Accounting Lead

Avery Dennison

  • Kulim, Kedah
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 22 days ago
  • Apply easily
Company DescriptionABOUT AVERY DENNISON:Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs more than 32,000 employees in over 50 countries. Learn more atABOUT AVERY DENNISON SMARTRAC:Built on a legacy of innovation and materials science, Avery Dennison has embarked on a new era of opportunity. This is an opportunity to take the functional and traditional label and enable it with digital technologies that can give every item a unique digital identity and digital life.This “intelligence applied” technology has the capability to enable a world of connected everything. A world where the 'who, what and where' of every physical, become points of irrefutable fact and absolute visibility. Provenance, authenticity, sourcing, history, real-time location; guaranteed for businesses and consumers throughout the entire supply chain and all the way to the home. At its most simple, a company with a legacy in “making labels” becomes a category-leading technology company making the Internet of Things a positive, transformative, world-wide reality for all of us. The label has always told us something about the product. Now it can tell us everything.In February 2020, Avery Dennison acquired Smartrac, a leading manufacturer of RFID products. Integrated within the Intelligent Labels business, we view our combined potential as limitless. Collectively, our deep industry knowledge and expertise in technology and innovation, R&D, quality and service serve to drive RFID and technology adoption across multiple industries. By standing on the shoulders of today, we walk taller into tomorrow - and we take those steps together, as pioneers, in a future we may share and positively determine. And we want you to be part of our journey!Job DescriptionYour role:Responsible for managing the entity accounts and provides accounting transaction processing support to deliver accounting services in accordance with established processes and in compliance with the Group’s policies and procedures and relevant legal and statutory requirements.Activities may include but not limit to:
  • Guides and leads the overall accounting works for the entity.
  • Adjusts and balances entity accounts and analyzes changes in the balance sheet.
  • Coordinates the general ledger month-end close by preparing journal entries and reconciliations.
  • Ensures that inter-company transactions are reconciled and compliant.
  • Supervises the input and handling of financial data and reports for the company’s financial systems.
  • Coordinates and compiles capex expenditure requests, computes and records fixed assets and inventory valuations and counts, and compares costs to the capital budget (Guangzhou only).
  • Manages fixed assets, including recording fixed asset acquisitions and dispositions in the accounting system, running monthly depreciation calculations, and reconciling the balance in the fixed asset sub-ledger to the general ledger.
  • Estimates expenses and amortizes prepaid expenses.
  • Consolidates salary and payroll costs.
  • Assists in budget process including monitoring administrative expenses and actual spending.
  • Prepares and submits local tax filings e.g., tax declaration, GST, 1099 Statements (Fletcher and Kulim only).
  • Prepares information for audit purposes.
  • Analyses financial information and prepares financial statements for audit reports.
  • Supports Oracle development and testing projects.
Qualifications
  • Possess Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
  • Malaysian Institute of Accountant (MIA) membership advantageous.
  • At least 3 years’ accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to work independently in growing fast-paced environment.
  • Effective problem solving, detail-oriented and analytical.
  • Strong work ethic and ability to organize task effectively to meet datelines.
  • Ability to interact with various levels throughout the organization.
  • Good communication skills.
Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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