Job description
Key Responsibilities:
Reporting to our cluster Finance Managers – General Ledger, the incumbent will be responsible to support the overall month end closing for various market(s):
- Perform monthly financial closing tasks on certain financial activities/tasks such as lease accounting, fixed asset accounting, bank reconciliation, etc.
- Review new or amended lease agreements and maintain integrity of all related data within the lease systems
- Coordinate with Real Estate team on monitoring the lease renewal status and follow up on overdue deposits
- Closely work with Store Design team for project costs update and capitalization
- Assist market GL Manager on month-end closing, such as adjustment journals, depreciation journals, reclass the entries, etc.), balance sheet breakdown preparation and global reporting submission and other daily operation matter.
- Handle basic general enquiries from external parties (e.g. auditor) and business users
- Support on process harmonization projects, e.g. bot implementation, system updates and UAT testing
- Able to apply relevant local statutory reporting and accounting standards (e.g. IFRS) required in the preparation process of accounting books (e.g. period-end adjustments, month-end period closing and reporting, reconciliation between General Ledger and Sub-Ledgers)
- Demonstrate understanding in the definition, hierarchy, maintenance and updates of CHANEL’s Chart of Accounts
- Practise CHANEL’s internal controls (manual and automated) at transactional level
- Escalate inappropriate behaviour / activities (e.g. professional / ethical misconduct, non-compliance with policies), if any
- Use system outputs to meet basic job requirements and apply basic tests for reasonability and accuracy
- Able to articulate system issues clearly to subject matter experts to ensure solutions can be identified and implemented
- Comfortable with learning new system tools & able to adopt technological tools in business processes to meet job requirements
Academic/Professional Qualifications
- Diploma or above in Accounting or equivalent
- Student member or member of professional accounting bodies (e.g. HKICPA, ACCA or equivalent professional bodies)
Work Experience
- Minimum 3 years working experience
- Worked in Shared Service Center is an advantage
- Experience with Retail company preferred
- Solid expertise / operational know-how of month end closing processes and understanding of market specificities
- Experience in operational know-how of all other finance processes are an advantage
- Proficient in both oral and written English is a must.
Required Competencies
- Embrace challenges to develop new skills and take on new responsibilities
- Learn from personal mistakes and apply learning from experiences
- Work together with fellow team members toward a common goal
- Support fellow team members in day-to-day work
- Build successful relationships across the organization through collaboration, consensus building and interpersonal effectiveness.
- Convey facts and information clearly and accurately
- Respond to stakeholder concerns promptly and in a professional manner
- Conduct assessments to address problems. Identify suspicious patterns in financial data and raises relevant issues and concerns with higher level management
- Demonstrate determination to achieve goals over time and resists pressure to give up until goal has been attained
- Demonstrate ability to acquire new knowledge and skills to adapt to change
- Experiment and redefine complex business issues through constant clarification of audience needs and questioning
- Seek new methods of working that could result in higher productivity even if the outcome is not guaranteed
At CHANEL, we believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity and vibrancy of our teams, and we foster an inclusive culture so that everyone can perform at their best. We strongly encourage your application, and value the perspective and experience you can bring to CHANEL.
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