General Ledger Accountant

**General Ledger Accountant**

PT Sephora Indonesia

**About the job**

**Sephora**, a division of LVMH - Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy global luxury leader, is a global leader in beauty retailing. It successfully operates more than two thousand points of sale across Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Its aim is to animate the most loved beauty community in the world.

**Sephora** **SEA’s **Retail activity spans over 6 countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India and ANZ) with 50+ stores and boasts some global flagships such as Ion in Singapore and Pitt Street in Sydney. Sephora SEA is experiencing rapid growth in the region with many more stores and countries to come.

**Sephora SEA **have 2 countries that operate under the franchise model i.e**. India & Indonesia**

**Sephora is looking for a General Ledger Accountant to join its Shared Services team based in Jakarta Indonesia**. If you are smart and ambitious with excellent technical skills, this is an exceptional opportunity to join a high functioning team of professionals who provide financial support to our retail and ecommerce teams across the region.

**Responsibilities**:
As a General Ledger Accountant within our team, you will report to the Finance Controlling Manager for Shared Services, and support the ongoing transfer of knowledge and work from our locally based finance teams to the regional shared services hub. We started our shared services team in late 2016, and during 2017 we have transitioned work from the locally based teams to this team. The strategy has been highly effective and we are continuing to embed these new ways of working in our company. You will play a key role in ensuring the effectiveness of the ongoing financial operations, and will be expected to take complete ownership for your areas of focus.

**Indicative tasks include, but not limited to**:

- Preparing journal entries and reconciliations to maintain the accuracy of the general ledger including fixed assets, inventory and accruals.
- Ensuring all transactions are recorded in accordance with IFRS.
- Completing monthly, quarterly and annual reporting for management while adhering to required deadlines.
- Preparing all Audit Schedules and assisting with Audit inquiries.
- Preparing statutory compliance submissions including audit, tax and secretarial.
- Ensuring work is completed in accordance with the Group Internal Control Policies.
- Ensuring controls are maintained in the fixed asset listing and the vendor listing.
- You may be asked to prepare additional reports and ad-hoc analysis for management as needed and will therefore have exposure to the most senior levels of the financial leadership team

**Skills & attributes - what you bring us**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA/CA preferred
- 3+ years of accounting experience, preferably gained within the Big 4
- You are an Excel champion, and have probably worked with a large ERP system such as SAP previously
- You have experience working with FMCG or retail clients, or working for a company in these industries
- You will be fluent in English - experience working or studying in an English language environment is excellent preparation for Sephora
- You are an excellent communicator - you make complex issues simple and you write and speak clearly. You build effective relationships with your peers and your internal customers
- You are highly analytical, you solve problems and you love finding better ways to do thing
- You juggle multiple responsibilities, meet tight deadline and work quickly and efficiently; you are organized, excellent at prioritizing your work tasks and you never present your manager with unwelcome surprises
- You are at ease in a matrix organization and have an entrepreneurial spirit

**Environment & culture - what we give you**:

- Sephora SEA maintains an entrepreneurial, technology focused culture, and is a high-growth business unit within the group. We are passionate about building businesses.
- We look for employees who are curious and looking to develop their careers, as we foresee many opportunities as team continues to expand
- Our shared services team are co-located with our Indonesia ecommerce team and the teams share a dedication to excellence and business success
- We are collaborative and work closely together on projects and tasks. We seek to hire individuals who enjoy working with others and seek to learn and to teach others as the opportunity arises
- The data is definitive: diversity leads to better teams, better performance, and better results. Consequently, we actively seek employees of all genders, backgrounds, and experiences.