Senior Accountant
At IDEMIA, we aim to offer our employees, a dynamic and exciting environment where you have opportunities for career growth and professional development.
Internal mobility is a great way for you to energize your career and to build your personal brand. It’s also a great way to explore other functions, professions or countries as IDEMIA operates in different businesses and in 50+ locations around the world.
Purpose
This role represents the economic transactions of the Division to safeguard the assets of IDEMIA fairly, accurately, and on time and ensures compliance with applicable regulations. Provides the Management team with reliable information for decision-making
Key Missions
- Identifies and books General Ledger transactions including tax-related accruals, provisions, payroll, and closing entries, ensuring timely and accurate month-end cut-offs.
- Prepares and reviews Balance Sheet accounts, ensuring reconciliation between Sub-Ledgers and General Ledger, accurate tax provisioning, and completeness of liabilities and assets.
- Prepares monthly financial statements per legal entity (Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Trial Balance), with particular focus on tax-sensitive accounts and reconciliations.
- Reports monthly financials in Group tools and ensures local tax compliance and accuracy of tax disclosures.
- Prepares annual statutory financial statements under local GAAP (e.g., IFRS as adopted in Pakistan) and coordinates tax-related filings such as Income Tax, Sales Tax, and Withholding Tax returns.
- Acts as the key liaison for tax audits, income tax assessments, and supports internal/external audit processes with complete documentation and reconciliations.
- Provides detailed tax schedules and supports preparation and filing of Corporate Income Tax, Sales Tax (including STRN compliance), and advance tax computations in line with FBR regulations.
- Monitors changes in local tax laws and ensures correct application in financial records and compliance practices.
- May review Inventory and Fixed Asset ledgers for tax compliance (e.g., capital allowances, input tax credit).
- Supports withholding tax compliance (deductions, challans, statements) and ensures timely deposit and reconciliation.
- Ensures completeness and accuracy of journal entries, investigates discrepancies, and applies accounting and tax standards appropriately.
- May handle accounting and tax compliance for smaller entities or contribute to regional tax projects.
- Responds to internal and external stakeholder queries related to financial and tax matters within their scope.
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