Senior Accountant

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Primary Function of Position

The Senior Accountant is a member of the Finance and FP&A department responsible for the production site in Penang, Malaysia. The position holder is responsible for all aspects of financial accounting and key accounting processes primarily related to the manufacturing site in Malaysia with possibility to be engaged in activities for the US, Mexico manufacturing entity.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Management of all accounting related activities in collaboration with our external accounting provider who manages accounting, payroll, AP and monthly close process

• Work closely with local manufacturing leadership and central finance functions to ramp up the manufacturing plant

• Cash forecasting for the Malaysia legal entity

• Preparation of monthly reporting according to US-GAAP

• Balance sheet reconciliations

• Maintain General Ledger in accordance with Intuitive guidelines and accounting manual (including all payroll related postings)

• Preparation of annual statutory financial statements according to Malaysian legislation

• Monitoring and Settlement of IC transactions

• Monitoring of AP process (coordination, bank clearing, payment run review)

• Maintenance of Fixed Asset Subledger

• Support of monthly Taxation reporting

• First point of contact for external advisors and statutory auditors

• Close collaboration with central accounting functions in USA and Mexico

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and automation within our current accounting processes

• Support and review and coordinate with HR and third-party processor

• Ad-hoc reports and analysis

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Completed commercial education, ideally as accountant or academic degree with financial and accounting focus

• 5+ years professional experience in accounting

• US-GAAP and Malaysian local accounting knowledge of advantage

• Strong communication skills, fluent in English & Malaysian

• Excellent expertise in MS Office and SAP FI

• Strong analytical skills and numerical affinity

• Proactive and independent

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We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

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This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.