Accountant

Location:

Petaling Jaya, 10, MY, 47800

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role

• This role primary focuses on Singapore entities while assisting on other AMEA countries entities as required. Strong collaboration with multiples internal & external stakeholders and SSC team.

  Key responsibilities include

• Support in financial statements preparation, ensure timely and accurate accounting books closing, and prepare the necessary paperwork for financial reporting purposes.

• Prepare the reporting of the local finance entity and produce compliant internal as well as external reporting. Govern the quality, consistency, and integrity of financials. Develop, deploy, and ensure compliance with accounting policies as well as directives. Decide on the accounting treatment of individual complex issues (judgment-based perspective).

• Oversee internal control frameworks and ensure the design efficiency as well as operating effectiveness of internal controls. Consult with various Finance and IM / IT functions to anticipate and address potential accounting issues.

• Supports to develop, distribute and monitor accounting policies and procedures, continuously improve accounting and reporting processes to increase accurately and efficiency

• Supports to deploy and govern local Finance policies and procedures, ensuring internal controls are effective and complied. Flag / raise alert of non-compliance

• Distribute and communicate local Finance policies and procedures to internal stakeholders, ensuring internal controls are effective and complied. Identify/Monitor non-compliance.

• Communicate / cascade process changes to affected internal stakeholders to ensure change management is well transited.

• To ensure the completion of statutory audits, corporate income tax filing, indirect tax filing, transfer pricing and other local statutory compliance of the law.

• Takes guidance and work with GAR function to deliver internal governance/compliance, closing deadlines

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives regarding processes, technologies, accounting standard changes and organization

• Supports to ensure audits completion, compliances and representation to the tax authorities

• Supports external auditors on conducting interim and yearly audits including dispute resolutions

  About you

• Professional degree / Bachelor’s / Master degree in Finance and/or Accounting

• 5-8 years Finance and Accounting experience

• Experience in a multinational company, preferably in B2B / food industries / FMCG / fast paced environment

• Experience in managing Singapore local statutory reporting and corporate tax return will be an added advantage

• English business proficiency (written and spoken), proficiency in 2nd Asian language a strong advantage

• Manufacturing and/or trading industry

• Strong and proficient in SAP

• IFRS Accounting Treatment / local GAAP Accounting Treatment

• Strong end to end knowledge on Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report processes

• Strong understanding of global chart of accounts , statutory / management (BU) reporting, accounting automation processes

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

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