About this role
MISSION :
Lead and oversee regional accounting and tax activities across Asia Pacific, ensuring accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, strong financial controls, and continuous process improvement to support business and Group reporting requirements.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Main responsibility is to ensure accurate and timely closure of multi-country financials, ensures cross-border regulatory and tax compliance for local and group reporting. Key duties include regional financial & tax reporting, tax compliance and regulatory filings, audit and control coordination, maintaining high data quality and sounds financials.
Regional Financial Reporting
Lead & drive Group Reporting on monthly and quarterly basis, ensure timely completion and accuracyEnsure group reporting follows Group Accounting GuidelinesDrive Balance Sheet review for full understanding on variance / movementsLead and ensure correctness on multi-currency reporting and analysisEnsure inter-company balance is fully reconciledTax Compliance and Reporting
Lead and support quarterly tax reporting and annual tax driftReview and support for tax provisions, deferred taxes calculation, and maintain tax loss carried forward analysisSupport local finance for timely tax submissions and queries from local taxCoordinate and support Transfer Pricing and Pillar II report, ensure timely and accurate submissionAuditing and Governance
Support local finance on statutory audit as and when neededAssist in interpreting accounting standard / tax rules, ensure compliance with respective reporting as regulatory submissionMonitor and implement necessary internal financial controls to improve quality of financialsAssist in drafting regional accounting guidelines, achieve correct and consistent interpretation of rules across APROperational Excellence / Process Improvement / Finance Projects
Support finance improvement and transformation projects, process automations, and any relevant system implementations.Assist in driving standard operating procedures across the region for closing processOn going improvement for standardization and simplificationMaintain / monitor on regional project cost capitalization calculation and recharge process, ensure compliance with group ruleJurisdictions covered:
AustraliaNew ZealandJapanTaiwanHong KongSingaporeChinaKoreaMalaysiaPhilippinesIndonesiaIndiaThailandVietnamFunctions working with:
Local Finance & SSC FinanceBT / ITCompliance / Risk ManagementOperational Excellence / Process ManagementPartnership teamCommercial (TCI / BI / DC)CBOGroup Accounting & TaxGroup TreasuryGroup GMC Bachelor’s degree – major accounting, finance or a related disciplineQualified Accountant from any recognized accounting institution / jurisdiction10 years + relevant working experienceStrong knowledge of accounting & tax reporting across AsiaTax qualification, audit background & Insurance industry experience is an assetKnowledge of accounting tool, e.g. SAP, Sage, etcSoft Skill: strong coordination and communication skills, proactiveness, self-initiative, work independent and under stress Hybrid working model after the first monthGreat place to work: central and modern office Opportunities to learn: budget every year for training, languages platform, e-learning platform, dedicated development program…Career opportunities: Opportunity to build your career (both locally and internationally) in a large global company, one of the world leaders in its fieldHealth care