Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Reporting & Month-End Closures
- Lead and deliver accurate and timely month-end, quarterly, and annual book closures.
- Ensure integrity of balance sheet and P&L through strong reconciliation and control processes.
- Manage UED monthly book closures and shipping business line related closing and review work.
- Maintain high-quality documentation to support clean year-end audits.
- Consistently meet all daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting deadlines.
2. Trading, Derivatives & Treasury Accounting
- Take full ownership of trading accounting activities.
- Manage IRS and dry derivative accounting, ensuring compliance and reporting accuracy.
- Provide daily cash flow and liquidity forecasting to support treasury decision-making.
- Ensure accuracy in daily finance file processing, liquidity publishing, and query resolution.
3. Process Automation & Continuous Improvement
- Identify and correct legacy issues (e.g., overhead lease accounting) and assume ongoing ownership.
- Challenge upstream processes (e.g., broker reconciliation) by identifying gaps and strengthening controls.
- Develop practical workarounds for IT delays to ensure uninterrupted project delivery.
- Regularize reporting frameworks including overall invoice reporting and AP/AR unpaid reports.
4. Operational Resilience & Adaptability
- Effectively manage competing priorities during peak reporting cycles.
- Demonstrate leadership through delegation and time management to ensure critical deliverables remain on track.
Key Competencies
- Strong knowledge of trading accounting and derivatives.
- Financial controls and reconciliation expertise.
- Process automation and improvement mindset.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
- Audit and compliance orientation.
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Leadership, mentoring, and team development capability.
Qualifications & Experience
- CA / CPA / ACCA (Qualified or Part Qualified).
- 8+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in trading or commodity environments.
- Strong understanding of treasury operations and derivative accounting.
- Proficiency in ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.
