Financial Admin & Compliance Senior Analyst II – Statutory Compliance 

Job purpose

• Ensure accurate and timely completion of statutory and tax audit requirements to meet statutory and internal deadlines
• Work with other Finance Towers to identify process improvement opportunities to reduce dependencies and processing time

Duties and responsibilities

• Assist the Financial Admin & Compliance Senior Manager in planning audits (e.g. confirming requirements, agreeing timelines with auditors)
• Serve as point of contact of auditors for statutory and tax audit requirements of assigned IWG entities
• Ensure audit and related administrative activities, documents and reports are accomplished on time and free of error
• Reconcile and understand differences between statutory and IFRS accounts and document the same in the accounting system
• Ensure final accounts, working files and other related documents are stored on SharePoint and determine if there are documents required by country law to be archived physically
• Keep abreast of all regulatory changes impacting assigned IWG entities
• Where required or requested:
• Flag going concern and/or equity issues (preferably before year end) and coordinate resolution with Group
• Propose dividend distribution at least once a year subject to country law and secure Group approval 
• Prepare analysis and schedules required during tax inspection of assigned IWG entities
• Assist in corporate income tax return preparation and/or filing
• Calculate and/or review current and deferred tax calculations
• Prepare books of accounts required to be registered with a tax authority
• Perform other tasks assigned by the Financial Admin & Compliance Senior Manager

Qualifications

• CPA
• At least 6-7 years of experience in statutory audits and/or financial reporting
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Proficient in MS applications
• Strong communication skills – written and verbal
• Able to prioritize tasks, manage issues and produce results in a timely manner
• Highly analytical
• Can work well under pressure and with minimal supervision
• Team player
• The following are preferred but not required:
• Experience in Big 4
• Background in BPO/Shared Services operations
• Experience in dealing with and managing 3^rd party service providers

Working conditions

Mid-shift, regular evening and weekend work, working with challenging stakeholders

Physical requirements

None, normal office work environment

Direct reports

NA, individual contributor