Senior Accountant

Role Summary

We are looking for a hands‑on Senior Accountant to strengthen our controllership function. This role is execution‑heavy; you will run critical close activities, maintain balance sheet integrity, support external audits and help improve reporting accuracy. Candidates with a strong automation mindset and experience with Power BI, Power Query, Power Automate, Power Apps, RPA will stand out.

• Month‑End Close & Reporting: Execute month‑end close activities according to a strict close calendar and target WD 7 progressing to WD 5. Prepare and post accruals, prepayments, provisions, reallocations, and correction entries. Ensure accurate coding by outlet cost center or project to support management reporting.
• Balance Sheet Integrity: Own key balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules with evidence, including but not limited to bank and loan reconciliations, supporting debt schedules, interest AP GRNI and supplier statement reconciliations, in coordination with AP inventory‑related cut‑offs and adjustments. Manage advances, deposits, accruals, intercompany transfers, CPU roastery outlets, fixed assets and capitalization support depreciation schedules. Maintain a reconciliation pack that is complete, timely and review‑ready.
• External Audit & Compliance: Support external auditors with timely PBC schedules and documentation, resolve audit queries quickly and systematically, track issues to closure. Support VAT documentation and compliance requirements as applicable.
• Multi‑Unit CPU Roastery Accounting Support: Support accurate inventory valuation, stock movements, transfers and cut‑offs. Work with cost control operations to strengthen COGS accuracy, standard costing inputs and waste yield considerations.
• Automation & Analytics: Build and maintain Power BI dashboards for finance operations and exception reporting, close trackers, reconciliations, AP GRNI cleanliness and outlet KPIs. Use Power Query to streamline data preparation and reconciliation workflows. Automate repetitive finance processes using Power Automate, Power Apps or RPA tools.
• Controls & Cross‑Functional Discipline: Enforce documentation and cut‑offs, PO GRN discipline, approvals, supporting evidence. Coordinate with procurement, operations and outlet teams to resolve gaps and prevent repeat issues.

• First 90 days: close tasks delivered on time, reconciliation pack current and complete.
• Audit queries responded to within agreed timelines with proper evidence.
• Reduction in unreconciled balances for bank, loan, AP GRNI, intercompany and inventory.
• Improved quality and timeliness of outlet cost center reporting.
• At least 1–2 automation improvements delivered (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Query).

• 5–10 years of accounting experience, multi‑site retail F&B strongly preferred.
• Strong month‑end close execution and balance sheet reconciliation capability.
• Audit‑facing experience with external audit coordination or audit background.
• Advanced Excel skills and high attention to detail with speed and follow‑through.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and enforce deadlines.

• Strong advantage:
  Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience.
• Power BI, Power Query, DAX.
• Power Automate, Power Apps, RPA automation experience in finance operations.
• Experience with inventory‑heavy environments, CPU commissary production roastery.