Responsibilities:

• To ensure that balance sheet accounts for the Asia-Pacific companies are fully reconciled/analyzed each month, that balances are justified and accurate and, report exceptions or items of audit concern.
• To ensure that accurate and timely monthly financial results, monthly revenue forecasts and quarterly cost forecasts are provided for the Asia Pacific region to the US management team.
• Identify and address procedural problems/deficiencies impacting integrity and timeliness of financial information.
• To maintain a thorough understanding of the revenue and cost drivers and trends for the Asia-Pacific region and explain/report these to senior management.
• Responsible to report any detected trends in incoming revenue or denials, as well as procedural problems, to the client. To provide recommendations of these trends and/or problems.
• Monitors all statistical reports weekly to resolve trends and determine deficiencies
• Accountable for daily cash report verifying all discounts have been given and researching accounts with large outstanding balances
• Working closely with internal AR team to monitor collection activity by using weekly reports to resolve trends and determine collectability of accounts
• Monitor new trends and mandates in order to keep compliant with any regulatory changes
• Work closely with all internal and external business partners on credit control and settlement issues
• Reviews credit balance report monthly and resolves credit balances

Requirements:

• Degree holder in Accounting/Finance or Business Administration, and member of an international accounting association.
• At least 10 years’ experience in multi-national companies preferred, at least with 6 years in a similar capacity
• Experience in media or subscription business preferred but not essential.
• Good presentation skills, strong analytical mind and problem solving techniques.
• PeopleSoft and TM1 knowledge and experiences strongly preferred.
• Fluent English required, Cantonese/Mandarin an advantage.
• Excellent skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Dow Jones offers an opportunity to work for one of the world's leading financial and business news companies. We invite interested candidates to submit in confidence a cover letter and detailed resume stating your qualifications, contact details and current and expected via:

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