[Hiring] Financial Accounting & Compliance Manager @Addiction Pet Foods

Role Description

Addiction Foods is looking for an experienced Financial Accounting & Compliance Manager - Reliever to oversee financial accounting, statutory reporting, tax compliance, audit coordination, and internal controls across multiple business entities.

• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial closing.
• Ensure accurate journal entries, accruals, provisions, balance sheet reconciliations, and P&L reporting.
• Maintain the integrity of the SAP general ledger and Group chart of accounts.
• Ensure proper accounting of manufacturing costs, inventory movements, and intercompany transactions.
• Translate statutory results into clear management reports and Group reporting.
• Prepare and coordinate statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS/GAAP and local requirements.
• Ensure timely filing of corporate tax, VAT/GST, and other applicable taxes across jurisdictions.
• Review tax provisions and related SAP postings.
• Monitor changes in accounting standards and regulatory requirements and advise management of potential impacts.
• Act as the key contact for external auditors, tax advisers, and regulatory authorities.
• Prepare audit schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Resolve audit findings and strengthen financial controls.
• Maintain accurate, compliant, and audit-ready financial records.
• Review existing accounting and reporting processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, controls, and scalability.
• Improve and automate manual finance processes using SAP, Excel, Power Query, Power BI, and other available technologies.
• Introduce practical process improvements that reduce manual work, reporting delays, and financial errors.
• Lead and develop the Accounts Payable and financial accounting team.
• Partner with the Financial Controller, FP&A, Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, Operations, and HR teams.
• Communicate financial, tax, compliance, and audit matters clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in external audit, financial accounting, statutory reporting, and/or compliance.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS/GAAP.
• Strong experience in statutory and tax compliance.
• Hands-on experience with month-end and year-end closing, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience coordinating with external auditors, tax advisers, and regulatory bodies.
• Strong SAP HANA or comparable ERP experience.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience working across multiple entities or jurisdictions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.

Requirements

• CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience in a multinational, manufacturing, FMCG, or supply-chain environment.
• Power BI, Power Query, Pivot Tables, or VBA experience.
• Proven experience improving or automating finance/accounting processes.

Benefits

• This is a work-from-home role, normally Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
• Occasional work during critical reporting periods, weekends, or holidays may be required.