Financial Controller, South Korea

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Job Title: Financial Controller

Location: Seoul, South Korea

Employment Type: Full Time

The job

The Financial Controller has responsibility for the financial control of AVEVA Operating entities in South Korea. Core responsibilities of a Financial Controller include full ownership for the entity ledgers, accounting, treasury, tax, compliance and reporting. Reporting to Head of Finance, the Financial Controller is part of small in-house commercial finance team which is supported by a shared service center.

Key responsibilities

- Financial controllership and accounting responsibilities

• Manage and interface with the shared service centre, taking full responsibility for the deliverables in accordance with the reporting timetable

• Review of journals and reconciliations

• Review the revenues and costs in accordance with the master chart of accounts and dimensional structure of the Group

• Review of intercompany and related party transactions, ensuring all intercompany transactions are recorded and in accordance with group instructions

• Analytical review of balance sheet and P&L and providing analysis as required to Group

• Review of the reporting pack to be submitted in the consolidation tool

• Ensure compliance with Group accounting policies and review of significant accounting judgements

• Keep up to date with Oracle functionality and process updates

• Smooth Monthly book closing and reporting

- Reporting compliance

• Ensuring compliance with the Group’s internal control framework, and enhancing those controls where necessary

• Preparation for internal audit and responding to requests

• External audit liaison and compliance

• Preparation of the statutory accounts

- Statutory audit, internet audit

• External audit liaison and compliance

• Preparation of the statutory accounts

• Internal control compliance

- Taxation and statutory compliance and filing

• Tax computation, compliance and filing for the entities

- Treasury supporting

• Manage relationships with local banks and maintain signing and online banking authorities

• Submit cash flow forecasts to Group Treasury

• Weekly reviews of cashflow and submit funding requests to Group Treasury as required

• Arrange bank and parent company guarantees through Group Treasury

- Revenue

• Work closely with the revenue controller to understand revenues booked in the local ledger

• Ensure adequate processes are in place to review the accuracy and completeness of revenue

- Other

• Other Ad-hoc reporting and activities

Essential requirements

• Must have accounting related bachelor's degree

• At least 10 years in accounting and Finance experiences including 5 years in statutory audit and tax filing required

• Must have K-GAAP financial statements experiences

• Must have accounting ERP experiences in SAP/Oracle,

• IT industry in MNCs experiences preferred

• Good communication with English in both written and verbal

• Excel, Pivot, Power BI skillful users preferred

Desired skills

• Trust & curiosity oriented

• Flexibility, commitment, resilience

• Orientation for continuous improvement

• Good stress management personality helpful

• Ability to work in a team: willingness to collaborate cross-functionally and with colleagues abroad

Finance at AVEVA

Our team of almost 500 Finance professionals are central to AVEVA’s £1bn+ business. We cover everything from procurement and FP&A to sales forecasting and internal risk management, and we’re playing a leading role in our company’s transition to a subscription-based business model.

AVEVA is laying the groundwork for serious, sustainable growth, meaning there’s a lot for the team to do – and a lot of interesting opportunities. We’ve got a skilled and well-staffed team, strong leadership with a clear vision, and a big role to play in the business’s transformation: it’s a great time to be joining us!

Find out more: https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment.  Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws,  include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check.  Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

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