Accountant- Asia Market Unit

Company Description

At IFS you will work in a growing, global enterprise software company, where informal hierarchies promote simplicity and trust with responsibility. We strive to deepen our expertise by taking on challenging and varying work assignments in a collaborative environment together with committed colleagues. With professionalism and a strong customer focus in everything we do, from Product Development to Sales and Consultancy, we are proud to serve world-class customers all over the globe with our leading products.

**Job Description**:
YOUR OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

This position provides an excellent opportunity to develop your accounting, reporting and analytical skills by working within a continuously evolving finance function as part of a dynamic and rapidly growing business in a global organization.

As an Accountant at IFS you will be expected to:

- Support the month end closing processes responsible for accurate and timely closing.
- Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of legal entity balance sheet reconciliations.
- Support the monthly forecast process.
- Cashflow Reporting.
- Support in the monthly payroll processing cycle.
- Trial balance review and analysis.
- Tax & Regulatory Requirements.
- Support annual audit process for all legal entities.

The core areas of responsibility will be focused around:
**General Ledger & Month End Closing**
- Ensure that all month end closing activities are completed in an accurate manner, in accordance with Group closing timelines and processes.
- Ensure that all revenue streams are appropriately accounted for and relevant analysis and outputs are reconciled.
- Complete cost centre analysis for all revenue and direct costs on a monthly basis.
- Processing of monthly payroll entries.
- Review and post all entries related to provisions and accruals, maintaining appropriate reconciliations accordingly.
- Manage the submission of monthly corporate reporting requirements (cash & balance sheet submisions)
- Ensure compliance with IFRS 9, 15 & 16.
- Review, compile and post journal entries
- Ensure adequate supporting documentation and proper coding of transactions.
- Manage employee expense claim processes.
- Manage/maintain inter-company transactions.
- Bank reconciliations.

**Balance Sheet**
- Monthly preparation & presentation of balance sheet reconciliation schedules.
- Review and maintain provisions for employee related costs.
- Reconciling AR & AP schedules with customer/supplier schedules.
- Financial audit participation and preparation of required audit support schedules.
- Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with company policies and procedures
- Provide various ad-hoc analysis
- Reconcile prepaid, accrued liabilities, intercompany and other assigned balance sheet accounts and accruals.
- Validation of tax liabilities, ensuring appropriate costs are recognized in the appropriate period.

**Tax & Regulatory Filings**
- Support Finance Manager to finalize VAT, WHT or any other Tax filings for all legal entities. Providing appropriate supporting documentation and analysis as required.
- Support in the submission of any pension payments/filings.
- Support with any regulatory reporting requirements (ICV, ESR, Environmental, Human Capital, others as required).

**Audit**
- Liaising with the auditors for audit planning and execution
- To verify and ensure timely required information are provided
- To ensure smooth quarterly/ annual Audit within the time frame.

**Qualifications**:
To be successful

To be a successful Accountant at IFS your mindset will be the key factor, but to get even further we would like you to have a relevant academic degree in Accountancy/ Finance/Business administration. A professional accreditation such as CPA, ACA, CMA, would be an advantage.

You should also have:

- Minimum 3 years of working experience;
- Experience in Accountant or Audit roles;
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, ability to use advance functions for analysis;
- Strong communication, organization and documentation skills;
- Great interpersonal / teamwork skills;
We are looking for someone who is proactive, self-driven and takes ownership of their work. We take for granted that you have strong technical accounting skills since that is the core of the role. To be able to succeed in this position you should have strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills and are able to work autonomously to deliver in a changing and challenging environment.