Hiring: Accounting Manager

Accounting Manager (Assistant Controller)

- Hybrid

Professional Firms Support Services and Specialized Teams, 1 Open position

The Assistant Controller is a critical leadership role reporting directly to the Corporate Controller. Thisposition provides comprehensive financial oversight and operational management for the company’sSingapore and Indonesia entities. Serving as the primary deputy to the Controller, this individual willlead the day-to‑day execution of the accounting team, own the month‑end close process, and ensurerigorous compliance with IFRS and local standards (SFRS/PSAK).

Tasked with supporting the Controller through a period of rapid organizational growth, this leader willmanage the group’s expanding operational transactions. Success in this role requires deep-diveanalytical expertise to navigate and reconcile complex accounting workflows and multi‑entity structures.

Responsibilities

Accounting, Reporting, and Execution

• Deputy Leadership: Serve as the secondary lead in the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of accounting policies, procedures, and internal systems across regional entities.
• Multi-Entity Close: Oversee the end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual close process for the Singapore and Indonesia entities. This includes performing manual multi-currency consolidations, ensuring 100% accuracy in reporting, and providing critical redundancy for the accounting team's high‑stakes workflows.
• Technical Standards: Maintain accounting policies to ensure SFRS (Singapore) and PSAK (Indonesia) compliance at scale, aligned with IFRS leading practices.
• Regional Compliance: Ensure corporate controllership policies are strictly aligned with local statutory requirements (ACRA/IRAS in Singapore and DJP/OJK in Indonesia) through proactive coordination with the Corporate Secretary in Singapore and the local finance/compliance teams in Indonesia.
• Intercompany & Transfer Pricing: Lead the reconciliation of balances and maintain precise records of revenue and expenses for multiple intercompany accounts. Ensure strict compliance with cross border transfer pricing guidelines through active coordination with an external transfer pricing consultant.
• Entity and Project Tracking: Systematically track and allocate expenses across regional entitiesin accordance with specific tax structures and project requirements. This includes the allocationof HR and labor costs to various entities and projects, ensuring full alignment with intercompanyagreements and Transfer Pricing (TP) documentation requirements.
• Regulatory Monitoring: Stay up to date with changes in local tax laws, labor regulations, andinternational accounting standards (IFRS).
• Judgment Items: Drive accounting positions of unusual and/or high-judgment items (e.g.,biological assets, impairment, or provisions) and prepare the organization for the impact of newpronouncements.
• Asset Protection: Protect regional assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing localizedinternal controls.
• Systems Management : Own the chart of accounts. Support the Controller in realigning accountsfor a smooth transition to a new multi‑currency ERP system or consolidation software.
• Team Supervision: Manage the general ledger, technical accounting, consolidations, andregional financial transaction teams.Sub-Ledger Integrity: Maintain schedules for sub‑ledgers including capital projects, fixed assets,and the deferral/recognition of revenue and commissions in accordance with IFRS 15.
• Financial Operations: Drive the scale and efficiency of regional transaction teams (AP &Payroll). This includes performing reviews of statutory compliance to ensure that all governmentcontributions and mandatory filings in Indonesia are accurately calculated, fully reconciled, andpaid on time.
• Indirect Tax: Oversee the review of VAT/PPN (Indonesia) as executed by the local team;perform monthly reconciliations between Indonesian tax portals and the General Ledger toverify that all liabilities are accurately recorded, settled, and cleared.
• Direct Tax & Withholding: Drive the end‑to‑end corporate tax calculations for Indonesianentities in coordination with the Indonesia Finance Manager, while performing a comprehensivereview of tax computations prepared by the Singapore tax agent. Oversee the reconciliation ofWithholding Tax (PPH 21, 23, 26) for Indonesian operations, ensuring all deductions areaccurately booked, reconciled to the General Ledger, and aligned with statutory requirements.
• Cross‑Functional Partnership: Partner effectively across regional operations to drive improvedcontrols and institutionalize process flows that directly impact accounting integrity. Thi