Accountant

Salt is hiring an ‘ Accountant’ who enjoys working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and is passionate about statutory compliance , accounting operations, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.

The successful candidate will play a key role in managing statutory financial reporting across APAC entities, coordinating external audits, supporting tax compliance, overseeing vendor relationships, and driving operational excellence through process transformation initiatives.

This is a contract role based in Singapore.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage statutory financial statement compliance for a portfolio of APAC entities, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.
• Coordinate statutory audits and act as the primary liaison with external auditors.
• Partner with Tax teams to support corporate income tax and indirect tax compliance.
• Prepare and review tax-related balance sheet reconciliations as part of monthly and quarterly US GAAP close activities.
• Manage relationships with outsourced service providers, ensuring quality delivery and adherence to service level agreements.
• Lead process improvement and transformation initiatives to enhance statutory compliance and accounting operations.
• Track project milestones, risks, and deliverables while coordinating activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Administer vendor contracts, purchase orders, billing processes, and contract lifecycle activities.
• Collaborate with Finance, Tax, Procurement, Legal, and other cross-functional teams to ensure timely execution of projects and operational objectives.
• Maintain project documentation, provide status updates, and support ad hoc financial analysis and special projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting qualification such as CA, CPA, or ACCA.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in statutory accounting, financial reporting, audit, or finance operations within a multinational corporation or Big Four environment.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Experience managing statutory audits, financial reporting, and tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while meeting tight deadlines.
• Experience with process improvement, finance transformation, or systems implementation initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Workspace.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work independently in a fast-changing environment.

(CEI No: R1223390 | License No: 07C3147)