Finance and Accounts Executive

About Us

• Established over a hundred years ago, Takasago is a global leading company in the flavour and fragrance industry, having developed flavours and fragrances for some of the world’s most successful manufacturers of foods, beverages, fine fragrances, home, and personal care products.
• For over 35 years, we have been a leading industrial producer of L-Menthol, using our core technology, asymmetric synthesis.
• This technology enables us to produce unique, novel, and nature-identical aroma ingredients, and in addition, to manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates, functional materials, and other fine chemicals.
• Takasago Group maintains offices, production sites, and R&D centers in twenty-seven countries and regions.

Responsibilities:

• Handle Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and General Ledger (GL) functions
• Manage and control petty cash transactions
• Prepare vendor payments and process bank deposits
• Issue withholding tax certificates
• Prepare VAT Sales and Purchase reports, as well as withholding tax reports
• File tax returns (P.N.D.3, P.N.D.53, and VAT) with the Revenue Department
• Record accounting transactions in the system
• Prepare purchase orders (PO), invoices, and tax invoices/receipts
• Perform reconciliations for bank accounts, VAT, prepaid expenses, and accrued expenses
• Calculate depreciation of fixed assets
• Work with external auditors to issue audited financial statements
• Work with company secretary for corporate filings and compliance
• Singapore regional HQ and Japan HQ reporting
• Transfer pricing compliance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
• Hold a valid CPD license
• Good command of English and proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Detail-oriented
• Experience in import and export business is an advantage