Chief Accountant

Job description

Alstom

The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: environmental challenges, population growth, urbanization and increasing demands for mobility.
With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develop & market the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.

Job Title & Purpose

Job Title

Chief Accountant

Purpose of the Job

·  To ensure timely completion of PRC closing process and accuracy of PRC financial statement
·  In charge of IFRS financial reporting and liaise with region for periodic analysis
·  To ensure the accuracy of tax report for external and internal needs
·  To support the Finance Controller in the controlling of accounting procedure

Position in the Organisation

Organisation Structure and Reporting

·  Report to site controller

Key Network & Links

·  Within ALSTOM: Satee supply chain, sourcing, production, country tax, treasury, sector internal control
·  Outside ALSTOM: tax bureau, foreign currency bureau, external auditors

Mission

Objectives

·  Be in charge of cost accounting and ensure the inventory reliability: purchase order & invoice check, goods receipt & picking list check, cost allocation and stock ledger management. Analyse the material cost variance between Actual and BOM.
·  Organize yearly stocktaking and participate in the cycle counting, analyse the stocktaking variance with logistic
·  AP management, control the supplier payment and check AP balance with supplier periodically
·  Be in charge of monthly and yearly closing independently for PRC accounting and submit on time accurate PRC financial statement
·  Be in charge of monthly and yearly closing for IFRS, ensure the on time submition of Teranga package and on demand analysis
·  Monthly B&S and P&L report with analysis of GAPs actual vs budget/forecast
·  Prepare accurate and timely tax return as tax bureau requirement with the support of country tax.  Follow up tax refund for the export and mitigate the risks for no success on refund validation
·  Provide on time required internal and external financial reporting
·  Prepare supporting documents for annual audit and assist FC for other tasks
·  Reconcile financial data under PRC GAAP to IFRS GAAP on timely and accurately basis
·  Ensure the site's finance processes are compliance with statutory & group instructions & policies
·  Follow the EHS policy

Performance Measurement

·  Reporting accuracy and on time
·  Compliance with internal accounting procedure and external accounting regulation
·  Support to finance controller on related accounting issues
·  To avoid the risks on tax with the support of Country tax team
·  To ensure the inventory accuracy and support for inventory control

Responsibilities

·  Inventory management
·  Tax management
·  Statutory audit
·  Internal & External Reporting
·  Internal Control

Re quirement s

·  Bachelor degree or above in accounting or finance
·  Min 3 years cost accounting and general accounting experience with exposure to manufacturing industries
·  Good Microsoft office knowledge, especially Excel skill
·  Fluent written and spoken English
·  Experience of ERP software

Why Work  for Us?  At Alstom we offer you the opportunity to unleash your potential and reinvent yourself. As a future employee, you will have a unique opportunity to drive our organization forward, while continuing to build your career and contribute to the expanding growth of the global railway industry.

More about Alstom www.alstom.com

Job Type: Experienced