Accountant

Reporting to our cluster Finance Managers – Accounts Payable and the incumbent will be responsible to perform the invoice processing in Asia markets:

• Perform daily defined AP processing tasks based on identified RACI for transactional processing and accounting activities such as invoice posting, payment processing, the preparation of the appropriate offsetting entries and appropriate documentation. Understand hand-offs between individuals / systems and interfaces
• Handle general enquiries from external parties (e.g. vendors) and business users
• Practise CHANEL’s internal controls (manual and automated) at transactional level
• Escalate inappropriate behaviour / activities (e.g. professional / ethical misconduct, non-compliance with policies), if any
• Assist AP Finance manager to drive for process efficiency & trade working capital improvement
• Able to articulate system issues clearly to subject matter experts to ensure solutions can be identified and implemented
• Comfortable with learning new system tools and able to adopt technological tools in business processes to meet job requirements

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• University degree or equivalent

Work Experience:

• Minimum 3 years working experience
• Worked in Shared Service Center is an advantage
• Solid expertise / operational know-how of procure-to-pay processes and understanding of market specificities
• Experience in operational know-how of all other finance processes are an advantage

Required Competencies:

• Embrace challenges to develop new skills and take on new responsibilities
• Learn from personal mistakes and apply learning from experiences
• Work together with fellow team members toward a common goal
• Support fellow team members in day-to-day work
• Understand and respect the differences in team members’ background, skills, interests, and motivations to work together more effectively
• Convey facts and information clearly and accurately
• Respond to stakeholder concerns promptly and in a professional manner
• Conduct assessments to address problems. Identify suspicious patterns in financial data and raises relevant issues and concerns with higher level management
• Demonstrate determination to achieve goals over time and resists pressure to give up until goal has been attained
• Demonstrate ability to acquire new knowledge and skills to adapt to change
• Experiment and redefine complex business issues through constant clarification of audience needs and questioning
• Seek new methods of working that could result in higher productivity even if the outcome is not guaranteed

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL.