- Own the monthly and annual financial closing process across group entities, including reporting deadlines and quality control.
- Review entity financial statements, material journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and closing packages.
- Oversee group consolidation, intercompany eliminations and preparation of consolidated management accounts.
- Ensure accurate customer billing and invoicing, including reviewing contractual billing calculations, upfront payments, recurring service fees and pricing adjustments.
- Oversee proper recognition and reconciliation of revenue, accounts receivable and deferred revenue in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
- Investigate material accounting issues and ensure complete, accurate and audit-ready financial records.
Technical Accounting & Compliance
- Establish and maintain group accounting policies and ensure consistent application across entities.
- Assess complex accounting matters involving customer contracts, upfront payments, GPU equipment, project Capex, financing arrangements and other material transactions.
- Lead statutory audits, financial statement preparation and coordination with external auditors and tax advisors.
- Oversee applicable tax compliance, statutory reporting and accounting standards across operating jurisdictions.
Accounting Function Development
- Lead the migration from outsourced accounting providers to an internally managed accounting function.
- Establish monthly closing procedures, reporting templates, accounting controls and approval workflows.
- Lead accounting/ERP system implementation, chart of accounts design, data migration and reporting improvements.
- Supervise, review and develop the accounting team.
- Introduce AI and automation tools to improve accounting processes, controls and reporting efficiency.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Coordinate with Commercial/Operations to validate customer billing inputs against contractual terms.
- Coordinate with Treasury to ensure accurate recording and reconciliation of bank transactions, AP/AR, collections and cash movements.
- Work with Corporate Finance to provide historical financial information for budgeting, forecasting, financing and lender reporting.
- Support management with accounting-related due diligence, financial reporting and special projects.
Requirements
- 7-10+ years of relevant accounting experience, including group reporting, consolidation and financial closing.
- Professional accounting qualification (CA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent) strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of IFRS and applicable local financial reporting standards.
- Proven experience reviewing financial statements, managing statutory audits and resolving technical accounting issues.
- Experience in multi-entity, multi-currency and cross-border operations.
- Experience overseeing customer billing, revenue recognition and accounts receivable accounting.
- Experience implementing accounting systems, internal controls or bringing accounting operations in-house is highly desirable.
- Strong Excel and ERP skills.
- Prior experience managing or supervising accountants.
- Technology, infrastructure, data center or other capital-intensive industry experience is advantageous.
- Excellent English communication skills; Mandarin is a plus.