Assistant Controller (Financial Accounting) – Thai-speaking recruitment

ASSISTANT CONTROLLER, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING - THAI-SPEAKING

Our client is a world-leading provider of information for the world’s corporate businesses and professionals. The company operates in over 100 countries and hires 55,000 employees worldwide.

This role, based in Singapore, will report to the Area Controller for SEA and is a corporate accounting function that resides within Global Business Services unit.

Role Description:

The successful candidate will be assuming responsibility of key accounting components: subsidiary branch accounting, statutory reporting, year-end submissions and other accounting areas, to meet and exceed customer service level agreements for the accounting and control service for business units, providing compliance in accordance to corporate policy, IFRS and Local Tax GAAP requirements. The successful candidate needs to have the interest, motivation and drive to want to engage various people throughout the local organization to be able to identify business issues/developments and tax exposures.

Responsibilities:

Statutory and Management Accounting

• To ensure compliance of procedures with corporate policies, IFRS and differing regulatory requirements.

• To be responsible for:
? Statutory accounting (both group and local)
? Annual statutory audits (external)
? Indirect tax , withholding tax and corporate tax reporting
? Internal tax reporting (tax pack reporting, Canadian reporting, tax risks etc.)
? Maintaining adequate internal reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley control processes and documentation
? Tax audits, VAT audits, Thailand tax incentive requirements etc.
? Company secretary

• To be a key point of contact for Thailand on financial information queries and updates and compliance matters.
• To provide Ernst Young with all pre-agreed information required for preparation of indirect tax, WHT and Corporate Income Tax and other returns or compliance reporting obligations as required for countries of responsibility in the form of standard reports.
• To review outputs coming from EY relating to preparation of withholding tax, vat, corporate tax returns and any other returns.
• To ensure all WHT and VAT reconciliations maintained by GSC /GOFIT are clean and up to date monthly.
• To review transfer pricing fees calculation from Transfer Pricing Administration Group.
• To regularly monitor and update tax compliance and filing logs.
• To work with EY or other service providers provide additional reports and information as required by tax inspectors and other regulatory bodies.
• To liaise with corporate secretary and lawyers pertaining to any changes required for the entity.
• To review Balance Sheet reconciliations prepared by the GSC and seek input from local business units (if needed) and ensure that all outstanding items are cleared effectively.
• To ensure that financial/tax opportunities and exposures are uncovered throughout the year.
• To act as the interface between GSC, EY and PwC.
• To compile financial schedules and perform various ad hoc projects as required.
• To coordinate region-wide financial activities, including, but not limited to, audits and tax pack.
• To drive continuous process improvement for activities under the Financial Accounting Controllership Team.

Requirements:

Required Skills:

• Degree in Accounting or a relevant professional accounting qualification (eg. ACCA, CIMA) is essential.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of post-qualification working experience.
• Previous controller experience, training and/or shared services experience, within an MNC (Preference will be given to candidate with accounting /auditing experience in Thailand or SEA companies).
• Fluency in Thai and able to read Thai Language.
• Proven ability to form strong customer relationships, an understanding of customer focus and service delivery.
• Efficient work ethics with proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Clear and effective communication interpersonal skills, and qualities of a good team player.
• Drive self-motivation with the ability to work independently deliver under pressure.
• Be professional and mature in attitude.
• Candidates with more years of experience may be considered for the Business Unit Controller role.

Desired Skills:

• Prior hands-on experience with general ledger accounting, payroll accounting and/or management accounting and reporting.
• Knowledge and experience with Direct and Indirect Tax an advantage.
• Professional accounting qualifications and financial analysis experience an advantage.
• Good working knowledge of SAP financial applications, Excel understanding of end to end accounting process an advantage.

Interested candidates please send your CV (in Microsoft Word or PDF format) to Bruce Fong at bruce@ca-search.com or contact us at:

CA SEARCH PTE LTD 
3 Phillip St, #08-01 Commerce Point, Singapore 048693
Tel: +65 6438 3233
www.ca-search.com

Your interest will be treated in strict confidence.  We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.