Accounting Associate

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military obligations, or membership in any other category protected under applicable law. Job Purpose:
- To strengthen and complement the global finance team.
- To provide information, back up and support to the Accounts Payable Supervisor and Senior Financial Accountant - Payroll and the wider management team.
- Provide support to the international finance team for local compliance including tax and regulatory requirements in Malaysia Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Timely and error free posting of invoices in SAP.
- Close management of financial relationships with certain critical vendors.
- Work with various teams to resolve issues and to ensure that the invoices are ready to pay.
- Work with international finance and the payroll partners on completing payrolls each month
- Liaise with the payroll partners on any payroll related activities, queries and year end reporting
- Prepare payroll related journals and any possible accruals
- Assist with employee payroll queries
- Get involved in month-end and quarter-end processing, and other activities.
- Prepare Balance Sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis through Blackline portal
- Provide support to local management for information requests and ad hoc reports
- Interact with local and international auditors and deal with audit queries
- Ad hoc duties as required Key Competencies Required:
- Strong communication skills
- Good working knowledge and understanding of ERP system (ideally SAP)
- Experience with relatively complex accounting situations
- Ability to interact competently with all departments and management levels across multiple geographies
- Working on own initiative required, with ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to identify and implement process improvements 
- Strong Excel and analytical skills

Previous Relevant Work Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in a similar role Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in commerce/Semi qualified CA/CMA

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