Senior Accountant

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the monthly and quarterly closing process for multiple separate company financial statements including reconciliation of balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Specific areas of responsibility include primary contact of Malaysia’s accounting and operations, account payables lead for Malaysia and Singapore entity, local statutory compliances, execution and continuous process improvement process as well as assistance with other miscellaneous close activities.
• Work closely with shared services and support local business partners
• Improves and assists in the creation of new processes to optimize and standardize our global accounting processes.
• Partners with peers on the team as well as cross functionally with those in other areas such as Analytical Finance, Treasury and Tax.
• Responsible for performing daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual accounting requirements, including but not limited to journal entries, reconciliations, analysis of activities and reporting.
• Supports other activities and processes such as SOX, manufacturing costing, external audits and internal audits.
• Performs other special projects as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
• At least 6 - 10 years working experience in areas of auditing (>3 years) and accounting and management reporting (>3 years); Big 4 or mid-tier firms
• Manufacturing industries background is a plus
• Knowledge of SAP
• Experience and passion about Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
• Ability to interpret and analyze financial statements and periodicals
• Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), well adverse in developer function and macro is a plus)

Who We Are

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:

• Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
• Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
• Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
• Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility

Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

Why Avient

Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.

At Avient, we believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.