Group Accountant

The Role

The Group Accountant is responsible for managing the group’s financial reporting, monthly closing, consolidation, reconciliations, and control environment across a multi-country F&B business operating 70 stores in Malaysia, 20 stores in Singapore, 10 stores in Indonesia, and 10 franchise stores across Malaysia and Indonesia.

This role ensures timely and accurate preparation of management accounts, group consolidation, intercompany reconciliation, balance sheet integrity, and alignment of store-level financial data from POS, ERP, AP/AR shared services, and country finance teams. The role also supports audit readiness, internal controls, and improvement of finance processes to support regional growth.

• Strong experience in monthly closing and group consolidation.
• Solid knowledge of intercompany reconciliation and elimination.
• Strong in balance sheet reconciliation and financial controls.
• Good understanding of multi-entity and multi-currency accounting.
• Exposure to retail / F&B / hospitality environment is highly preferred.
• Able to review and ensure accuracy of POS, cash, and bank reconciliations.
• Good understanding of inventory, COGS, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Strong Excel and ERP skills.
• Able to work closely with country finance teams and shared services (AP/AR) and other departments.
• Hands‑on, disciplined, accountable, and able to meet tight deadlines.

• Strong attention to detail.
• Good analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Able to spot errors, control gaps, and unusual variances quickly.
• Reliable, structured, and audit‑ready in work approach.
• Confident in coordinating across multiple entities and stakeholders.

• Timely and accurate monthly close.
• Clean group consolidation and intercompany balances.
• Strong balance sheet integrity.
• Reliable financial reports for management decision-making.
• Improved finance discipline and reporting quality across the group.