Financial Admin & Compliance Senior Analyst – Statutory Compliance
Job purpose
- Ensure accurate and timely completion of statutory and tax audit requirements to meet statutory and internal deadlines
- Work with other Finance Towers to identify process improvement opportunities to reduce dependencies and processing time
Duties and responsibilities
- Serve as point of contact of auditors for statutory and tax audit requirements of assigned IWG entities
- Ensure audit and related administrative activities, documents and reports are accomplished on time and free of error
- Reconcile and understand differences between statutory and IFRS accounts and document the same in the accounting system
- Ensure final accounts, working files and other related documents are stored on SharePoint and determine if there are documents required by country law to be archived physically
- Keep abreast of all regulatory changes impacting assigned IWG entities
- Where required or requested:
- Flag going concern and/or equity issues (preferably before year end) and coordinate resolution with Group
- Propose dividend distribution at least once a year subject to country law and secure Group approval
- Prepare analysis and schedules required during tax inspection of assigned IWG entities
- Assist in corporate income tax return preparation and/or filing
- Calculate and/or review current and deferred tax calculations
- Prepare books of accounts required to be registered with a tax authority
- Perform other tasks assigned by the Financial Admin & Compliance Senior Manager
Qualifications
- CPA
- At least 4-5 years of experience in statutory audits and/or financial reporting
- Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Proficient in MS applications
- Strong communication skills – written and verbal
- Able to prioritize tasks, manage issues and produce results in a timely manner
- Highly analytical
- Can work well under pressure and with minimal supervision
- Team player
- The following are preferred but not required:
- Experience in Big 4
- Background in BPO/Shared Services operations
- Experience in dealing with and managing 3rd party service providers
Working conditions
Mid-shift, regular evening and weekend work, working with challenging stakeholders
Physical requirements
None, normal office work environment
Direct reports
NA, individual contributor