Assistant Accountant, Inventory

About the role

Reporting to Inventory Accounting Regional Process Lead, Asia & AFMEI. This position is responsible for ensuring accurate, complete and timely transactional processing with consistent application of global accounting procedures (in line with policy) and the sign off of appropriate accounting transactions. This position also supports Fixed Assets Accounting for Malaysia manufacturing organizations with a dotted reporting line to the Global Fixed Assets Accounting team

Key responsibilities

• Support the Inventory Accounting Regional Process Lead, Asia & AFMEI to deliver a culture of performance within the team, ensuring the company's performance management process is embedded and delivered within the timelines
• Deliver to the expectations of the Inventory Accounting Regional Process Lead, Asia & AFMEI in managing the respective processes ensuring tasks, activities and sub-processes are standardized and aligned across the team
• Transactional responsibilities include USGAPP, IFRS and local GAAP inventory accounting, FIFO inventory valuation, product costing, and inventory adjustments
• Responsible for accounting support and problem solving for inventory functional areas
• Liaise with Supply Chain team to resolve issues as they arise
• Support and implement agreed process improvement initiatives within the inventory accounting process team
• Deliver efficient and effective Inventory accounting services in line with corporate policies and legislative requirements
• Participate with physical inventory stock count, conduct the related account reconciliation, and follow up the subsequent tasks including but not limited to adjustment of accounting records
• Responsible for fixed asset (and intangible assets) accounting which includes physical assets stock count, account reconciliation and accounting record adjustment
• Perform plant projects/capital expenditure control with site management

Requirements :

• Professional education in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
• 2 to 3 years of accounting experience
• Working experience in a multinational company environment, with ability to work in diverse cultures
• Extensive user of ERP systems, ideally SAP
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
• Able to handle multi-tasks and meet aggressive deadlines
• Passion for driving continuous improvements
• Good spoken, written English. Speak and understand another language will be an advantage
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to communicate clearly and concisely, both in written and verbal formats, within a multi-cultural environment