Key Purpose of the Job:Lead the finance reporting function on a day- to- day basis to ensure smooth general accounting, financial reporting, taxation in compliance with IFRS and VAS accounting standards, local statutory and regulatory requirements, tax requirements and Group policies.
Financial Reporting:
General Accounting
• Manage all accounting records for general accounting, including inventories, prepayments, fixed assets, leasing, payroll, accruals, taxation, equities, and
• Manage IFRS ledger, prepare and/or review all adjustment entries for differences between local GAAP and IFRS.
• others. Review accounting entries prepared and posted by general accounting team.
• Manage all accounting treatments under VAS ledger, local statutory and regulation requirements.
• Build and on- going update accounting policies, accounting manuals, SOPs and guidance relating to general accounting areas.
• Manage accounting systems, accounting document storage, and other accounting areas.
• Set- up, manage execution of monthly financial closing process and balance sheet reconciliation, and on- going improve, enhance these processes to ensure the quality of financial reporting and reduce the closing time.
Financial Reporting
• Review and/or prepare other reports required by local regulations.
• Review and/or prepare IFRS financial statements in accordance with Group requirements.
• Review and/or prepare VAS financial statements and other local regulatory reports.
Governance and Control
• Build and maintain good relationships with external auditors and regulators. Manage the annual external audit.
• Manage accounting policies and procedures to ensure appropriate and sufficient internal control in place and compliance with local regulations and Group policies.
Taxation:
Tax Reporting and Compliance: Responsible for tax management, tax accounting, tax filing, and tax payment to ensure compliance with local statutory and regulatory requirements and Group tax policies.
• Review tax returns and ensure accurate and timely filing of all tax forms.
• Design, implement and monitor effective control procedures for all tax reporting and compliance aspects.
• Review tax balances, and payment plans for taxation.
Tax Consulting: Act as a ‘Tax Partner’ to divisional managers by providing technical expertise on product, project, other tax related issues and tax risk management.
• Mange tax related services with consultants.
• Frequently update new applicable tax regulations and communicate any changes to the management team, and lead implementation of these changes.
Leadership
• Proactively partner with management team and other functions in daily finance operations and facilitate operational efficiency improvements.
• Effectively communicate and negotiate with external stakeholders, including regulators, tax authorities, banks, financial institutions, collection partners, etc.
