Job Description
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JOB DESCRIPTION
GKN Automotive is the market leader in conventional, all-wheel and electrified drive systems and solutions. With a comprehensive global footprint, we design, develop, manufacture and integrate an extensive range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world's car manufacturers.
Role purpose
Carries out accounting clerical duties associated with a specific accounting function. Requires familiarity with clerical procedures. At more senior levels will have increasing experience in bookkeeping and accounting techniques.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Operations
Handle day to day accounts receivable and accounts payable processes, including invoicing, payment processing, and record-keeping.
Treasury, Cash flow control and forecast.
Responsible for the daily operation of the Malaysia LHDN E-Invoicing system, including invoice validation, uploading, and maintenance of relevant compliance records.
To prepare supporting schedules and carry out relevant reconciliations to ensure accuracy of financial records.
Ensure accounting records & systems comply with company policies, approved accounting standards and statutory requirements.
Data Collection and Analysis
Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats.
Data Management
Use data management systems to access specific information as and when required.
Document Management
Create a local document management system for an office or department.
Document Preparation
Organize and prepare complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for special reports.
Financial Management and Control
Monitor and analyze data using established finance systems and protocols.
Operational Compliance
Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
Insights and Reporting
Extract and combine data to generate standard reports.
Personal Capability Building
Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Values & Behaviours
Ingenious: Manages complexity
Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, looks at complex issues from multiple angles; explores issues to uncover underlying issues and root causes; sees the main consequences and implications of different options.
Ingenious: Driving continuous improvement
Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. For example, uses metrics and benchmarks to monitor accuracy and quality. Takes steps to make methods productive and efficient. Promptly and effectively addresses process breakdowns.
Collaborative: Navigates organisational dynamics
Maneuvers comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics. For example, proactively seeks to understand the organizational culture and adapts fluently to expected behaviors and protocols. Is inquisitive about the workgroup's function and the unwritten rules of the group.
Principled: Accountability
Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, accepts responsibility for own work, both successes and failures. Handles fair share and does not make excuses for problems. Usually meets commitments to others.
Driven: Prioritisation
Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. For example, outlines clear plans that put actions in a logical sequence; conveys some time frames. Aligns own work with relevant workgroups. Takes some steps to reduce bottlenecks and speed up the work.
Driven: Early technical adopter
Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications. For example, investigates technologies to learn some cutting-edge best practices. Uses digital/social media to benefit the team and add value to the work being done; understands how to avoid misuse of these tools.
Driven: Action oriented
Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, tackles what needs to be done with enthusiasm, working quickly and without undue oversight.
Skills
Data Collection and Analysis
Works under guidance (but not constant supervision) to analyze data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
Verbal Communication
Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
Compliance Management
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to achieve full compliance with applicable rules and regulations in management and/or operations.
Data Control
Works under guidance (but not constant supervision) to acquire, organize, protect and process data to fulfill business objectives.
Numerical Skills
Uses an understanding of numerical concepts to perform mathematical operations such as report analysis without supervision and provides technical guidance when required.
Planning and Organizing
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to plan, organize, prioritize and oversee activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Assessment
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to analyze data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
Costing and Budgeting
Works under guidance (but not constant supervision) to perform costing, budgeting and finance tasks.
Education
Degree in Accounting with at least 3 years work experience
Experience
Able to work in fast-paced environment and meet the deadlines.
Experienced practitioner able to work unsupervised (13 months to 3 years)
