Sr. Accountant

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. ACCOUNTANT (APAC)

As the company expands its international footprint and provides Starlink (our revolutionary satellite low-latency broadband internet) across APAC, Starlink Internet Services Pte. Ltd. is seeking a sr. accountant for our Singapore office to help ensure that our financial reporting obligations are met.

The Sr. Accountant will focus on APAC operations and will join our new and dynamic business division, Starlink. Its mission is to deliver global internet access, and it is ideally suited to support rural and geographically isolated areas where internet connectivity is unreliable or nonexistent. Based in Singapore and reporting to the Financial Operations Director, the Sr. Accountant will have a broad and varied role, supporting the existing team with both tax and accounting work. The ideal candidate will have worked with multinational organizations and have experience with audit, financial reporting, and tax.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the financial statement audit process, including preparing local financial statements, working with auditors where mandatorily required, and working with legal to file local financial statements for an assigned portfolio of APAC entities
• Responsible for month-end close activities for APAC entities, including but not limited to month-end accruals, prepayments, bank entries, VAT/GST, corporate tax, intercompany accounting, and any other required internal accounting reporting
• Prepare selected balance sheet reconciliations, prepare and post journal entries including analyzing source data to support month-end journals and reconciliations
• Work with outsourced service providers for assigned countries in the process of preparing local accounting books if required by regulation; preparing local financial statements and liaising with local auditors to close the local subsidiary audits
• Research, document and drive technical accounting issues to resolution
• Work closely with the legal entity tax owner to ensure local entity compliance and provide accounting support for any ongoing country tax audits/reviews
• Support day-to-day finance operations in APAC as required, and ad hoc finance projects as directed
• Implement any systems or technologies associated with any accounting initiatives
• Collaborate and partner with cross functional teams (operations, policy, commercial, legal, customs, treasury, finance and tax) and other stakeholders
• Support new business launches, new initiatives and products and ongoing commercial operations as a specialist in areas where accounting technical advice is required

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree in accounting, tax, finance, or business discipline
• Finalist or recently qualified Chartered Accountant
• 5+ years of accounting or audit experience in public accounting/Big 4, or with a multinational organization, including experience with accounting matters and tax across APAC

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Previous Big 4 accounting experience
• Strong understanding of financial reporting and accounting
• Strong in IFRS and some knowledge of US GAAP
• Data analytics and systems skills, including experience with accounting ERPs, advanced excel and tools such as SQL, Python or similar
• Familiarity with financial statements preparation and review tools such as Workiva
• Detail oriented, organized, and efficient in work processes
• Ability to multi-task and work collaboratively as well as independently
• Ability to work with global teams, strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a start-up type environment. Adaptability and flexibility is essential
• Ability to work to multiple tight deadlines

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• We will be prioritizing applicants who have the current right to work in Singapore
• This is an onsite position based in Singapore. Remote or hybrid work will not be considered

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.