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Revenue and Cost Accountant

Employer
Air Products
Location
Kuala Lumpur, MY
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
Dec 15, 2020

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Job Role
Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Description and Qualifications
General Position Purpose
This role primarily supports the manufacturing and cost accounting Team Lead to drive efficiency and effectiveness in work processes in manufacturing accounting, provides reliable and reasonable product costing, ensuring accuracy of inventory, generate accurate and reliable manufacturing cost reporting or analysis and perform manufacturing cost accruals and true up. The position will receive work from the manufacturing cost and accounting manager and team lead as and when needed. The job holder is expected to set his/her own priorities and work plan within the overall framework of finance shared service organization and corporate timelines. He/she will maintain those lists of ad hoc projects and report progress against those assigned projects. The role crosses all operating units of the company and requires a good understanding of the work process and critical system interfaces associated to product costing activities, manufacturing cost, month end close and inventory analysis.Additionally, the position involves working closely with other functional areas/departments (plant/operation team, decision support team, GBSS) on matters related to costing, manufacturing cost and also inventory inclusive of supporting system changes that impact SAP due to business changes.The incumbent is expected to be very independent in work and also ability to be able to communicate directly with the business that he/she is supporting. Problem solving skill is a prerequisite with the ability to develop new initiatives and implement procedural changes as and when necessary

Description Responsibility
  • Perform accounting activities associated to product costing, manufacturing cost and inventory related activities.
  • Perform and review product costing on a daily and annually basis.
  • Work with other cross functional teams to carry out and effectively complete month end close tasks related to manufacturing and cost accounting functions.
  • Prepare variance analysis report for inventory, manufacturing cost and standard cost variances. Perform true up base on variance analysis.
  • Perform account reconciliation to ensure the general ledger account is reconciled, accurate and reliable.
  • Perform account analysis, quarterly analytical review and also ensuring the result is reliable and reasonable.
  • Coordinate with other functional team in reporting and highlighting any major variances arising from inventory, cost of sales and distribution cost components.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance to SOX requirements, financial standard and procedures on manufacturing cost activities across all plant related facilities within the region.
  • Coordinate and work closely with decision support in rendering support related services to global operation and GBSS organization.
  • Perform cycle count adjustments for amount more than USD5k requested by plants.
  • Work closely with commercial and operational team to control and monitor their work process that impacting manufacturing cost and accounting.
  • Work as a team within the shared service environment in assisting and complementing other teams in terms of resource to achieve common shared service objectives.
  • Provision of government, statistical and PBC schedules to meet statutory audit and other local GAAP requirements.
  • Work in partnership with global process team, to continuously drive standardization and simplification through alignment of work process and tasks to meet corporate objectives either regionally or on a global basis.
  • Drive documentation of work process alignment.
  • Any other ad hoc duties as and when required, assigned by manager.

  • Professional Experience and Education
  • At least a Degree in Accounting/Finance with a professional accounting qualification
  • Minimum with 3-5 years relevant experienced in manufacturing environment.
  • Working knowledge of SAP would be an added advantage.
  • Good communication and presentation skills.
  • Must be detailed oriented and a good team player.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Possess a proactive and responsible attitude.
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