Senior Financial Accountant (GL, Fixed Assets & Automation)

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them.

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

THE ROLE:

The Record to Report, or R2R, Accountant is responsible for maintaining the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the company’s financial records. This role supports end-to-end R2R activities, including month-end and year-end close, general ledger accounting, fixed assets, lease accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, audit support, internal controls, reporting, and process improvement.

This role requires a strong accounting foundation, analytical thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to work with urgency in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will partner with Corporate Accounting, Tax, IT, business teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure financial results are accurate, compliant, and meaningful to the business.

The ideal candidate is not just a transaction processor, but someone who understands the story behind the numbers, challenges inconsistencies, identifies risks, and contributes ideas to improve processes, controls and automation.

THE PERSON:

You are a proactive, detail-oriented, and results-driven accounting professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. You are comfortable working with tight deadlines, changing priorities, and ambiguity while maintaining a high level of accuracy and control.

You have a strong sense of ownership and urgency. You prioritize, act fast, and resolve issues efficiently.  At the same time, you do not compromise on quality, compliance, or proper documentation.

You make informed decisions by using accounting knowledge, business insight, materiality, and risk assessment.  You can identify unusual trends, investigate variances, challenge questionable balances, and escalate matters when needed.

You are also curious about automation, process improvement, and business intelligence. You actively look for ways to simplify work, reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and strengthen financial reporting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Month-End and Year-End Close

• Perform month-end and year-end close activities for both US GAAP and Local GAAP reporting requirements.
• Prepare and post journal entries related to cash and bank, accruals, prepayments, deposits, intercompany chargebacks, audit adjustments, miscellaneous entries, fixed assets, and lease accounting.
• Ensure close activities are completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
• Analyze account movements and investigate unusual balances, trends, or variances.
• Apply accounting judgment when assessing journal entries, account treatment, materiality, and potential risks.
• Follow up with relevant stakeholders to resolve close-related issues in a timely manner.  

General Ledger and Balance Sheet Reconciliation

• Maintain accurate general ledger records and ensure transactions are properly recorded, classified, and supported.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for accounts under R2R ownership.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items, aging balances, open items, and unusual account movements.
• Ensure reconciliations are properly supported, reviewed, and compliant with company policy.
• Identify potential financial reporting risks, control gaps, or process issues and escalate them appropriately.
• Support balance sheet reviews by providing clear explanations and analysis to management and stakeholders.  

Fixed Assets and Lease Accounting

• Support fixed asset activities, including asset master data maintenance, capitalization, depreciation, asset transfers, retirements, disposals, impairments, and physical count activities.
• Review and reconcile lease accounting data, including lease classification, accounting schedules, and related journal entries.
• Ensure lease accounting is performed in accordance with applicable standards, including ASC 842 and IFRS 16, where relevant.
• Partner with business teams to understand asset movements, lease changes, and operational updates that may impact accounting records.  

Audit, Compliance, and Controls

• Support US GAAP audits, local statutory audits, internal audits, and control reviews.
• Prepare audit schedules, supporting documents, and explanations for audit requests.
• Ensure assigned accounts and processes are audit-ready, properly documented, and compliant with company policies.
• Identify control deficiencies, unsupported balances, manual process risks, and potential misstatements.
• Support remediation actions and process improvements related to audit findings or control gaps.  

Reporting, Analysis, and Business Support

• Prepare reports, dashboards, analysis, and presentation materials for management and business partners.
• Track KPIs, close metrics, reconciliation status, and process performance indicators.
• Analyze financial data to explain trends, variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Support projects and assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, finance initiatives, system changes, and process transformation.
• Work with Corporate Accounting, Tax, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure financial impacts are properly understood and recorded.
• Communicate accounting issues and financial insights clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.  

Automation and Continuous Improvement

• Assess current R2R processes, reports, reconciliations, and automation architecture to identify gaps, inefficiencies, control deficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Recommend practical process improvements to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, strengthen controls, and increase efficiency.
• Support automation initiatives using tools such as Excel, VBA, Power Query, Power BI, SAP, Blackline or RPA.
• Evaluate alternative solutions and provide clear pros and cons to support decision-making.
• Contribute to process standardization, documentation, reporting enhancements, and finance transformation efforts.  

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Relevant experience in Record to Report, general ledger, fixed assets, lease accounting, month-end close, balance sheet reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Preferably 4 to 7+ years of relevant accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP; exposure to Local GAAP, IFRS, and statutory reporting is an advantage.
• Hands-on experience with SAP and reconciliation tools such as Blackline is preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are required.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Query, RPA, or other automation tools is an added advantage.
• Exposure to cross-functional collaboration, finance transformation, shared services, or fast-paced multinational environments is beneficial.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance, or equivalent.
• ACCA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification is preferred.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.