Business Accountant

Primarily responsible for the daily execution of Record to Report processes in line with corporate guidelines, internal procedures and the departmental goals.

What we ask
- 6+ years (higher vocational or Bachelor) / 4+ years (Master)
- Good knowledge of all business processes including relation to own discipline and proactively anticipate and support/coach stakeholders on consequences
- In the lead to interact with business partners
- Volume of work is not stable, often change in scope
- Processes in scope are mainly not transactional and repetitive
- Processes in scope are not standardized yet and different per OpCo.
- Number of systems in use to support core process in scope of team is more than 3
- Draws conclusions based on analysis and gives advice on optimizing existing practice
- Identifies shortcomings in current methods, systems and procedures. Analyses, proposes and (where possible) implements alternatives
- Answers questions, informs and advises on operational, technical and and non-standard issues on request and at own initiative
- Participates in projects regarding the own area of expertise, e.g. (financial) databases, process improvement.

What we offer

A young, agile team of professionals who collaborate to identify process improvements to better support our business partners with financial insights to make sound business decision.

FrieslandCampina offers you a place to be yourself. In an innovative work environment with facilities and support that are second to none, we welcome your skills, ideas and passion. Most of all we welcome you as the person you are and the person you want to be. Our mission is to liberate people to work smarter.

FSSC Asia is located at Quill 9, Petaling Jaya. Our colleagues are diversified in ethnicity, gender and languages. Opportunities to work in different departments such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Record to Report, Tax, Enterprise Data, Procurement, Innovation & Projects, Operating Companies and many more locally or abroad. We believe in people development where you chart your own path for your own career growth.

Our reward policies support FrieslandCampina’s values and business strategy by helping to attract, engage and retain the best possible talent at every level. We offer remuneration packages that recognize and reward individual performance, experience and potential, while reflecting competitive practices in all the countries in which we operate. A transparent, consistent and fair approach to reward is critical to our success and growth.

Vacancy description
- Ensure monthly RTR Controls are in place in accordance with Internal Control Framework (ICF) guidelines.
- Analyze and evaluate the IC clearing account production coverage and finished goods receipt posting from the open IC documents by working with internal customers to ensure complete review, explanation and advice on improving these processes.
- Execute IC reconciliation and mismatch reporting and drive resolution through creation of monthly reports and communication with related counterparties.
- To monitor and ensure timely clearing of all IC account postings in the intercompany suspense and clearing account to reduce the risk to group P&L.
- Prepare standard reports within own processes using financial tools (eg: SAP, HFM, Adaptive, Co-Process)
- To back up and assist other general accounting tasks as and when required.
- Ensure that manual journal entries are supported with valid supporting documents, are Sherpa compliant and complete with coding.
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations and clearing on balance sheet accounts.
- Follow up on balance sheet open items and ensure that actions are tracked in standard action and issue log.
- Solve complex issues on specialist topics.
- Perform month end and year-end schedules.
- Provide insights at request or at own initiative regarding quantitative and qualitative developments by means of periodical and ad hoc reports and/or analyses, based on reporting guidelines.
- Take part in and manage and execute (or ensure execution of) assigned business finance-related internal or external FSSC projects, with the project management guidelines.
- Signalize bottle necks in (work) processes and advice regarding improvements in processes & procedures and ensure implementation after approval.