Accountant - Puma Energy | New Day Jobs (Yangon, Myanmar)

Main Purpose:

Perform a variety of accounting activities in accordance with accounting principles and standards to control the organization's financial resources and ensure that it complies with all relevant regulations, laws, and reporting requirements. Follow established procedures and guidelines to accurately maintain the organization's financial records and transactions.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

• Complete assigned daily payable entries and other financial transactions in accordance with accounting principles so that the general ledger, payable ledger and PO systems are accurate and up-to-date. Processing of vendor payments, including matching invoices to POs, expense reports, petty cash handling, coding of payments (international and domestic).
• Engaging with vendors over payments (invoices beyond terms, discrepancies) and enforcing credit terms. Issuing of intercompany invoices, intercompany balance reconciliations, preparing settlement of intercompany balances.
• Keep control of sections of the legal books and records of accounts as: General Ledger, Sales Records, Purchases Records, Inventory, Reconcile Stock ledgers from book to physical counts, Maintain stock costing records current, Update Fixed asset movements in the FA registers. Run various reports and inquiries in locally adopted accounting system when necessary.
• Data input, journal entries and maintain hard copy documents. Verify accuracy of journal entries and accounting classifications assigned to various records. Keeping of records in such areas as disbursements, cost accounting and expenses.
• Ensure the continued integrity of the financial system (controls and technology). Use the ERP to update financial information on a monthly basis.

REQUIREMENT

Qualification & Experience

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA or a Post Graduate degree in accounting is preferred
• 3-6 years of experience in a similar role in an industrial business, including up to 2 years of supervisory experience. Experience in oil industry would be preferred
• Experience in preparing budgets. Familiarity with ERP Systems; Hyperion; Vision; Office; Advanced Excel; Database Management.
• Exposure to IFRS and US GAAP standards is preferred

Skills

• Accounting Knowledge
• Knowledge of applicable local laws, codes and regulations
• Ability to compile, analyze data and prepare complex financial reports and statements
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Fluent in English (other languages will be a plus)
• Technology savvy – familiarity with Navision systems is a bonus

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Internal – Finance Managers, Controller & Financial Manager, Treasury Manager, Chief Accountants, Business Support Manager
• External – Internal/External Auditors, Tax Firms, Banks