VP, Chief Accounting Officer

EVIDENT SCIENTIFIC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Evident Scientific is seeking a Chief Accounting Officer to lead our global accounting function, including financial reporting, regional teams, and outsourced finance shared services. This role ensures accurate results, strong controls and continual process improvements across our global operations.

Responsibilities include global close, policy standardisation, and driving transformation through technology, with leadership of the Singapore accounting centre of excellence and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent.
• 15+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience with senior leadership.
• Experience leading multi-country accounting in manufacturing/industrial business.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP; familiarity with J GAAP.
• Public accounting and external audit experience; Big Four preferred.
• Experience managing finance shared services and process improvements.
• Ability to work across cultures and time zones; travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead global accounting, financial close, consolidation and external reporting.
• Establish consistent accounting policies and processes across countries.
• Lead regional accounting teams and the Singapore accounting centre of excellence.
• Oversee finance shared services and outsourced providers to ensure quality.
• Strengthen internal controls; manage audit readiness and complex transactions.
• Drive accounting transformation through standardisation and technology adoption.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to provide insights into receivables, inventory and reserves.

Skills

Strategic leadership

IFRS / US GAAP knowledge

Audit management

Cross-country accounting

Finance shared services

Stakeholder management

International travel

Multi-country consolidation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or equivalent qualification

Tools

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle)

Consolidation tools

Job description

About Evident

Every discovery starts with uncovering the unknown. For over a century as Olympus, we advanced optical excellence, empowering the world’s leading scientists, physicians, and engineers to see more, know more, and achieve more.

Today, as Evident, we’re building on a century of optical superiority to create next-generation micro-imaging solutions—combining renowned optics with cutting-edge digital innovation to power scientific breakthroughs and help you move confidently from observation to insight.

Our life science portfolio supports research, clinical diagnostics, and education, offering a comprehensive range of imaging methods. In industrial microscopy, we deliver precision and flexibility through laser scanning, digital, and semiconductor microscopes designed for tasks ranging from routine inspection to intricate quality control and sophisticated manufacturing analysis.

At Evident, we are paving a new path forward in microscopy. We are helping our customers advance into a new era of discovery. We are pushing the boundaries of optical technology to fuel discovery and bring the unseen into focus.

For more information, visit www.evidentscientific.com

About the Job

We are seeking a Chief Accounting Officer to lead our global accounting function, including financial reporting, regional accounting teams and outsourced finance shared services.

This role is responsible for accurate and timely financial results, strong internal controls and improvements to accounting processes across our global operations

Key Responsibilities

• Lead global accounting, financial close, consolidation and external reporting, ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards and local statutory requirements.
• Establish consistent accounting policies and processes across countries.
• Lead and develop regional accounting teams and the Singapore accounting centre of excellence.
• Oversee finance shared services and outsourced service providers, ensuring service quality, efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Strengthen internal controls, manage audit readiness and oversee accounting for complex transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures and intercompany activities.
• Drive accounting transformation through process standardisation, technology adoption and improved ways of working.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to provide insights into receivables, inventory, reserves and other key accounting areas.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and CPA or an equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• At least 15 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including substantial senior leadership experience as a Chief Accounting Officer, VP of Accounting, Corporate Controller or equivalent.
• Experience leading accounting operations across multiple countries in a manufacturing or industrial business.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP, with familiarity with Japanese accounting standards like J GAAP.
• Public accounting and external audit experience with a major accounting firm; Big Four experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing finance shared services or outsourced finance operations and leading accounting process improvements.
• Strong technical accounting judgement, people leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in a private equity backed business or a similarly demanding and matrixed reporting environment.
• Ability to work across cultures and time zones, with international travel as required.