Mintel is the world’s leading market intelligence agency. Our analysis of consumers, markets, new products, and competitive landscapes provides a unique perspective on global and local economies. Since 1972, our predictive analytics and expert recommendations have enabled our clients to make better business decisions faster. Our purpose is to help businesses and people grow. Our fast-growing office in Kuala Lumpur is both our regional hub for our APAC business as well as a Global Shared Service Centre.
We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Assistant Financial Accountant to join our finance team, supporting revenue and commission accounting activities across multiple markets. This role plays a key part in ensuring accurate revenue reporting, supporting month-end close processes and performance analysis, and maintaining strong compliance with accounting standards. The ideal candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams including Commercial, Legal, and Billing, while contributing to process improvements and operational efficiency in a dynamic, multinational environment.
Responsibilities:
• Maintain weekly revenue reconciliations for each market to support sales performance reporting and invoicing processing.
• Prepare journals for revenue accruals, deferrals, and adjustments.
• Support monthly/quarterly/annual close activities including revenue recognition checks.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with appropriate revenue recognition standards.
• Assist in the preparation of intercompany revenue matching and reconciliation.
• Preparation of monthly calculation of sales commissions.
• Support statutory audits by preparing audit deliverables and resolving queries.
• Provide support to regional finance teams during budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Assist in ad hoc financial analysis relating to pricing, customer contracts or product line.
• Contribute to process improvement by identifying gaps and propose enhancements in operational & accounting processes, controls, and documentation.
• Work across departmental teams dealing with Sales, Legal, Customer Success, Contracts Processing and Billing teams.
• Perform any other ad-hoc duties as assigned by superior.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• Professional qualification or progress toward ACCA/CPA/CA is preferred.
• 1–3 years of relevant accounting experience, ideally in a multinational environment or SSC setting.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles, month‑end close processes, and statutory reporting.
• Experience with audit support, tax compliance, and balance sheet management.
• Proficient in MS Office and Power BI. Intermediate to advance MS Excel skills.
• Proficiency in accounting systems. Experience in NetSuite and MS Dynamics is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with financial reporting tools and automation initiatives is beneficial.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and commitment to deadlines.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and cultures. Mandarin speaker will be a plus.
• Proactive, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Problem‑solving mindset with willingness to learn and improve processes
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a face-paced environment.
• Flexible to work when required during Malaysia public holidays in which replacement holidays will be provided.
• Flexible to work on staggered hours to support UK & US timing
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Market Intelligence is what sets us apart and what defines us as a brand – literally in fact: when the company was founded in 1972 it took its name from an amalgamation of the two words. We have been defining and refining the Market Intelligence Mix ever since, to offer our clients a unique perspective on the consumer landscape ahead and a clear roadmap with which to navigate it.
So what goes into the market intelligence mix?
MARKET RESEARCH is not the only thing we do, but it is right at the core of our business. The vast range of primary research we carry out and commission is the bedrock of our market intelligence, creating data series we can assess incrementally over the long term to track trends and forecast the future.
MARKET ANALYSIS is the second key element of the market intelligence mix. Our specialist team of market analysts scours the globe for trade, industry and government data, which our statisticians then integrate into meaningful sizing models and future value forecasts for thousands of sectors worldwide.
PRODUCT INTELLIGENCE adds micro-level relevance to the macro context of our market analysis, bringing our clients real-world examples of the launches and goods that are driving the numbers.
COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE is the fourth pillar of our work, keeping our clients abreast of their rivals’ strategies, communications and results, to give them the understanding they need to choose the right response to gain or maintain that crucial competitive edge.
The magic happens when we pull them all together. Trend analysts, category specialists, systems developers, dedicated account teams and client servicing staff work together to provide our clients with understanding as well as knowledge.
That’s our Market Intelligence. That’s how we help businesses grow. It’s why we’re the leaders in it.
