GL Accountant

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About the role

As a GL Accountant you will deliver accurate and controlled financial close, reporting and master data services across GBS. Support reliable business information, effective governance, audit readiness and continuous improvement through cross-functional collaboration

Location: Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya,
Working hours: 2pm - 11pm (Monday - Friday)
Opportunity : 12 months contract

Key responsibilities

Financial Accounting & Close

• Manage period-end and year-end close, including journals, accruals, prepayments and ledger submissions.


• Prepare and analyze balance sheet reconciliations, income statements, and management reports.


• Support statutory accounting, financial statements, budgets, projections, and audits.


• Coordinate with AR/AP, Tax and other sites to resolve key balances and technical queries.

Master Data Management & Governance

• Create and maintain approved customer, vendor, material, pricing and organisational master data.


• Validate requests and ensure changes are accurate, complete, documented, and authorised.


• Apply data governance, internal controls, quality standards, and audit requirements.


• Resolve inconsistencies, duplicates, and process gaps across ERP and related systems.

Controls, Reporting & Quality

• Maintain accurate records and reconciliations for dependable reporting.


• Perform quality reviews of journals, accounts and master data changes.


• Support compliance, audit readiness, and timely resolution of control issues.

Stakeholder Partnership & Improvement

• Partner across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Commercial, IT and shared services.


• Contribute to process improvement, standardisation and system enhancements.


• Build effective site and function relationships in a matrix environment.

Qualifications and skills

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Tax, related discipline or professional accountancy qualification.


• With 2-3 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.


• Relevant experience in general ledger accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, shared services, master data management or data governance.


• Working knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Office, exposure to Hyperion, ERP environments or related financial systems is beneficial.


• Strong Excel, reporting, analytical, problem-solving, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills.


• Customer-focused, proactive, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities independently while collaborating across functions.


• Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to interpret information accurately and respond appropriately.