Accountant

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases is a leading provider of cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers, process systems, services, and solutions for the LNG and industrial gases industry with $350 M USD in annual revenue. We are a subsidiary of Nikkiso Company Ltd, a leading industrial manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with over $1.5 B USD in annual revenue, 8000 + employees worldwide, and publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases (CE&IG) Korea is a subsidiary of Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Group) and is incorporated in South Korea. We are seeking an experienced Accountant to join our growing Nikkiso CE&IG Korea team.

Working within Finance department, reporting to the Controller, Accountant also provides support for the Accounting Department. May also assist JE Inputs and support Closing closely.

Month-End Closing Skills [GL Cover]

• GL/AP/AR-related journal entries
• Ability to support monthly closing and prepare AR schedules & reports
• Experience preparing AR Aging, DSO tracking, and reconciliation
• Ah HOC Report for closing and related analysis
• Inventory and costs of goods / subcontract

Core AR Experience

• End-to-end Accounts Receivable management
  (Billing, Invoicing, Collection, AR Aging, Customer Reconciliation)
• Experience handling overdue follow-up, credit limit monitoring, and customer correspondence
• Knowledge of Tax Invoice issuance, corrections, credit notes (VAT compliance)

Accounts Receivable (AR) Management for supporting

• Billing, invoicing, tax invoice issuance, daily collection posting
• Managing AR Aging schedule; monitoring overdue, DSO, and credit limit utilization
• Performing customer balance reconciliation and resolving discrepancies
• Handling unapplied cash, short payments, partial payments, and credit memos

Revenue Recognition & Accounting (IFRS-based)

• Understanding of revenue cut-off, multi-element arrangements, and project-based billing
• Posting journal entries related to AR, revenue, deferred revenue, FX gain/loss, and collection adjustments
• Familiarity with PO–Delivery–Invoice (3-Way Match) concepts

System & Tools

• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, QuickBooks, or equivalent)
• Strong Excel capability (Pivot Table, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, data validation, basic analysis)

Audit & Internal Control Understanding

• Experience supporting Internal/External Audit, K-SOX/JSOX
• Ability to maintain documentation and respond to auditor requests
• Understanding of approval workflows, supporting documents, and cut-off controls

Tax & Compliance Support

• Receives, researches and resolves a variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning account status, including communicating the resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons.
• Files, maintains, and distributes accounting documents, records and reports.

Performs other duties as required to support Accounting Department.

Knowledge and Critical Skills/Expertise:

• 4~10 years manufacturing accounts Receivable and payable accounting experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and analytical skills; must be detail oriented
• Ability to multi-task
• Open to change and willing to learn new skills
• Ability to follow up on pending issues
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Knowledge of MS Excel

The knowledge, skills and abilities listed above are typically acquired through the levels of education and experience listed.  An equivalent combination of education and/or experience that provides an applicant with the listed knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job, may be accepted.

Work Environmental and Physical Demands:

• In order to perform the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools or controls.
• Overtime may be necessary as the workload dictates. This may include weekdays, weekends, nights and/or holidays.
• Job will generally be performed in an office environment, but may require travel to a client’s office, production facility or industrial/construction job site.
• Conditions will vary at each location, but the conditions listed above will generally apply

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the employer will provide reasonable accommodations to meet the work environmental and physical demands listed above.

Environmental Safety Requirements:

• New Employee Safety Training is required by all newly hired employees, including Safety Awareness
• All safety related training is provided and tracked by the EHS Director
• Job specific training modules deemed necessary by employee’s Manager or Director will be required of all employees on an ongoing basis