GL Accountant - Asia

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a [public benefit corporation](https://medium.com/@peter.gassner/public-benefit-corporation-pbc-486e1e9508a6) (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

Join us in [transforming the life sciences industry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaPSP8cCSKY&ab_channel=Forbes), committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

### The Role

This position reports to the Accounting Manager, Asia and is responsible for the GL process in assigned Asia countries, assisting the month/quarter end closing and local statutory tax reporting and filing for all business units in Asia.

### What You’ll Do

This individual will be the regional owner of GL processes including

• Perform G/L entries posting in compliance with USGAAP
• Own the period end close, includes reporting on bank transaction detail reporting, accrual, amortization, monthly input indirect tax and reconciliation.
• Own Lease/Fixed Asset management
• Assist file direct and indirect taxes (i.e. VAT, GST, WHT, Service Tax and etc.) in compliance with local tax regulations
• Ensure financial statements comply with USGAAP and Regional Accounting Standards
• Review monthly employee expense reports to ensure the observance of travel and entertainment policy
• Participate in the internal/external audit process, with specific focus on collecting key financial and accounting data
• Support financial accounting process improvements and development and amendment of policies and procedures
• Any other ad hoc assignment

### Requirements

This role requires effective communication in a team environment while interacting with all levels in the operations and finance organizations, as well as with external entities such as third-party service providers, State Tax Administration and other related government agencies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent.
• 3+ years relevant experience
• Fluent in English - both verbal and written communication
• A strong focus on customer service with an emphasis on timely and accurate communication
• Motivated and possessing the ability to work independently with little or no supervision
• Technical knowledge of China GAAP and exposure to US GAAP
• Creative problem‑solver and advocate for process improvement
• Highly proficient in MS office applications: Excel, Power Point and Word

### Nice to Have

• NetSuite and <Salesforce.com> knowledge is a plus
• Fluent in Japanese/Korean is a plus