Accountant (Operating Company, Control & Governance)

Singapore
Finance
40 hours

**Description of**
**this vacancy**:
**Join Vopak in Asia & Middle East. Make an impact.**

**Your role and impact**:
As our **Accountant (Operating Company, Control & Governance)**, you will be responsible for financial closing, reporting, planning, and analysis of the business performance, statutory reporting audit, control and governance.

Are you ready to make an impact on our growing business in our region? Read on to find out more about this exciting job opportunity

**A rewarding place to work**

**Who are we?**

**Responsibilities**:
(1) General Ledger, Closing & Reporting Activities: Responsible for activities relating to general ledger, closing & reporting
- General Ledger & Closing: Lead person to process month end closing activities including receipts accounting, posting of Subledgers and revaluation of balances
- Responsible for full set of accounts (with the exception of AR, AP, Capex, Corporate Tax, Property Tax)
- Ensure all Subledgers are reconciled to General Ledgers
- Review and ensure financial statements are fairly represented
- Own overall monthly or quarterly Balance Sheet Accounts reconciliation
- Prepare and review relevant schedules for Balance Sheet reconciliation
- Resolve any related issues that affects accuracy and timeliness of General Ledger and Financial Reporting
- Collaborate with FP&A team to ensure reporting integrity
- Respond to queries from stakeholders regarding actual spend
- Tagetik Reporting: Prepare and upload of monthly results from OCS to Tagetik
- Complete monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements in Tagetik
- Ensure reconciliation of OCS to Tagetik is in order
- Resolve any related issues that affects accuracy and timeliness of Tagetik

(2) Control & Governance: Responsible for activities reporting to Control & Governance
- Financial Reporting Integrity: Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures
- Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations
- Complies with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions
- Support Finance Manager with controls and process to ensure uphold of financial reporting integrity
- Control: Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending/ implementation of policies and procedures
- Support Vopak control & governance events including Control Risk Self Assessment (CRSA) and Business Process Review (BPR)

(3) Statutory Reporting: Responsible for statutory reporting preparation
- Statutory Audit: Lead and coordinate annual audit accounts filing
- Main liaison with Kertih and Lanshan Finance team
- Main liaison with Auditors (Deloitte)
- Responsible for audit adjustments, complex consolidation accounting and preparation of audited Financial Statements
- Complete reconciliation of Statutory Accounts to IFRS (Tagetik) reporting
- Resolve any related issues that affects accuracy and timeliness of Statutory Audit
- Statutory Tax: Support annual Corporate Income Tax filing
- Government Surveys: Main liaison with government departments and agencies and surveys completion
- JV Partner (PSA) Reporting: Main liaison with JV Partner’s finance team
- Prepare reporting requirements as requested (monthly, LE and Budget)
- Data Collection and Analysis: Collate and analyze data using pre-set tools, methods and formats. Involves working independently

(4) Continuous Improvement: Responsible for continuous process improvements
- Responsible to seek continuous improvement in particular to optimize the usage of data, technology, automation

**Requirements**:

- Degree in Finance, Accountancy or Business or professional qualification in Accountancy
- At least 4 years of relevant experience in accounting/audit (in particular consolidation accounting)
- CPA qualification required
- Proven strong analytical skills and conceptual capabilities
- In-depth understanding of financial reporting, financial management and taxation concepts
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required for dealing with a cross functional team
- Self-Driven with can improve attitude
- Able to plan, organize, set priorities and deliver
- Problem solving and process improvement abilities
- ERP or system knowledge in Oracle and Tagetik (reporting software) would be advantageous but not a requirement
- Expertise in Singapore Financial Reporting Standards
- Experienced with asset intensive industry, lease accounting, asset retirement obligations, deferred taxation, consolidation

**How to apply?**

This Job Description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may cover other related duties to meet the ongoing organizational needs.