TMF Group

Global corporate administration: accounting, payroll, HR

Accounting Analyst

Financial AccountingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeKuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A university degree is required; Accounting, Finance, or Economics is preferred.
An accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent is required, including partly qualified candidates; audit experience is advantageous.
At least 5 years of experience in an international or English-speaking environment in audit, general ledger accounting/Record-to-Report, accounts receivable/Order-to-Cash, or accounts payable/Procure-to-Pay is required.
Good written and spoken English language skills are required.
Strong Microsoft Office literacy is required.
Proactiveness and an engaged attitude are required.
Curiosity and willingness to learn new skills and perform activities ranging from bookkeeping to advanced corporate reporting are required.
Ability to adapt to a changing environment and respond positively to challenges is required.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail are required.
A continuous improvement mindset, process orientation, and solution-oriented work approach are required.
Ability to communicate and explain procedures and solution proposals to internal and external stakeholders, with a client-service orientation, is required.

Responsibilities

Perform general accounting and reporting accurately and on time, including processing journal entries, calculating accruals, posting, and processing allocations.
Perform month-end closing and ensure all appropriate information is entered into the system.
Reconcile reports and accounts, including bank and balance sheet reconciliations.
Handle day-to-day accounts payable activities, including invoice processing, matching invoices to purchase orders or member statements, cash allocation, confirming authorizations, checking VAT calculations and deductions, creating payment proposals, uploading payments to the bank portal for authorization, and reversing or correcting incorrectly posted invoices.
Handle day-to-day accounts receivable activities, including issuing invoices, allocating and matching incoming payments, accounts receivable aging, dunning, and collection.
Create and maintain vendor and customer master records.
Reconcile accounts payable and accounts receivable accounts to the general ledger.
Coordinate with clients and internal stakeholders via workflow tools and email to resolve issues.
Manage generic mailboxes and respond to customer and vendor inquiries in a timely manner; support and follow up on escalations of identified issues.
Perform peer reviews of other team members' deliverables as required by the team leader.
Prepare statutory financial statements using the global tool and prepare statutory working files.
Provide guidance to more junior team members as required.
Comply with accounting standards, policies, and procedures.
Identify continuous process improvements and share best practices across teams.
Contribute to team metrics by achieving stated daily productivity and accuracy goals.
Support the team leader in achieving performance objectives.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in a multi-country, multiple legal entity environment is advantageous.
Experience in a business process outsourcing, shared services center, or centralized delivery model is advantageous.
Practical knowledge of accounting standards, generally accepted accounting principles, and International Financial Reporting Standards is advantageous.
Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, SAP, or other enterprise resource planning or finance and accounting systems is advantageous.

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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. As we’re a global company with 11,000+ colleagues based in over 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, we actively seek out people with the talent and potential to flourish at TMF Group, whatever their background, and offer job opportunities to the broadest spectrum of people. Once on board we nurture and promote talented individuals, making sure that senior positions are open to all.

Discover the Role

This position will be part of a dynamic Accounting Team that will manage a complex portfolio of clients and will constantly develop working relationships with existing clients, prospects and external advisers. This role will perform complex activities related with Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, General Ledger and Financial and statutory reporting as part of the service scope and will provide peer review and support to the junior team members in delivering the services to the clients.

Key Responsibilities

Perform in timely and accurate manner general accounting and reporting including processing journal entries, calculation of accruals, posting and process allocations
Perform month-end closing by assuring all appropriate information is entered into system
Ensure proper reconciliation of reports and accounts i.e. bank reconciliation, balance sheet reconciliation.
Handle day-to-day Accounts Payable activities, like invoice processing, matching to purchase orders/members statements, cash allocation, confirming authorizations, checking VAT calculations and deductions, creating payment proposals, upload payment in bank portal for authorisation, reversals and corrections of incorrectly posted invoices,
Handle day-to-day Accounts Receivable activities, like issuing invoices, incoming payment allocation and matching, AR ageing, Dunning & collection.
Create, maintain Vendor / Customer Master Records
Reconciling Accounts Payables/Receivables account(s) to the general ledger
Coordinate with client and internal stakeholders, via workflow tool/email to resolve the issues.
Manage the generic mailboxes, responding to customers / vendors inquiries in a timely manner; support, follow-up escalations of identified issues,
Perform peer review to other team members deliverables as required by Team leader.
Prepare statutory financial statements using Global tool and prepare statutory working files.
Provide guidance to more junior team members as required from time to time.
Comply with accounting standards, policies and procedures
Explore for continuous process improvements and share best practices across teams
Contribute to team metrics by achieving stated productivity and accuracy goals daily
Drive many continuous process improvements and share best practices across team
Support Team leader in achieving performance objectives

Key Requirements

University degree preferably in Accounting, Finance or Economics
Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent), even if partly qualified, and audit experience will be a big advantage.
At least 5 years of experience in an international, or English-speaking environment, in one of these fields:
- Audit,
- or GL accounting/Record-to-Report,
- or AR/Order-to-Cash,
- or AP/Procure-to-Pay
Experience in a multi-country, multiple legal entity environment will be an advantage
Experience in BPO/SSC/Centralized delivery model will be an advantage
Practical knowledge of accounting standards, GAAPs, IFRS will be an advantage
Strong Microsoft Office literacy; working with Microsoft Dynamix, Oracle, SAP or other ERP / F&A systems will be an advantage.
Good English language skills (written and spoken)
Proactiveness and engaged attitude
Curiosity and willingness to learn new skills and to perform range of activities ranging from bookkeeping to advanced corporate reporting.
Ability to adapt to changing environment, positive mindset in responding to challenges
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to details
Continuous improvement mindset and process orientation and a solution-oriented work approach
Ability to go extra miles and “Getting things done” and Client service-oriented mindset combined with the ability to communicate and explain procedures and solution proposals to internal and external stakeholders.

What’s in it for you?

Pathways for career development

Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work.
We provide internal career opportunities so you can take your career further within TMF
Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy

Making an impact

You’ll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients
Through our corporate social responsibility program, you’ll also be making a difference in the communities where we work

A supportive environment

Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace
Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best.

We’re looking forward to getting to know you!

About the Company

TMF Group

Global corporate administration: accounting, payroll, HR

TMF Group provides outsourced administrative services for multinational companies, including accounting, tax, HR, payroll, and corporate secretarial duties. Its product works through a global network of offices in over 80 jurisdictions, delivering back-office, compliance, and regulatory tasks to help companies operate across borders. The company differentiates itself by its large international footprint, breadth of services, and long track record of growth through acquisitions, creating a one-stop back-office partner for global businesses. TMF Group’s goal is to support clients in running compliant, efficient operations worldwide by acting as their behind-the-scenes administrative backbone.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded: 1988

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