Staff Accountant

Job summary

The Staff Accountant is responsible for preparing financial records, performing complex reconciliations, and managing the month-end, quarterly, and year-end close processes. They also maintain internal control frameworks and collaborate across departments to improve financial reporting and compliance.

Job details

Job Description Overview: The Staff Accountant is responsible for supporting the finance department through the accurate preparation and maintenance of financial records, reconciliations, and reports. This role ensures compliance with company policies and relevant accounting standards, contributing to the overall efficiency and integrity of financial operations. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Timely and accurate completion of monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes. Prepare monthly/quarterly consolidated financial reporting packages for submission to HQ Support quarterly and annual audits by preparing schedules, gathering documentation, and responding to auditor inquiries. Prepare recurring journal entries, including but not limited to amortization, depreciation, payroll, and lease accounting entries. Perform monthly bank reconciliations and cash management activities, ensuring accuracy and completeness. Review supporting documentation for all entries and maintaining proper audit trails. Identify, research, and resolve discrepancies or aged items, ensuring accounts are clean for year-end close. Perform complex reconciliations for accounts such as advance payments, related party transactions, and other high-volume balance sheet accounts. Prepare fixed asset reports, manage additions, disposals, transfers, and depreciation. Maintain capitalization policies, monitor construction-in-progress, and support internal controls and audits. Develop, implement, and maintain internal control frameworks to ensure the reliability of financial reporting, safeguard company assets, and support compliance with corporate policies, and relevant regulatory standards. Collaborate with cross-functional departments (Finance, Operations, MKT, IT, HR, etc.) to design process improvements, remediate control deficiencies, and provide training to ensure consistent understanding and execution of internal control procedures across the organization. Perform ad hoc analyses, reporting, and project support as assigned by management. Knowledge and Skills: Ability to work confidently in a rapidly changing, fast-paced and results-oriented corporate environment where a high degree of flexibility is required Ability to work independently and actively resolve issues Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English Solid knowledge of IFRS Proficiency in month-end close processes, journal entry preparation, and reconciliation of complex accounts Experience with HFM reporting or similar financial consolidation tools. Ability to work with large datasets and multiple systems for reconciliation Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines. Experience with ERP systems Required Qualifications: Years of Education OR Equivalent Experience Bachelor’s Degree of Accounting Work Experience At least 1 year of relevant accounting experience

What you’ll do

The Staff Accountant is responsible for preparing financial records, performing complex reconciliations, and managing the month-end, quarterly, and year-end close processes. They also maintain internal control frameworks and collaborate across departments to improve financial reporting and compliance.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and at least one year of relevant accounting experience. Proficiency in IFRS, ERP systems, and financial consolidation tools like HFM is required.

Listed skills

• ERP systems · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Month-End Close · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Month-end close
• Journal entries
• Bank reconciliations
• IFRS
• HFM reporting
• ERP systems
• Financial consolidation
• Fixed asset management
• Internal controls
• Financial reporting
• Audit support
• Cash management

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Manufacturing