Accounting Assistant Manager

Job Overview

The Accounting Assistant Manager is responsible for executing and reviewing full-cycle financial close, supporting compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and coordinating key audit and internal-control activities. Reporting to the Director, Accounting & Tax, this role requires strong technical accounting skills, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate recurring financial processes across multiple stakeholders.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Financial Closing, Audit & Compliance

• Review and approve SAP journal entries, ensuring appropriate documentation and treatment.

• Manage and maintain the Settlement (Monthly/Year-End) Checklist, ensuring all closing steps are executed and documented.

• Execute the monthly and year-end close processes and prepare final monthly closing reports, including the P&L, ensuring accuracy and timely completion.

• Lead the quarterly IFRS financial reporting process and submit all quarterly closing materials, including TB, IB, IH, CH, Notes, CF, and related materials, to headquarters in Korea.

• Prepare quarterly IFRS financial statement variance analysis documentation for GRM Approval.

• Act as a key liaison for consolidated financial statement audits by coordinating audit procedures and responding accurately and promptly to external auditors’ information and documentation requests.

• Prepare quarterly consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes, including bank submissions.

• Manage cost centers within the ERP system, ensuring accurate allocation and reporting.

• Review and verify employee expense reports and administer the SAP Concur expense-management program.

Internal Control Accounting & Governance

• Support the end-to-end operation of the Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) program, including periodic control updates and interviews with control owners.

• Conduct pre-assessments of the design and operating effectiveness of the ICFR program before the first-half evaluation and address identified issues to support an efficient audit process.

• Support audit procedures related to the assessment of ICFR design effectiveness.

Financial Planning & Affiliate Support

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual forecast and actual data for submission to the business-management team at headquarters in Korea.

• Prepare monthly budget-versus-actual reports.

• Lead the preparation, consolidation, and maintenance of annual business-plan workpapers and reporting data under the guidance of the Director of Accounting & Tax.

• Assess financial and internal-control risks at affiliates in the Americas and recommend practical measures to strengthen financial soundness based on ICFR principles.

• Support the preparation of manuals outlining revenue-recognition criteria, workflows, accounting procedures, and key accounting issues across affiliates in the Americas region.

• Support initiatives to streamline and improve financial systems and related processes across U.S. affiliates.

• Support U.S. affiliates in developing and implementing corrective actions for audit findings.

• Provide ad hoc support for management and finance-related matters requested by the holding company and intermediate holding companies in Korea.

Competencies

• Strong drive for timely execution, accuracy, and adherence to complex compliance schedules.

• High attention to detail and commitment to strict adherence to closing schedules and ICFR protocols.

• Demonstrated ownership of complex, recurring financial processes and the ability to complete them with minimal oversight.

• Ability to gather, analyze, and synthesize financial data for internal management reporting, including budget-versus-actual reporting.

• Ability to coordinate audit requests and ICFR interviews effectively across multiple functional groups.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.

• Minimum 5+ years of corporate accounting experience, preferably in a multinational environment.

• Strong working knowledge of IFRS and U.S. GAAP.

• Proven proficiency with ERP systems, preferably SAP, including complex journal entries, financial reporting, and master-data maintenance.

• Hands-on experience with month-end and year-end financial close processes.

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, complex formulas, and VLOOKUP.

• Professional-level proficiency in Korean.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct, hands-on experience with ICFR/SOX compliance and operational self-assessment.

• CPA license or active progress toward CPA certification.