Senior Accountant

About the role

The Senior Accountant – Accounts Receivable & Intercompany is responsible for managing and strengthening the Group's Accounts Receivable (AR) and intercompany accounting processes across multiple Asia Pacific legal entities. The role will take ownership of AR accounting, customer receipts and reconciliations, intercompany transactions and balances, month-end closing activities, and related financial controls. The position will work closely with Finance teams across APAC, Europe and the US, as well as Commercial, Procurement and Operations teams. A key objective is to ensure AR and intercompany transactions are accurately recorded, properly supported, reconciled and closed on a timely basis at Group level.

Key responsibilities

1. Accounts Receivable (AR)

• Manage day-to-day AR accounting activities across assigned Group entities.

• Ensure customer invoices, credit notes, receipts and other AR transactions are accurately recorded in the ERP system.

• Perform customer account reconciliations and investigate outstanding or unmatched transactions.

• Monitor AR aging and follow up on overdue balances with relevant internal stakeholders.

• Coordinate customer payment allocation and resolve unidentified or unapplied receipts.

• Review AR balances and identify long-outstanding, disputed or potentially impaired receivables.

• Support AR-related audit schedules, balance confirmations and supporting documentation.

• Ensure AR transactions are properly accounted for in accordance with Group accounting policies and applicable accounting standards.

2. Intercompany Accounting

• Take ownership of intercompany accounting and reconciliation across Group entities.

• Ensure intercompany sales, purchases, charges, credit notes, funding and other transactions are properly recorded by both counterparties.

• Perform monthly intercompany balance reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.

• Coordinate with Finance teams in different countries to resolve timing, currency, accounting and documentation differences.

• Maintain clear supporting schedules for intercompany receivables and payables.

• Ensure intercompany transactions are recorded consistently between entities before month-end closing.

• Support intercompany settlement and netting activities where applicable.

• Drive resolution of aged or unreconciled intercompany items and improve the end-to-end intercompany process.

3. Month-End Closing & Group Reporting

• Own AR and intercompany closing activities as part of the monthly financial close.

• Complete reconciliations and required schedules within the Group closing timetable.

• Review AR and intercompany GL accounts and investigate unusual or aged balances.

• Prepare and post required journal entries and accounting adjustments.

• Support foreign currency revaluation and intercompany balance review.

• Ensure proper cut-off of customer and intercompany transactions.

• Provide AR and intercompany schedules required for management reporting and consolidation.

• Support the Finance team's objective of achieving an accurate and disciplined month-end close.

4. ERP, Process & Internal Controls

• Maintain accurate AR and intercompany records in NetSuite.

• Identify process gaps and recommend improvements to strengthen accounting controls and efficiency.

• Support standardisation of AR and intercompany processes across Group entities.

• Develop and maintain reconciliation templates, SOPs and supporting documentation.

• Ensure transactions have appropriate supporting documents and approval in accordance with company policies.

• Assist with ERP/process improvement initiatives and Finance automation where applicable.

5. Audit & Compliance Support

• Prepare AR and intercompany schedules and supporting documents for statutory and Group audits.

• Respond to auditor queries relating to customer balances, intercompany transactions and reconciliations.

• Support balance confirmations and other audit requirements.

• Ensure proper documentation and audit trail are maintained for transactions under the role's responsibility.

6. Cross-Functional & Regional Coordination

• Work closely with Finance and business stakeholders, including:

• Finance teams across Group entities

• Commercial and Sales

• Customer Service

• Procurement and Operations

• Treasury

• External auditors and professional service providers

Act as a key Finance contact for AR and intercompany accounting matters and proactively drive outstanding issues to closure.

About you

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent.

• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent) is an advantage.

• Approximately 5–8 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably within a multinational or multi-entity environment.

• Strong hands-on experience in Accounts Receivable, intercompany accounting, GL reconciliation and month-end closing.

• Experience dealing with multiple currencies and overseas entities is preferred.

• Good understanding of accounting principles, financial controls and balance-sheet reconciliations.

• Experience with NetSuite is highly advantageous; experience with other major ERP systems is acceptable.

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.

• Able to independently investigate reconciliation differences and drive issues through to resolution.

• Good written and verbal English communication skills.

• Comfortable coordinating with stakeholders across different countries and time zones.