Chief Accountant

At Lyreco, we believe in working together for tomorrow, which means constantly looking to innovate and evolve so that our employees, customers and business continue to grow and develop. We believe in a culture that values our employees and inspires them to be the best they can be and our core values of passion, excellence, respect and agility play a key part in this. Through a perfect blend of people, technology and our corporate social responsibility strategy, our future looks bright.

Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES 

• Ensure accurate and timely payments run: invoices, supplier rebates and employee re-imbursements
• Ensure proper insurance scheme for the company’s assets and operations, as per Group insurance policy 
• Review and analysis of financial statements and other financial reports as required, and drive necessary actions for improvement
• Communication and coordinating with external auditor
• Optimize and manage the work processes of the department (A/R, A/P, G/L, Payroll)
• Ensure the compliance with Group procedures and policies
• Ensure compliance with local accounting, corporate and taxation requirements
• Participate in the definition and the execution of the tax strategy
• Manage the accounting and procedural impacts of projects
• Manage monthly the accounting closing, calculate provisions, estimations or assumptions required
• Main member of payroll team, to perform monthly payroll end-to-end process with People & Culture team effectively in timely manner 
• All other adhoc reasonable assignment assigned to you from time to time 

SKILLS & QUALIFICATION

• Degree in Finance  
• Possesses relevant experience in matters pertaining to management, customs, taxes, collection of payment and treasury.  
• At least 6 to 8 years of working experience in Finance function 
• Able to work independently.   
• Ability to multi-task, meet critical deadlines and perform under pressure.  
• Effective communicator.  
• Fluent in oral and written English.   
• Good analytical skills.   
• Proficient in MS Office and experience with SAP preferred