Finance/Tax Accountant (Senior Accountant) - Taiwan
Job Purpose
The Finance/Tax Accountant/ Sr. Accountant will have overall responsibility for administrative accounting, company secretary matters, accounting operation process, local tax compliance and risk management. A summary of the key activities / responsibilities follows:
- Regular interaction with IWG GSC, centre teams, for daily accounting operations.
- Regular tax filing and manage the tax enquiries / inspections
- Management of service providers, including tax agency, company administration related agencies to ensure business and tax compliance.
- Managing statutory paper filing, working closely with internal and external auditors and maintaining a good working relationship with bank and local authorities.
- Local customer invoicing facilitations.
- Partnership deal coordination regarding finance queries response, inspections, etc.
- Cashflow management
Key Responsibilities- Working closely with IWG GSC team to achieve accounting operational objectives:
- Responsible of the preparation of full set of statutory accounts based on GSC's booking details
- Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end closing
- Manage the process efficiency and record accuracy
- Accounts Receivable:
- Manage client GUI billing printing and queries
- Work with the centre teams to manage client receipt and allocation
- Check bank statement and support follow-up of unidentified items
- Support the processing of credit cards and related procedures
Accounting record filing to ensure statutory governance & compliance is in-place- Tax / Compliance
- Manage VAT filing
- Preparation of tax declaration and submission, tax filing with WHT inclusive on time (with no penalty)
- Work on annual tax return, prepare full set of data reconciliation
- Closely work with GSC AP team to ensure on-time tax payment
- Proper management of all tax audit/inquiry - responding on time and appropriately with Group Tax support
- Closely work with tax agency and auditor for all compliance matters.
- Ensure internal controls and management are established.
- Improve data quality / running of audit process to eliminate overruns and future year fee increases.
- Management of professional fees against agreements & budgets
- Legal and regulatory compliance for company including legal administration, compliance with local company laws, statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Providing company registration support by managing variable agencies, and maintaining a good relationship with local authorities
- Set up new bank account, manage funding request, etc.
- Coordinate local insurance programme
- Manage relationships and liaise with banks, external auditors, tax consultants, lawyers, landlords and relevant local authorities
- Coordinate with landlord / partners regarding finance related reporting queries, audit, etc.
- Ad-hoc duties, process improvement project and other administrative work as assigned by Management.
Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications
- Accounting Degree/Diploma or Professional Qualification in Accountancy/Tax;
- At least 5 years relevant work experience in an MNC. Added advantage for candidates with experience from the public accounting firms, or share service organization. Less than 5 years may be considered with a lower job band
- Good English communication skill
- Proficient with GAAP, IFRS & experience in accounting audit and tax
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
- Resourceful, analytic, independent and meticulous
- Team player with strong communication skills and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- Advantage for candidates with accounting system setup experience
- Flexible and willing to take challenge
- Strong attention to detail.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and prepared to work in an agile and flexible way.
About The Company
IWG has been at the forefront of flexible working for more than 30 years. With over 3,500 locations around the globe, spanning brands including Regus, Spaces, Signature and HQ, we have made it possible for businesses of all sizes to make the transition to hybrid working, empowering employees to work wherever and whenever is most convenient.
We help more than 8 million people and their businesses to work more productively, supported by a choice of professional, inspiring and collaborative workspaces, communities and services.
As the world's leading provider of hybrid work solutions, with four times the number of locations compared to its nearest competitor, IWG is already working with over 80% of the Fortune 500 and counts businesses including Amazon, Netflix, EY and Uber amongst its customers.
Companies of all sizes are shifting to flexible working to lower costs, improve employee retention and lower their carbon emissions. The flexible workspace is expected to grow by 600% by 2023, when 30% of all office space will be hybrid. We are growing our network faster than ever to keep up with demand from customers as we work towards our goal of reaching 30,000 centres.
Carbon Neutral Workplaces
IWG's purpose of helping everyone have a great day at work, while protecting people and the planet is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to supply all of our customers worldwide with carbon neutral workplaces, and we have a strong climate action plan in place to help us achieve our objective of Net Zero emissions by 2040.
Leading Employer Award
IWG is proud to be the recipient of a Leading Employer Award in both 2022 and 2023. Awarded exclusively to the top 1% of employers, the accolade is testament to our diverse global workforce and the role everyone plays in bringing our purpose, culture and values to life, every single day.
Join us at https://careers.iwgplc.com/home
