Role Expectations

• Update and reconcile balance sheet accounts to ensure accuracy of accounting transactions/records, and compliance with US GAAP and Accenture financial policies.
• Work with stakeholders and teams leads on Process review, transition managements, operational excellence and compliance control
• Cope with global tax team and area/local tax team on corporate tax accruals, settlements, fillings/returns, calculations, forecasting, and reporting.
• Oversee tax compliance such like GST, WHT, and intercompany transactions billings & settlements
• Perform general ledger accounting activities such like bank accounting, tax accounting, fixed asset accounting, lease accounting, payroll accounting, and closing accounting.
• Cooperate with on/offshore controllership team on other ad-hoc activities such like BS&PL true up basing on audit result, intercompany accounting issues, internal control etc.
• Managing legal entities overall General Ledger Accounting Process, drafting annual financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and local GAAP
• Cooperating with external auditors, tax agents on FS finalization and Cooperate Tax fillings
• May have direct involvement on Annual General board meeting presentation
• Fully involvement on team innovation and digitalization, visualization agenda, proactively cope with change and process re-engineering when necessary.

Key Responsibilities – General Accounting

• Responsible for the reconciliation and analysis of various balance sheet accounts

• Perform monthly analysis of data within accounts and determine issues for follow up
• Work with Accounts Payable and/or Payroll to resolve issues in a timely manner
• Work with tax group to ensure that taxes are booked correctly
• Process adjusting entries as required
• Prepare account reconciliations for an assigned portfolio of Legal Entities or specific accounts, and submit for supervisor review
• Obtain all necessary backup and justification for account balances

• Propose and pursue any necessary adjustments to account balances to ensure that they are compliant with Accenture policy and US GAAP
• Provide month-end pre-close analysis and commentary for account balance movement and totals
• Prepare quarterly analysis of select balance sheet accounts for use by Country Controller’s Group in evaluating the validity of the quarter end balances
• Partner with Finance contact(s) to review account reconciliations and provide assistance and guidance in recording accounting transactions where necessary
• Develop a clear understanding of the business transactions and processes to aid reconciliation procedures and to provide value added advice to Finance contact(s)
• Develop understanding of the internal systems and business transactions that impact accounts
• Prepare Financial statements according to country statutory standards and requirements, cope with external auditors on FS preparations and filling, as well as presentations to leadership when necessary.
• Responsible for Tax compliance processes including regular accruals, true ups, Tax returned quires and reporting on GST, WHT and different tax stream of each country.
• Manage other General Accounting Processes such like Fixed Asset Accounting, Lease Accounting, Payroll Accounting, Bank Accounting, V&A Accounting, etc. processing and relevant analysis.
• Executing Accenture Internal Control and ensure Compliance with related Accounting standards.
• Others Country financials support related tasks such like cost rates support, cost analysis/controls etc.

Relationship

• Controllership RTR Team Country Lead

Experience/Knowledge Required

Required Experience and Qualifications

• +5 years working experience in finance and accounting roles, ideally in SSC/BPO industry or local corporate finance team,
• Bachelor’s degree and above in Finance/Accounting; ACCA, CIMA, CPA or any relevant professional qualification is preferable
• Good knowledge on US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and SOX compliance
• Perfect Finance and Accounting acumen;
• Very good attitude in taking ownership and working under pressure
• Good sense on Operational Improvement/Delivery/Operation Effectiveness methodology, procedures and tools and individual efficiency and productivity measurement and improvement
• Good English oral and written command;
• PC skills (Advanced Excel, Word and Outlook); strong knowledge of SAP or equivalent is preferred;
• Teamwork and Collaboration; Open mindset; Personal Credibility; willingness to change; mature mentality
• Strong capability on adaptability, change management, innovation and digitalization