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Senior Accountant - Singapore

  • Singapore
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About ZwickRoell Pte. Ltd.

Get started with us now! At ZwickRoell, you can look forward to a challenging and innovative areas of responsibility in an agile and internationally minded company. We push materials and components to their limits and deliver reliable test results for our customers. The family-owned ZwickRoell Group is the global market leader for materials testing systems since over 160 years. More than 1,800 employees achieve an annual turnover of 310 million Euros. Well-known local and international manufacturers, researcher & developer as well as Universities from all industries & disciplines rely on our high-tech testing technology from the ZwickRoell Group. We are represented by our own subsidiaries as well as by our sales & service partners in more than 56 countries worldwide.
 
At ZwickRoell, we are open-minded and passionate about whatever we do! We provide and continuously develop a high-performance culture and actively promote international exchange programs & deployments to develop long-term career paths. We continuously strengthen our operational excellence and act with agility to excite existing customer and to win new customers.
 
We are hiring a driven and passionate leader to push market growth as a Regional Sales Manager based in our Regional Headquarter in Singapore.
 
Job overview:
The core role and responsibilities of Senior Accountant include maintaining the full set of financial accounts of the Singapore office and the representative / branch offices in Asia. The Senior Accountant is also responsible for preparing the required information for reporting needs as per HQ requirement and deadline which include reconciliation of all inter-companies. He/ she will play a key role in managing complete accounting activities, Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable, Management Information System, claim and reimbursements, Bank Guarantee, Letter of Credit, Goods & Services Tax, corporate tax, excise, forex/multi-currency transaction. At the same time to support and coordinate with sales, service, order fulfillment and other supporting departments for finance and accounts related activities.

Job Responsibilities

  • Manage and responsible for all daily operational accounting activities and prepare all relevant accounts / balance sheet schedule as required.
  • Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures and all financial reporting deadlines are met.
  • Approving and signing of sales / purchase invoices, debit / credit notes prepared by Order fulfilment Dept.
  • Approve and signing of claims submitted.
  • Review all accounting entries in the Zoho system including but not limiting to sales / purchases, debit / credit notes, bank receipts and payments and journals.
  • Ensure bank and petty cash listing submitted by all representative offices are in order and recorded in financial reports.
  • Assist the preparation of budget as per ZwickRoell Group.
  • Financial audit preparation (including consolidation package) and audit process coordination.
  • Prepare statement of accounts for all agents and partners.
  • Process suppliers, freight and commission payable.
  • Update, extract and monitor the movement of inventories for machines and spare parts including stock take.
  • Handle letter of credit, bank guarantees, i.e. application, review format and content, monitor, update and issue reports.
  • Active accounts receivable and accounts payable management.
  • Prepare month- / year-end journal entries and ensure a timely month- / year-end closing.
  • Reconciliation, confirmation and follow-up of intercompany transactions and balances of all related group members.
  • Responsible for the monthly management reporting inclusive analysis.
  • Assist the Regional CFO in special projects and tasks.

Your profile

Education
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting / Finance
Experience
  • More than 8 years of working experience in finance and / or audit.
  • Working experience in financial systems and budgets, financial reporting, financial data analysis, auditing, taxation, group consolidation.
 
Requirements
  • Knowledge of accepted accounting practices and principles.
  • Strong conceptual and analytical abilities with a good eye for details.
  • Knowledge of auditing practices and principles.
  • Knowledge of applicable laws, codes and regulations.
  • Knowledge in German GAAP would be advantageous.
  • Able to multi-task in a small team.
  • Native or bilingual proficiency in English is a must.
  • Professional working proficiency in Korean, Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin or German is an advantage
  • Good business acumen.
  • Proficient in Excel analysis (formulas, pivots).
  • Knowledge of Lucanet reporting software and Zoho accounting software would be an added advantage.

Interested?

Are you open-minded and passionate about what you do?

Please e-mail your detailed curriculum vitae to hr.asia@zwickroell.com
Only short-listed candidates will be notified.

Please visit www.zwickroell.com to know more about the company.