Job Description

Job Details:

The Role and Impact

As an Accountant at Intel, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and improving Intel's financial preparation, ensuring compliance with global financial standards and driving actionable insights that support Intel's decision-making processes. By preparing, analyzing, and validating financial records, you will directly contribute to Intel's operational excellence and success. Your impact will extend beyond accounting, fostering collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including auditors to ensure seamless financial operations and compliance. This is a unique opportunity to grow your expertise and contribute to a global leader in technology.

This role is a key member of Corporate Accounting responsible for supporting the end-to-end accounting, reporting, forecasting, and controllership of global bonus and sabbatical programs. This role focuses on accounting under ASC 710, including accrual preparation, journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, controls support, and close-related activities. This role partners closely with HR Compensation and Benefits, Payroll, Corporate Planning, Accounting Policy, External Reporting, Treasury, and shared service teams to ensure bonus and sabbatical accounting is executed accurately and consistently.

Key Responsibilities :

• Prepare and support accounting for global bonus and sabbatical programs.
• Assist with accrual calculations, supporting schedules, journal entries, and account analyses related to bonus and sabbatical balances.
• Help maintain consistent accounting treatment and documentation for compensation-related accrual methodologies.
• Support analysis of program changes and their accounting implications in partnership with broader finance and accounting teams.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities related to bonus and sabbatical accounting.
• Prepare reconciliations, flux analysis, management reporting, and other close deliverables tied to compensation-related accruals.
• Assist in developing forecasts and scenario analysis for bonus and sabbatical expense and related balance sheet impacts.
• Work closely with HR Compensation and Benefits, Payroll, Corporate Planning, Treasury, Accounting Policy, External Reporting, and shared service teams to support timely and accurate accounting and reporting.
• Manage interactions with external auditors and government authorities, providing essential data analysis and insights to shape business decisions.
• Drive compliance with IFRS, US GAAP, and Intel policies.
• Participate in ongoing process improvements and global or local projects, contributing to Intel's strategic goals.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or Masters Degree.
• Proficiency in accounting principles and standards, including IFRS and US GAAP.
• Demonstrated expertise in financial systems such as SAP S4, SQL querying, and Power BI.
• Knowledge of SOX compliance and cost accounting policies.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in a global organization, with a focus on accounting or audit.
• Certification in accounting (ACCA, CPA, ICAEW, MICPA, or equivalent) is highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Working knowledge of US GAAP, with exposure to ASC 710 or similar employee compensation accounting.
• Strong project management, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and in cross-functional, multicultural teams.
• Results-driven mindset with critical thinking skills to challenge the status quo and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Experience managing complex regulatory and financial compliance matters.
• Familiarity with semiconductor or manufacturing industry processes.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and data visualization tools such as Power BI.

We invite you to join our team and take your career to the next level by contributing to Intel's financial excellence and innovation. Apply today and be part of shaping the future of technology.

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location:

Malaysia, Penang

Additional Locations:

Business group:

Join Intel's Finance Group, a key player in driving strategic business decisions that enhance shareholder value. Our team is dedicated to facilitating change and improvement across finance and the operations we support. As strategic partners, we lead acquisitions and inorganic growth initiatives, managing transactions from ideation to completion while serving as trusted advisors to executive leadership. Additionally, we enhance employee experiences by maintaining Intel sites globally and advancing environmental sustainability efforts.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

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