[Thailand] Senior Accountant

• Manage full spectrum of AP, AR and GL functions that include suppliers’ invoices, staff claims, wire transfer and receipts and journals.
• IC cross charge/ confirm monthly inter-company, loan and oversea transactions.
• Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual fiscal year end closing accounts.  Assist to Finance manager and team any work assignment to support month end closing and special project implementation.
• Prepare financial statement reports and package report duties to meet the global calendar deadlines defined by the Group Accounting at headquarters.
• Bank reconciliations
• Perform day to day processing of account receivable transactions including issuance of daily invoices and credit notes also included follow up borrowed goods pending clearance and settle sales collections processes.
• Check AR outstanding and other related PL accounts including inter-company accounts for monthly, quarterly and year end closing.   
• Prepare and maintain all related journal vouchers related to closing accounts.
• Handle monthly Output VAT Report and prepare VAT Return e- filing (PP.30 ) submit to the Revenue Department and reconciliation revenue income vs revenue on VAT return.
• Assist Finance Manager to verify draft WT Return before submitting e-tax filing and payment.
• Prepare monthly Income tax computation and record transaction in month end closing.
• Prepare monthly costing, inventory valuation on hand reports, inventory movement reports and stock aging and provision of slow-moving inventory reports.
• Lead midyear & year end physical count and annual stock destruction also deal with DK, KPMG auditors, and Supply chain team on these issues.
• Prepare and review balance sheet accounts and commentary by deep down details also monitor PL accounts.
• Assist Finance manager to upload Budget / Forecast data into Afo system and to check if Afo report is accurate.  Upload account transactions of actual month end closing/ budget/ forecast into BPC and assist Finance Manager to generate these reports and verification.
• Submit mid-year and annual of financial information and report are required by BOI (The Board of Investment of Thailand).
• Backup a person to support Concur user in case Accountant on leave.
• Assist to Finance Manger to complete the interim and final year end audit period with KPMG auditor team.
• Prepare monthly sales by channel report (MC / OTC / PET) and consolidation commentary variance analysis vs budget / forecast from division heads. Provide and highlight significant transaction of monthly sales return analysis by channel report.
• Prepare monthly SGA analysis by division (SGA actual vs budget / forecast) for Finance manager’s review and submit it to Head of Thailand for monitoring and controlling their SGA spendings.    
• Prepare monthly Gross Margin analysis report by comparing it with price list to monitor pricing.
• Assist in reviewing supporting documents for new Vendor Creation.
• Corporate Credit Card Management
  • Manual bank processes in handling confidential employee details
  • Monitoring the Corporate Credit Card issuing process for new hires (for those eligible)
• Perform multiple other tasks as assigned such as Coupa data provided, Concur administration.

• Bachelor’s degree or above in accounting or finance.
• Minimum of two years of experience in a full spectrum of accounting and finance functions.
• Chief accountant certificate.
• An analytical and strategic thinker with a focus on details.
• Results oriented, establishing high standards while consistently evaluating needs and cost vs. benefits.
• Ability to develop processes and systems to monitor and drive results.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills – influencing skills with stakeholders such as management, non-financial staff, HQ, and RHQ, other global peers, and external auditors.
• A knowledge of SAP, Concur and Coupa P2P system is preferred but not compulsory.
• Be the key point of contact of the role as a regional function.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office & computer skills.
• Proficiency in English (both spoken and written).
• Pharmaceutical or biotechnology context is preferred but not compulsory.
• Personality: determined, careful and proactive.

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A career at Santen is an opportunity to make a difference. Through our long-term vision outlined in Santen 2030, we are committed to be a Social Innovator - addressing the social and economic needs of people with visual impairments. We have team members around the world using their diverse talents to unlock new modalities and drive innovations for patient outcomes, education and treatment. At Santen, we believe in empowering all our team members with flexible ways of working and a highly inclusive work environment.

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