Financial Accountant – APAC

About the role

Sinclair is hiring a Financial Accountant for its APAC markets, reporting to the Regional Commercial Finance team. The role covers Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and other APAC entities outside Korea, in a hands-on regional finance position combining financial accounting, month-end close, consolidation, statutory and tax coordination, financial controls, management reporting and commercial finance support. It works closely with the APAC Commercial Finance team and country teams in a fast-moving international medical aesthetics business.

Key responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarter-end and year-end close for assigned APAC entities, including journals, accruals, prepayments, balance-sheet reconciliations and intercompany reconciliation.
• Consolidate APAC financial results, prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages and reconcile local reporting to Group systems.
• Provide actual financial results, sales, gross margin, operating expense and profitability analysis, and support business reviews, forecasting and budgeting.
• Review revenue recognition, distributor and customer balances, credit notes, rebates and commissions, and aged receivables.
• Support statutory financial statements, audits, corporate tax, VAT/GST and transfer-pricing documentation.
• Maintain financial controls, segregation of duties and compliance with Group policies; support internal and external audit.
• Support cash-flow forecasts, working-capital analysis and intercompany funding.
• Support annual budgets, rolling forecasts and finance-process improvement.

Required profile

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant, or ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent; Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• Approximately 5-8+ years of finance/accounting experience, ideally in an international organisation, with hands-on month-end and year-end close.
• Experience with balance-sheet reconciliation, intercompany accounting, consolidation, statutory audit and tax, and with commercial finance partners.
• Healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical aesthetics or FMCG experience is advantageous; distributor-led business experience is particularly valuable.

Required skills

• Financial accounting, general ledger, month-end close, balance-sheet reconciliation, consolidation and intercompany accounting.
• Revenue recognition, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, variance and working-capital analysis.
• Statutory reporting, audit coordination and financial controls.
• Advanced Excel; ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics, and Power BI or similar tools are advantageous.