Accounting Manager (APAC)

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

ACCOUNTING MANAGER

As the company expands its international footprint and provides Starlink (our revolutionary satellite low-latency broadband internet) across APAC, Starlink Internet Services Pte. Ltd. is seeking an accounting manager for our Singapore office to help ensure our financial reporting obligations are met.

You will focus on APAC operations and join our new, dynamic business division, Starlink. Its mission is to deliver global internet access, and it is ideally suited to support rural and geographically isolated areas where internet connectivity is unreliable or nonexistent. Based in Singapore, this is a broad and varied role, supporting the existing team with tax and accounting work.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assist with the financial statement audit process for the Singapore entity and other APAC entities
2. Prepare statutory financial statements for subsidiaries across APAC, intercompany accounting, recording of entries between group companies
3. Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, VAT balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries arising from entity level review at month end, and VAT/GST returns for review by senior accountant, including retrieval of data from systems for all APAC entities
4. Prepare payments files and assist with the completion of the corporate income tax returns and year-end tax provision
5. Assist in the preparation and maintenance of transfer pricing local files and tracking of intercompany balances
6. Research and resolve tax technical issues arising in the tax compliance process, support day-to-day finance operations in APAC as required, and ad hoc finance projects as directed

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Degree in accounting, tax, finance, or business discipline
2. Finalist or recently qualified Chartered Accountant
3. 7+ years of accounting or audit experience in public accounting/Big 4, or with a multinational organization, including experience with accounting matters and tax across APAC

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

1. Financial reporting experience, GAAP, and some knowledge of US GAAP
2. Experience with the multinational environment
3. Detail-oriented, excellent analytical skills, and numerically minded
4. Advanced Excel skills
5. Intercompany accounting experience
6. VAT/GST experience
7. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work with global teams, and ability to be a team player within a small local team
8. Ability to work to multiple tight deadlines
9. Ability to embrace change based on business needs, and ability to work in a startup-type environment. Adaptability and flexibility will be essential
10. Pursuing or looking to pursue AITI exams

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. We will be prioritizing applicants who have the current right to work in Singapore
2. This is an onsite position based in our Singapore office. Remote work will not be considered

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.