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NTT Data

Global IT services and consulting provider.

Senior Accounting Advisor - GL & Intercompany

Financial AccountingUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeKuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, or a professional qualification, is required.
  • At least 8 years of working experience is required, preferably in an accounting firm and/or multinational company.
  • Proficiency in English is required.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint, is required.
  • Knowledge of relevant accounting practices and principles is required.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills are required.
  • Strong time-management and organizational skills, including the ability to multitask, are required.
  • Advanced oral, written, and presentation skills are required.
  • Ability to train and mentor others is required.
  • Ability to lead and work independently and communicate effectively with all levels of management and staff is required.
  • Advanced business-partnering skills are required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale projects and guide others on cross-functional projects outside the department.
  • Develop project plans and schedules, including requirements, tasks, work assignments, resources, milestones, review points, and status reporting.
  • Prepare dashboards and management reports.
  • Assist auditors by providing supporting documents.
  • Analyze and prepare financial reports for leadership, including identifying issues and trends.
  • Develop models, design reports, and gather information from systems.
  • Manage end-to-end intercompany accounting activities for assigned legal entities, including monthly reconciliations, confirmations, settlements, and eliminations.
  • Prepare, review, and post intercompany journal entries for management fees, recharges, loans, interest, cost allocations, and cross-charges.
  • Ensure intercompany balances, transactions, and profit margins are accurately recorded and matched between counterparties.
  • Investigate and resolve intercompany discrepancies, aged balances, unmatched invoices, and currency differences.
  • Coordinate with tax, treasury, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and business stakeholders to resolve issues.
  • Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, including intercompany balance sheet reconciliations and fluctuation analysis.
  • Monitor compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, transfer pricing policies, and applicable accounting standards.
  • Assist with intercompany netting and settlement processes, working with treasury where required.
  • Support internal and external audit requests by providing reconciliations, schedules, transaction support, and explanations of variances.
  • Identify process gaps and drive continuous improvements, including standardization, automation, and simplification of intercompany processes.
  • Develop and maintain intercompany process documentation, reconciliation templates, and key control procedures.
  • Provide guidance and support to junior accounting team members where applicable.
  • Lead an existing intercompany mismatch resolution project across multiple legal entities and regions.
  • Maintain and continuously update the Intercompany Mismatch Grid to track outstanding balances, aging, root causes, owners, and resolution status.
  • Coordinate with intercompany counterparts to investigate, validate, and resolve outstanding mismatches within agreed timelines.
  • Propose and process appropriate accounting corrections, reclassifications, accruals, or adjustment entries when required.
  • Escalate long-outstanding, high-value, or complex items to relevant stakeholders and drive closure.
  • Ensure resolution actions are properly supported, documented, and approved in line with internal control requirements.
  • Support group consolidation by ensuring intercompany balances are accurately matched and elimination entries are complete and timely.
  • Provide regular progress updates, aging analysis, and key issue reporting to management.
  • Identify recurring root causes and recommend process improvements to prevent future intercompany mismatches.

Desired Qualifications

  • SAP user knowledge is an added advantage.
  • Experience in an accounting firm and/or multinational company is preferred.

About the Company

NTT Data

Global IT services and consulting provider.

NTT DATA is a global IT and business services provider that helps organizations run and transform their technology and operations. It delivers consulting, industry solutions, cloud migration, cybersecurity, data analytics, and managed services to modernize systems and processes. It differentiates itself through its large scale, deep sector expertise in banking, healthcare, manufacturing, public sector, and automotive, and its broad ecosystem of partners with Microsoft, SAP, AWS, and Salesforce. Its goal is to help large enterprises digitally transform and optimize operations at scale using cloud-native approaches and secure IT environments.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
1988

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