Accountant - GL

Lego Group; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid working

Job summary

LEGO Group in Singapore is seeking an Accountant to take ownership of month-end close, resolve balance sheet issues, and help deliver accurate financial reporting for the Singapore, Korea and Malaysia entities. You will review journal entries, perform reconciliations, and support audits, with a focus on sound accounting judgment and attention to detail.

This is a temporary, one-year role based in Singapore with a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in general ledger accounting or related finance roles.
• Experience owning month-end close activities, including journal entries and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Own general ledger accounting and month-end close.
• Review journal entries, reconciliations, and financial information for accuracy.
• Investigate balance sheet issues and implement corrective actions.
• Support complex accounting matters and improve financial information quality.
• Support external audits and respond to audit queries.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of accounting processes.

Skills

General ledger accounting

Month-end close

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Financial reporting

Audit support

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.

You’ll be responsible for:

• 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.

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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.

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 seeksto 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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.