Minor International (MINT) is a global company focused on three core businesses: restaurants, hospitality and lifestyle brands distribution. MINT is one of Asia’s largest restaurant companies with over 2,000 outlets operating system-wide in 19 countries under The Pizza Company, Swensen’s, Sizzler, Dairy Queen, Burger King, Thai Express, The Coffee Club, BreadTalk (Thailand) and Riverside brands. MINT is also a hotel owner, operator and investor with a portfolio of 155 hotels and serviced suites under the Anantara, AVANI, Oaks, Tivoli, Elewana Collection, JW Marriott, Four Seasons, St. Regis, Radisson Blu and Minor International brands in 24 countries across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Europe and South America. MINT is one of Thailand’s largest distributors of lifestyle brands focusing primarily on fashion, home and kitchenware and contract manufacturing. Its brands include Gap, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers, Esprit, Bossini, Etam, Charles & Keith, Pedro, Radley, Anello, Zwilling J.A. Henckels, Joseph Joseph and ETL Learning. Bemynt is MINT’s e-commerce platform offering premium fashion and lifestyle products. For more information, please visit www.minorinternational.com.

Job Purpose

International GL Manager is responsible for leading and managing team to conduct month-end closing, preparing accounts reconciliation, cooperating with BU and external auditors, performing other tasks, preparing Corporate Income Tax, continuously identifying improvement opportunities in GL systems or process, and team management for overseas entities.

1.     Main Responsibilities

Month-End Closing

Prepaid and accrued expenses

      Lead and manage team to

·         Record all pre-paid and accrued expenses into GL

·         Allocate expenses by BU and post to GL

·         Check variance by comparing Trial Balance for current month with previous month

·         Resolve issues as necessary

Close P&L and Balance Sheet

     Lead and manage team to

·         Obtain information from all  accounting teams (e.g. Inventory, Fixed Asset, AP, AR, etc.) and BU (e.g. Hotel Corporate team, Sales team)

·         Input statistical data (e.g. Number of shops opened/closed, staff movement etc.)

·         Input recurring expenses and standard journals (e.g.  audit fee, tax and license fee) into the system

·         Generate final P&L and Balance Sheet

·         Prepare document support for financial highlights

Balance Sheet Breaking Details and Bank Reconciliation

      Lead and manage team to

·         Review results of reconciliation with other modules to match with Trial Balance

·         Reconcile bank statements with all other accrued expenses not in AP (e.g. audit fee, KPIs and bonuses)

·         Prepare bank reconciliation

·         Feedback to originator if any issues identified

·         Check for any mistakes and make adjustments as necessary

·         Develop reconciliation process to improve efficiency

Reconcile Corporate Income Tax (CIT)

·         Extract Net Income from the system (currently Oracle) to generate Corporate Income Tax (CIT)

·         Reconcile CIT with Balance Sheet and record in the system

GL System or Processes

·         Identify improvement opportunities in systems and processes

·         Lead and manage team to develop, implement, and report on improvement initiatives

Team Management

·         Review team’s performance on a frequent basis

§  Analyse areas for improvements based on frequent reviews

§  Develop and monitor implementation of improvement initiatives

·         Support team and perform tasks individually when needed

·         Ensure high levels of team motivation, morale and teamwork

·         Build organisation

§  Provide development opportunities to staff to build capabilities

§  Coach direct reports and key talents to deliver on individual performance

Other Tasks

·         Support business expansion to overseas

·         Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

·         Excellent in English Communication in both written and verbal

·         Effective Communication

·         At least 7 years of experience in Auditing/Accounting