WD-40 Company

Assistant Accountant/Accounts Executive

WD-40 Company  •  Selangor, MY (Onsite)  •  18 days ago
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Job Description

This position supports Asia Region’s accounting and finance functions, contributing to the smooth operation of business activities and achievement of strategic objectives. The position assists with general accounting and reporting tasks to ensure global and local statutory compliances. It also supports financial planning and analysis activities, while helping maintain an effective internal control environment to safeguard assets and uphold the integrity of financial information.

Responsibilities

Statutory Reporting and Compliance

  • Assist in preparing annual financial statements and supporting audit processes for entities of all countries in the region.
  • Support the Finance Manager in ensuring local GAAP financial reporting is accurate and timely.
  • Support in compliance with local financial regulations and accounting standards, and timely and accurate processing of tax-related documents, reconciliations and reports
  • Responsible for providing and preparation of requested materials for internal and external audits.

Accounting

  • Responsible for day-to-day accounting operations and completing accounting transactions up to financial statements for entities of all countries in the region.
  • Responsible for completing month-end close activities, including the preparation and posting of monthly transactions, accruals and prepayments.
  • Responsible for the reconciliation of all financial transactions ready for review by Finance & Operations Manager.
  • Maintain accurate accounting records and marketing fund management across regional entities to ensure compliance, audit readiness, and proper financial control.

Financial Planning and Analysis

  • Support the Finance & Operations Manager with financial reporting, preliminary analysis, forecasting, and annual budgeting.

Compliance and Internal Controls

  • Establish and maintain robust internal controls to safeguard company assets and prevent fraud.
  • Monitor compliance with corporate policies, legal requirements, and tax regulations.

Office and Regional Support

  • Assist with daily office administration and support of marketing distributor operations across multiple countries.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years general accounting experience
  • Strong experience in accounting operations, month-end close, and statutory financial reporting.
  • Good knowledge of local GAAP, tax compliance, audit support, and internal controls in a multi-country environment.
  • Detail-oriented, able to meet deadlines, with effective communication skills for regional collaboration.

About Us

At WD-40 Company we believe that purpose-driven, passionate people guided by our values create amazing outcomes. Our “why” is refreshingly simple - we exist to create positive lasting memories in everything we do. We solve problems. We make things work smoothly. We create opportunities. How we achieve our “why” is by cultivating a tribal culture through learning, teaching and living our values.

Since 1953, our formulation remains a secret. It is no secret that our passion for our people, culture, and brands is what distinguishes us. WD-40 Company has best-in-class products and we seek best-in-class talent.

WD-40 Company

About WD-40 Company

Founded in San Diego, California U.S.A. in 1953, WD-40 Company is a publicly traded, global sales and marketing company. The blue and yellow can with the little red top and yellow “shield” carries with it positive brand equity - the brand is memorable, easily recognizable and known for its superiority in quality and reliability to end users across 62 unique channels of trade in more than 176 countries. Our maintenance products currently make up ~90% of net sales and homecare and cleaning products ~10%.

WD-40 Company's corporate headquarters and Corporate Brand Support Center are located in San Diego. Our ~500 highly engaged tribe members in our 15 offices throughout the world are caretakers of our brands and innovators of our future.

Our “Why”

We exist to create positive lasting memories in everything we do. We solve problems. We make things work smoothly. We create opportunities.

Our “How”

We create positive lasting memories by cultivating a tribal culture of learning and teaching which produces a highly engaged workforce who live our company’s values every day.

Our “What”

Our mission is to deliver unique, high value and easy-to-use solutions for a wide variety of maintenance needs in workshops, factories and homes. We market and distribute our brands across multiple trade channels in countries all over the world.

In the company's 70 year history, there has not been a reduction in force. We work diligently to ensure that our approach to workforce planning and hiring is conservative to ensure sustainable workforce in good times and bad. We invest carefully and our people and take seriously the commitment we make to hiring, developing and retaining. This aligns with our people first strategy: our people are not disposable.

Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
San Diego, California
Year Founded
1953
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