The Accounting & Reporting Manager is responsible for overseeing financial accounting, statutory reporting, and tax compliance across Taiwan and Hong Kong markets. This role ensures accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with applicable accounting standards and regulatory requirements, while strengthening internal controls and supporting business decision making.
Financial Accounting & Reporting
- Manage and oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of general ledger and account reconciliation
- Review journal entries, accruals, and adjustments
- Maintain accounting policies and ensure consistent application
- Ensure compliance with IFRS and statutory requirement
- Support internal leadership with financial insights and reporting packs
Statutory Audit
- Act as a liaison between internal and external local auditors.
- Preparation and timely submission of statutory accounts (bridge from IFRS to Local GAAP), including all disclosure notes, liaison with external auditors and ensuring submission within statutory deadlines.
- Monitor and identify opportunity to reduce the gap differences between IFRS and Local GAAP accounts.
Tax Accounting, Reporting & Compliance
- Prepare and timely submission the calculation of the provisional tax and deferred tax calculation and reporting of the entity.
- Prepare and timely submission the Indirect Tax return for the company.
- Preparation and analysis all the tax accounts reconciliations
- Support in preparation and timely submission of Corporate Income Tax Return preparation, including data extraction, validation, and processing and collaboration with tax agent.
- Support tax audit and compliance of the entity.
- Preparation of the profitability review with the support from the Head of Finance and Business Planning Analyst.
- Support transfer pricing compliance and the preparation of adequate and organized input for Local Files.
Internal control
- Compliance to all internal control related to statutory and tax the country and ensure solid control documentation maintain and perform correctly.
- Ensure compliance with SOX and internal audit requirements
- Identify and mitigate financial reporting risks
Others
- Provide updates to region on the status for all statutory compliance matters.
- Drive process improvement and automation in finance operation
- Partnering with business and provide insight on business decisions
- Oversee account receivable process and maintain & monitor outstanding status
Ideal Background
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
Languages:
Experience:
- Minimum: 10-15 years experiences in related field
- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience with a Big Four accounting firm (PwC, Deloitte, EY, or KPMG)
- Experienced in public accounting and multinational corporate experience in Statutory Reporting and/or direct tax or tax accounting with strong knowledge of external financial reporting regulation, Group Reporting Manual and Group Account Policies
- Proficiency in SAP system and Excel
- Professional qualification required (CPA, ACCA or equivalent)
- Experience in Hong Kong statutory reporting, auditing, and accounting is preferred
