Accountant - GL

1043 LEGO Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LEGO Group in Singapore is seeking an Accountant to own the month-end close and deliver accurate financial reporting for Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. The role requires strong accounting judgement, attention to detail, and ownership to resolve complex issues.

Responsibilities include GL ownership, journal entries, reconciliations, audit support, and process improvement. Hybrid working model and a one-year temporary assignment in Singapore are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in general ledger accounting.
• Ownership of month-end close activities.
• Ability to review journal entries and reconciliations for accuracy.
• Experience resolving balance sheet issues and implementing corrective actions.
• Experience preparing accounting outputs and addressing audit queries.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Owning general ledger accounting and managing month-end close activities.
• Reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and financial information to ensure accurate reporting.
• Investigating balance sheet issues and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Supporting the resolution of complex accounting matters and improving the quality of financial information.
• Supporting external audits and responding to audit queries.
• Contributing to continuous improvement and enhancing accounting processes.

Skills

General ledger

Month-end close

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Balance sheet analysis

Audit queries

Accounting principles

Job description

Job Description Just imagine taking ownership of the month-end close, resolving complex balance sheet issues and helping create accurate financial reporting. Then make it real.

Core Responsibilities

As an Accountant, you'll play a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting and dependable accounting processes for Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. If you've worked in a role where you owned month-end activities, prepared financial reporting and resolved accounting issues, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is sound accounting judgement, attention to detail and the ability to take ownership when something needs to be worked through.

• Owning general ledger accounting and managing month-end close activities.
• Reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and financial information to ensure accurate reporting.
• Investigating balance sheet issues and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Supporting the resolution of complex accounting matters and improving the quality of financial information.
• Supporting external audits and responding to audit queries.
• Contributing to continuous improvement and enhancing the effectiveness of accounting processes.

This is a temporary, one-year role based in Singapore. No relocation support is offered for this role.

What you'll bring

• Relevant experience in general ledger accounting, or experience in accounts receivable, accounts payable or other finance areas with a strong understanding of general ledger accounting.
• Experience owning month-end close activities, including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Experience resolving complex balance sheet issues and implementing corrective actions.
• Experience preparing accounting outputs and addressing audit queries for assigned entities.
• Experience applying accounting principles to resolve complex accounting matters and support accurate financial reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Korean language skills are an advantage for working with stakeholders in Korea.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

• Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount – We know you’ll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Your workplace: Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.

Hybrid Working

Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team. Learn more about our benefits, culture and workplace experience here

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do.

We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong. The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team. The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer. Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building, rebuilding, and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating, inventing, and having fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow”.