Overview:The role of the Accounting Manager is to locally manage the compliance and accounting responsibilities for the business. This role will act as a business partner to the local management team in Malaysia and be the primary point of contact for the Corporate Tax, Treasury, and Legal teams.**Responsibilities**:**Financial Controlling**- Act as a trusted advisor and approver for matters related to legal, compliance, treasury, outgoing cash flow, payroll, and other related matters.- Monitor spend versus budget, working with local leadership and providing recommendations for adjustments in spending and/or changes to annual budget- Maintain monthly cashflow projections and bank relationships**Accounting for R&D center Activities**- Prepare monthly journal entries to accrual for expenses related to payroll- Prepare monthly debit notes between local entity and parent company- Review reconciliations of all balance sheet and income statement accounts on a monthly/quarterly basis as indicated by the monthly closing schedule- Review and approve vendor payments and employee reimbursements- Perform basic office management duties as requested**Internal Controls**- Maintains the company's system of internal controls and assures compliance with policies and procedures- Coordinates the outsourced internal audit function and the annual audit of the company's financial statements with the company's external audit firm.- Reports results of annual audit and internal audit to the Corporate Controller**Taxes**- Coordinates with external partners for the annual Corporate Income Tax- Responds to various types of tax notices and inquiries from various jurisdictions and involves Director of Tax and Treasury or external tax advisors when necessary.Qualifications:**REQUIRED** EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION**:- Degree minimum: Bachelor degree - Accounting or Finance related field- Specific concentration: Finance or Accounting- Experience level: 8+ years in Accounting- Fluent ability to speak, write and read in English**PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION**:- Experience with a multinational company a plus- Oracle/Hyperion experience a plus
