AP Accountant
Taipei, TW
Our Craft
Our vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. The Macallan is our leading brand, supported by Highland Park and The Glenrothes in the fast-growing single malt category and Naked Malt in the blended malt category. Our portfolio is completed with Brugal premium rum from the Dominican Republic, The Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky, and Wyoming Whiskey in the American Whiskey category. Edrington also has a strategic partnership with No.3 London Dry Gin. Our principal shareholder is a charitable trust, so we were built to make a world of difference. Discover a place where values define our culture. The home of exceptional brands, where people and teams thrive.
Our Blend of Benefits
- 16 days holiday, plus 4 Giving More volunteer days.
- Medical insurance that covers the cost of healthcare.
- Embrace work-life harmony with 50:50 hybrid working, 26 weeks’ paid maternity, paternity leave, and up to five paid carers leave days a year.
- 24/7 support for you and your loved ones to counselling, life coaching and information on financial, mental, and physical wellbeing. ·
- Experience our exceptional brands with a employee purchase.
Embrace Excellence
We are looking for a detail-oriented and highly organised Accountant to join our finance team. The Accountant will be responsible for overseeing accounting operations, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and providing critical financial insight, as well as accounting, reviewing, analysing, maintaining, reconciling, verifying financial records and performing related work as required. The ideal candidate will have advanced accounting knowledge, excellent analytical skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Make an Impact
• Process and review incoming invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment.
• Verify and reconcile vendor accounts, ensuring accurate balances and resolving discrepancies.
• Prepare and process weekly/monthly payments to employee / vendors, ensuring timely and accurate disbursements.
• Maintain a well-organized filing system for accounts payable records.
• Collaborate with internal departments to resolve any payment issues or discrepancies.
• Assist in the preparation of reports and month-end / year-end closing procedures.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and accounting standards related to accounts payable.
• Assist in the audit process by providing necessary documentation and supporting information.
• Review and monitor expenses to ensure they are within budgetary limits.
Daily
- Review vendor master data creation and changes in SAP and approve them in the Riskrate system.
- Review individual expense via the Concur system.
- Review vendor payment with sufficient supporting documentation to meet the 3-way match policy, including selling cost and overhead-related expenses.
- Maintain input VAT in the SAP GUI model.
- Prepare payment requests for withholding tax with SoDA approval.
Monthly
- Book accrued expense and reverse prior period accrued expense
- Check intercompany AFO report
- Maintain Input VAT data in VAT consolidation file (Provide VAT adjustment for VAT filing)
- Prepare T&E analysis report for sales team
- Prepare legal fee using breakdown
- Check and remind requestor to fill in the G&E register
- Balance sheet reconciliation
Quarterly
- Review quarterly sales incentive working file
- Issue credit note for customers quarterly sales incentive.
- Prepare quarterly report.
Others
- Job Rotation among AR / AP / GL every few years based on internal discussion.
- Adhoc tasks assigned by managers.
- Assist internal and external audit tasks
Your Talent and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- 5 years accounting experience.
- Strong knowledge of accounting software (eg.SAP, Concur) and Microsoft Excel.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and ROC GAAP and tax regulations.
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal in Chinese and English.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
A Place For Everyone
We’re proud of our inclusive culture – where unique experiences, ideas and perspectives are celebrated. We want everyone to feel respected and empowered to contribute to our success.
Get involved. From colleague networks like Balance, Pride and Kick-Start to inclusion allies and DE&I champions, we encourage our people to be curious, get involved and help us make change happen.
