Group Accountant

Industry - Oil and Gas

Location - Jurong East, Singapore

Reports to - Group Finance Controller, with functional accountability to the Group Finance Director.

Role purpose

Ownership of the full set of accounts along with the group-level schedules supporting consolidation, the board pack and statutory audit. This is a hands-on role covering month-end close, statutory reporting and financial controls for the group’s head-office entity. As the sole accountant, you will be fully accountable for accurate, first-time-right numbers and maintaining a robust statutory file that stands up to audit without rework.

Key responsibilities

Financial reporting and month-end close

Own the full set of accounts: general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, accruals, prepayments, bank and intercompany reconciliations.
Deliver month-end close in accordance with group reporting calendar and submit the entity pack and supporting schedules to group consolidation without rework.
Own intercompany discipline for the entity: intercompany billing, management fee recharges, AP/AR contra entries, and agreement of balances with each counterparty before submission.
Account for cash concentration interest and the related withholding tax, with the treatment agreed with the tax advisor and documented.
Prepare and publish the group monthly exchange rates used across group reporting. (this is normally under Treasury Manager function)
Coordinate the monthly pre-close and forecast submissions from country finance team where the group-level schedule depends on them and hold contributors to the deadline.
Quarterly forecasting for Holding company & Annual budget exercise.

Group schedules and analysis

Prepare and control the group-level schedules required for reporting and governance: SG&A and headcount cost analysis, entertainment expenditure, transition and adjusting items, and corporate card expenditure.
Prepare the recharge of shared and head-office costs and to the operating entities, supported by clear cost detail and agreed with the receiving entity.
Provide accurate financial data for group programmes such as insurance renewals, banking submissions and adviser fee negotiations.

Statutory reporting, audit and tax compliance

Manage the statutory audit end to end: prepare the audit file, resolve auditor queries, and deliver draft financial statements that foot, cross-reference and disclose correctly before they reach the Group Finance Director for signature.
Own the corporate secretarial cycle with the outsourced provider: AGM documents, directors’ resolutions, minutes and statutory filings.
Manage Singapore tax compliance with the external adviser: corporate income tax, GST, withholding tax, and BEPS 2.0 Pillar Two registration and filing obligations.
Maintain audit-ready documentation throughout the year and support internal audit and any control remediation.

Payments and controls

Act as approver in the group banking platforms within the delegation of authority, verifying supporting documentation before release.
Maintain the vendor master and vendor banking-detail verification for the entity to the group standard.
Apply segregation of duties and month-end review disciplines as documented in group finance policy and flag any breach.

Candidate requirements

Essential

Degree in accounting; qualified or finalist-level professional accountant (CA, CPA, ACCA or MICPA).
Five or more years of experience owning a full set of accounts through to statutory audit in a multi-entity, multi-currency group.
Working command of Singapore FRS and IFRS, and of Singapore statutory, corporate tax, GST and withholding tax compliance. This is non-negotiable: the entity is Singapore-incorporated and audited.
Demonstrated experience of intercompany accounting and cross-border recharges between group entities.
Strong Excel; ERP-literate and comfortable operating within a group consolidation submission process.
Precise and self-managing, and willing to chase across countries and time zones to close a schedule.

Preferred

Experience of a holding or head-office entity as distinct from a trading entity.
Private-equity-owned or group head-office environment.
Energy services, engineering or project-based industry exposure.

Competencies

Evidence-led communicator; escalates with a recommendation, not just a problem.
Ownership without supervision: this is the only accountant for the entity, and the month end closing activities does not get done by anyone else.
Numbers that foot the first time, and schedules that reconcile to the General ledger.
Composure across time zones: group leadership are based in Houston, Singapore and the Middle East.

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