Accountant - GL

LEGO Brand Retail; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Bonus scheme

Job summary

LEGO Brand Retail in Singapore is seeking an Accountant to own month-end close, review journal entries, and resolve balance sheet issues for Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. You will contribute to accurate financial reporting and dependable accounting processes with sound judgement and meticulous attention to detail.

This is a temporary, one-year role based in Singapore. Hybrid working is available and there is no relocation support.

Qualifications

• 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.

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 the effectiveness of accounting processes.

Skills

General ledger

Month-end close

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Audit support

Accounting principles

Attention to detail

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.

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.

Core Responsibilities

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.

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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.