Senior Accountant

About the Role We are seeking a Senior Accountant to join ETAP’s China finance team in Nanjing. This role is responsible for accounting entries, financial reporting, tax compliance, cash flow management, and partnering with headquarters to ensure accurate and timely financial operations for the China region.

What You'll Do

• Handle original vouchers, prepare accounting entries, process accounts, and generate financial reports for the China LEs.
• Conduct tax filing and payment processes to ensure compliance, and assist in tax audits and planning.
• Manage company cash flow, monitor liquidity status, and prepare regular cash budgets and utilization analyses.
• Oversee daily financial accounting tasks, review controls and governance, and monitor payment terms to mitigate bad debt before contract approval.
• Generate periodic collection performance reports (AR aging, bad debt, etc.).
• Proactively manage overdue accounts by issuing timely payment reminders, escalating collection efforts, and coordinating collection plans with RSM to accelerate cash inflow.
• Enforce expense policies by reviewing reimbursement documents (travel, entertainment, procurement) for invoice compliance, budget alignment, and approval workflow integrity.
• Block out-of-budget/abnormal expenses and drive corrective actions; generate expense analysis reports with cost-saving recommendations (vendor renegotiation, process improvements).
• Maintain expense ledgers with high data accuracy, enabling real-time budget tracking for business units.
• Regularly report to the Financial Manager on key metrics (cash flow, expense variance rate, tax risks).
• Collaborate with business departments to align financial processes with operational needs and explain policy requirements (expense reimbursement rules, budget adjustment procedures).
• Consolidate China region financial data through designated systems (e.g., HFM, Sage) or data interfaces to align with headquarters in real time.
• Provide China region monthly/quarterly financial reports as required by HQ (revenue analysis, cost center reports, cash flow forecasts).
• Be an enthusiastic advocate for our China business performance and for implementing our global transformation projects in China.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of financial work experience, with familiarity with multinational corporation financial processes.
• Prior experience in expense review or cost control is preferred.
• Proficient in financial software (e.g., UFida, Sage, HFM) and MS Office.
• Strong analytical skills to identify anomalies through data (expense fluctuations, budget variances).
• Fluent in English reading/writing (emails, reports, meetings) and capable of preparing financial reports independently in English.
• Excellent cross-cultural communication skills, able to collaborate across time zones with headquarters.
• Logical thinking, attention to detail, high accountability, and ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience in expense review or cost control is preferred.