Experience/Knowledge Required:
Commerce / Business / Accounting Bachelor’s Degree
Seven to ten years experience in financial accounting and process
PC Skills (Advanced Excel, Word and email)
Project Management Skills
Analytical Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Organisational Skills
Management Skills
US GAAP & Asia Pacific statutory knowledge of expense classifications and requirements (Optional but an advantage)
English oral, written and reading skills – advanced
Overall Responsibility:
Manage the Asia Pacific Time and Expense team to control the on-going operations to ensure successful achievement of business and financial goals.
APSSC Time and Expenses Scope of Processes:
• Manage ARTES software for all Asia Pacific countries excluding India to facilitate the collection of Time and Expense reporting for all employees
• Upload information from ARTES to company's financial accounting system
• Management of documentation for expenses submitted by individuals
• Generate and follow up on missing time reports on a semi-monthly basis
• Manage the process of clearance of time and expense suspense generated by incorrect charge codes on ARTES reports
• Processing of time report adjustments for prior periods
• Manage the process of clearing ARTES workflow and internal errors generated from the internal SAP transfer and posting programs.
• Pre pay audit of expenses identifying and investigating major anomalies
• Post pay audit of expenses focusing on compliance and business appropriateness. Compliance focusing on matching of receipts to amounts claimed on expense report; validity of receipts; correct use of exchange rates; etc. Business appropriateness focusing on those expenses that are not justified per company policy.
• Understanding of appropriate statutory provisions for each country in Asia Pacific in relation to time and expense reporting
• Collation of policy questions relating to internal company to pass onto appropriate financial accounting policy experts as appropriate
• Adhoc presentations and analysis as required.
