Job Description
Our client is an advanced materials company offering a broad portfolio of renewably sourced polymers and chemicals to the packaging, polymers, fibres, and chemicals markets.
The Accounts Payable Coordinator is responsible for providing local accounting and finance support in Thailand, focusing on payment processing, reconciling accounts, analyzing accounts payable, tax filing, and ensuring administrative accounting requests comply with corporate policies and procedures. The Accounts Payable Coordinator will participate as a member of the global Accounting and Finance team while being a part of the Thailand accounting team and collaborating directly with Thailand vendors and activities. The person in this position must be highly organized, a self-starter with strong initiative, proactive, possess strong follow-through skills, and handle confidential materials appropriately. The Accounts Payable Coordinator will add value as a member of the team through strong analytical, organizational, accounting technical, and communication skills. Primary accountabilities include, but are not limited to:
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Accounting
Invoice Processing and Payment Monitoring:
- Reviewing invoices for appropriate documentation, approvals, and tax determination and entering them into the SAP system.
- Processing domestic and foreign invoices, POs, credit memos, and assisting with freight.
- Managing new vendor setups and vendor changes.
- Responding to vendor inquiries.
- Processing Goods Receipts (MIGO) in the SAP system.
- Keeping track of all Thailand payments and expenditures by verifying transaction information, scheduling, recording disbursements and related adjustments in SAP, and obtaining payment authorization.
- Ensuring that all Thailand payments are made timely and accurately by validating and confirming Thailand weekly payments with the Treasury team.
- Creating Purchase Requisitions for the Thailand Finance and Accounting department.
Taxation:
- Coordinating with AP’s accounting services firm regarding Thailand Tax filing and Financial Statement submissions.
- Obtaining tax invoices and related accounting documents from Thailand vendors, reviewing the tax invoices in compliance with the Revenue Department, and preparing the monthly VAT report and tax filing (PP.30, PP36).
- Preparing the monthly withholding tax report (PND.3, PND.53, PND.54), issuing withholding tax certificates, and disbursing to Thailand vendors.
Accounting Administrative:
- Preparing supporting documents for all accounting transactions and filing the documents.
- Carrying out other related tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
Environmental, Health & Safety Leadership:
- Operating safely within NatureWorks policies, procedures, and governmental regulations, fully participating in and championing NatureWorks Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Programs.
- Ensuring EH&S Programs are followed and providing a safe working environment for employees and customers.
- Being accountable for building a strong safety culture and actively pursuing it daily, identifying unsafe behaviours and conditions, and intervening to mitigate incidents.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related fields.
- 5 years of working experience in accounting.
- The ability to use SAP software is preferred.
- Knowledge of Thailand's accounting standards and tax regulations.
- Problem-solving, analytical, critical thinking, interpersonal, communication, and financial analysis skills; demonstrated ability to proactively address issues when considering options to solve problems.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks with prioritization skills.
- Ability to analyze data and prepare meaningful reports for the management team.
- Strong customer focus and service orientation with the ability to interact effectively with employees and vendors at all levels in a cross-cultural setting.
- Demonstrating speed and flexibility in responding to and adapting to changes.
- Proficiency in various computer programs (Microsoft Office, Outlook, etc.).
- Good command of English, both written and spoken.