Senior Accountant

 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) believes that CX limits were meant to be shattered. We connect people and organizations through seamless communication on the industry's most integrated platform for Customer Experience—combining Contact Center, Unified Communications, and CPaaS APIs. The 8x8® Platform for CX integrates AI at every level to enable personalized customer journeys, drive operational excellence and insights, and facilitate team collaboration.

We help customer experience and IT leaders become the heartbeat of their organizations, empowering them to unlock the potential of every interaction. With one platform, one ecosystem, and one data model, you can turn every team into a customer-facing team and unify your CX to conquer the complexity.  

As an organization, we are looking for Team8s who are AI-proficient, open to innovation, and skilled in leveraging AI for efficiency and growth.

Learn more on our company website at www.8x8.com follow our pages on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

The Senior Accountant will provide overall support for the accounting department at 8x8. This position plays a primary role in the monthly, quarterly, and annual close cycles as well as help ensure the accounting records are maintained in full compliance with Company regulations and the Fiscal Code provisions.
Responsibilities

Jobs Description:

Accounting:

• Create and monitor of all Business Partners into SAP B1 Accounting system
• Prepare, resolve & reconcile intergroup billing issues
• Check and prepare General journal for staff claims and/or card expenses according to the accounts type in accounting system
• Prepare / review monthly AR, AP and recurring expenses adjustment journal for review and approval before month end.
• Ensure all entries are allocated correctly to the chart of accounts and cost centre.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cash position on time
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliation & revaluation report for approval
• Prepare monthly closing such as Trial balance APAC, Commentary analysis, data of IG TP cost plus report and all related financial & SOX reports package for the month end closing date
• Review AR – AP Aging, roll forward and reconcile report on time.
• Maintain a proper document control system, such as raising system change request form if needed
• Meet financial accounting objectives such as the coordination and completion of annual audits
• Maintain proper records of all Fixed assets registered
• Coordinate with AP team on monthly payment plan and cash flow forecast
• Liaise with external auditors, tax consultant, banker or external consultant
• Any ad-hoc assignment

Statutory and SOX Compliance:

• Prepare data for group and statutory audit
• Work with Tax Team on any tax queries / Tax audit by the local authority
• Support SOX control processes and documentation, and reporting and sampling request per time schedule
• Coordinate with external auditors to ensure proper compliance with all regulations for group and statutory audit and meeting of filing timeline

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, ACCA or equivalent.
• Must have at least 3 years and above of relevant working experience in similar position with audit + commercial background is advantage for this position
• Able to multi-task and work under tight datelines & pressure
• Good command of written and spoken in English
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to engage effectively with colleagues across divisions
• Proficiency in SAP, MS Office applications (Word, Excel)
• Well organized, strong analytical thinking, data-oriented, proactive, and able to handle detail.

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