Accountant / Senior Accountant (GL) - #1096350

About SJ 

SJ Group is a global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm, with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery. Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 across SJ and our member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, RBG, SAA, and SMEC, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to help shape a better future. 
 
Our technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as decommissioning and closure. We provide a full suite of multidisciplinary  built environment consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors that includes aviation, healthcare, hospitality, transport, water and environment as well as energy and resources. 

Job Description

• Provide pro-active support to the business units assigned.  This would include review, analyse and provide recommendation on each revenue stream, project profitability and optimisation of costs.

• Handle month end and year-end closing including intercompany reconciliations.

• Provide comprehensive actual financial performance vs. budget variance and trend analysis of financials with insightful commentaries on a monthly basis.

• Compute key financial indicators and measures to optimise the financial decision-making by Business Units.

• Preparation of the annual budget and rolling forecast for the Business Units.

• Provide advisory to Business Units on tax implications and potential tax exposure for existing projects and new business opportunities.

• Manage the financial and statutory accounting for entities assigned.

• Ensure timely and accurate reporting on a monthly basis.

• Handle statutory audit, which includes preparation of financial statements as well as liaise with external auditors.

• Handle tax matters which would include the quarterly GST filing as well as corporate tax.

• Identify weak internal controls and propose mitigating measures to strengthen these areas.

• Liaise with internal & external auditors.

• Ad-hoc duties assigned and this may include review of policies and continual process re-engineering.

Requirements

• Candidate must possess at least a Degree in Accountancy or equivalent

• At least 5 to 10 years of relevant working experience

• Minimum 4 years of experience gained in Big 4 Audit Firms preferred

• Knowledge of SAP S4 Hana is an advantage

• Proficient in MS Office applications

• Ability to adapt and work in a fast-paced environment

• Meticulous and able to work independently

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to work with stakeholders across different divisions

• Strong business acumen, detail-oriented and hands-on