Accountant

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Penang, Malaysia

Accountant role focused on administration, governance, enhancement, and transformation of accounting processes and tools, including system administration, workflow design, reporting, and continuous improvement within an S/4 environment. Requires experience with SAP S4, SQL, and Power BI.

What you'd actually do

  1. Administer and support related accounting system processes, configurations, and user-facing workflows related to task management, journal entry support, close governance, and other accounting operations use cases.
  2. Maintain and enhance task governance structures, including task creation, updates, deactivation, field management, ownership alignment, and process standardization.
  3. Partner with stakeholders to assess requests for new tasks, task changes, process improvements, and field enhancements, and ensure changes are implemented in a controlled and scalable manner.
  4. Support the design, testing, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of tools and workflows connected, including solutions that improve task administration and process visibility.
  5. Partner with systems, IT, and process stakeholders to support API-connected workflows, web-based administration tools, and connected repositories that enhance efficiency and reduce manual administration.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance, Information Systems, Business or Masters Degree
  • Relevant experience in accounting systems administration, accounting systems support, finance process operations, controllership support, or related accounting technology roles.
  • Experience supporting system workflows, process governance, close operations, dashboard/reporting support, or accounting systems administration.
  • Demonstrated expertise in financial systems such as SAP S4, SQL querying, and Power BI.

Nice to have

  • Strong project management, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Proven ability to work independently and in cross-functional, multicultural teams.
  • Results-driven mindset with critical thinking skills to challenge the status quo and deliver high-quality outcomes.
  • Experience managing complex regulatory and financial compliance matters.
  • Familiarity with semiconductor or manufacturing industry processes.
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and data visualization tools such as Power BI.
  • Familiarity with API-connected tools, workflow integrations, or web-based administrative solutions supporting accounting operations.
  • Experience creating or maintaining dashboards, status reports, monitoring tools, or close reporting views.
  • Experience supporting S/4HANA-related process transformation, finance systems integration, or future-state close design.
  • Experience with documentation governance, access/license management, and control-oriented process design.
  • Familiarity with ServiceNow, finance systems support processes, or user ticketing/workflow environments.
  • Experience with automation, digital process improvement, or scalable workflow redesign initiatives.

What the JD emphasized

  • accounting systems administration
  • financial preparation
  • global financial standards
  • financial operations
  • accounting related processes and tools
  • system administration
  • task governance
  • workflow design
  • dashboard and reporting support
  • process documentation
  • continuous improvement
  • automate manual activities
  • reporting visibility
  • modernize accounting workflows
  • S/4 environment
  • journal entry support
  • close governance
  • task creation
  • field management
  • process standardization
  • assess requests for new tasks
  • task changes
  • process improvements
  • field enhancements
  • controlled and scalable manner
  • design, testing, implementation
  • ongoing maintenance of tools and workflows
  • API-connected workflows
  • web-based administration tools
  • connected repositories
  • efficiency
  • reduce manual administration
  • dashboards
  • status monitoring tools
  • reporting views
  • close progress
  • task execution
  • certification status
  • operational performance
  • process documentation
  • desktop procedures
  • standard work
  • governance guides
  • implementation support materials
  • SAP S4
  • SQL querying
  • Power BI
  • project management
  • communication
  • interpersonal skills
  • work independently
  • cross-functional, multicultural teams
  • results-driven mindset
  • critical thinking skills
  • challenge the status quo
  • deliver high-quality outcomes
  • complex regulatory and financial compliance matters
  • semiconductor or manufacturing industry processes
  • Microsoft Excel
  • data visualization tools
  • API-connected tools
  • workflow integrations
  • web-based administrative solutions
  • automation
  • digital process improvement
  • scalable workflow redesign initiatives
  • S/4HANA-related process transformation
  • finance systems integration
  • future-state close design
  • documentation governance
  • access/license management
  • control-oriented process design
  • ServiceNow
  • finance systems support processes
  • user ticketing/workflow environments