – ACA, ACCA, CPA

• 5+ years relevant experience in general accounting within a multinational environment.

• Strong proficiency with Excel is a must.

• Experience with Netsuite, Coupa and other accounting tools.

• Navigates and communicates effortlessly in a cross-functional and multicultural environment.

• Fluent in spoken and written English. Other language skills are a plus but not required.

• Open to work on EMEA hours.