FAT Assistant

FAT Assistant focuses on building strong accounting and tax foundations, supporting expansion into new markets, and improving how the finance team works. Rather than routine day-to-day operations, the role is project-focused, covering areas such as accounting policies, financial controls, tax research, and new market setup. You'll get exposure to accounting and tax across multiple ASEAN markets while working directly on regional finance projects.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation or Finance.
• Preferably 0–3 years of experience in accounting or tax.
• Experience at a tax consulting firm or public accounting firm (KAP) is a plus.
• Good written and spoken English.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Solid accounting basics and working knowledge of IFRS/PSAK.
• Basic understanding of Indonesian tax
• Eager to learn tax rules in other ASEAN countries.
• Advanced Excel skills: lookups, pivot tables, nested formulas and multi-sheet models.
• Organised, detail-oriented and a fast learner.
• Interest in process and system improvement.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Project coordination

  • Keep the project plan, trackers and risk log up to date.
  • Follow up with task owners across teams to keep deadlines on track, and escalate blockers early.
  • Prepare meeting notes, action lists and weekly progress updates for the FAT Manager.

• Accounting foundations

  • Work with the FAT Manager to map the group chart of accounts to each local chart.
  • Draft, organise and maintain the accounting policy.
  • Roll out the month-end close checklist and the reconciliation register across all entities, and track completion each month.

• Multi-country tax

  • Research and summarise tax rules in each country, such as withholding tax, VAT and tax treaties, and flag items that need confirmation from local advisers.
  • Maintain the tax matrix, tax calendar and tax document register so that every filing has a due date, an owner and supporting documents.

• New market openings

  • Prepare the checklist for each new entity or market, covering bank accounts, approval matrix, tax registration and local requirements.
  • Track the checklist until everything is ready before the first invoice.

• Process improvement

  • Propose and build practical improvements to templates, controls and workflows.