**Company Description**
PQ Corporation is a 200 plus year old global provider of silicates, silicas, and derivative products. Our value-added products address global issues and contribute to improving the sustainability of our planet. We are committed to environmental improvements, consumer product enhancements, and personal safety.
**Position Description**
The Indonesia Financial Controller provides analytical business support and financial support to the Business Financial Controllers of PQ Corporation. Indonesia Financial Controller will work closely with the Pasuruan site Manager and will provide insights and recommendations, which will help drive improvements in Operations, Sales, and the overall profitability of the Pasuruan site. Together with the finance team, this role is responsible for providing insight and analysis into the financial results of the Pasuruan site, including Silicas and Catalyst Tolling business units. This makes for a diverse and challenging role. The Indonesia Financial Controller will report to the Silicas Finance Business Manager based in Malvern U.S.
More specific responsibilities include:
- Lead, develop and manage an efficient and effective finance team to ensure they make a full contribution to the company's objectives.
- Support the completion of the month end, quarterly and annual close processes, ensuring the close is completed timely and producing the related reporting packs, investigating, and explaining variances, and taking corrective actions.
- Lead the annual budget process for the Pasuruan site, which entails meeting strict deadlines, reviewing product costing, collating fixed assumptions, and understanding and justifying variances compared to prior year and budget.
- Provide financial input to the sales and operations forecasting process.
- Calculate the intercompany sales prices for finished goods going to other PQ plants.
- Responsibility for working capital for Pasuruan site, including producing forecasts, understanding variances and taking action if required.
- Provide financial analysis and advice to the Silicas Finance Business Manager including producing financial justifications for large investment decisions and creating pricing models for customers.
- Promote financial best practices and efficiency in processes; continuously identify and implement opportunities to improve.
- Ensure that an effective control environment is maintained through compliance with both internal and external standards.
- Support the quarterly and annual audit process through the provision of audit schedules and analysis of results, inventory, costs, customer trends or other key business factors.
- **-**Ensure to meet the taxation reports submissions deadline, prepare all the necessary/ related data during tax audit session, and work closely with tax consultant in objection/appeal stage.
- Limited accounting duties such as SAP data entry or physical stock count attendance.
- Ensure purchasing activity follow various standard system (FSSC, ISO, Halal, Safety)
- Acting as main contact in IT matters and liaise between PQ IT team, users, and local IT vendors/providers
**Position Requirements**
**Technical**
- Minimum accounting graduate from Indonesian reputable university with minimum GPA 3.0 on a 4 scale.
- inimum 10 years' experience with increasing responsibilities in business/financial support roles in a manufacturing environment. Minimum 5 years of experience in managerial position.
- Experience in a U.S. or European manufacturing group is an advantage.
- Experience with financial accounting software; SAP strongly preferred.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
- Understanding in Indonesia tax regulation (corporate income tax, withholding tax, payroll tax, VAT) and experience in handling tax audit processes.
- Understanding in Indonesian export and import regulation and documentation.
- Experience with online group consolidation reporting platforms; PQ uses OneStream.
- Understanding in foreign exchange reporting regulation to Bank Indonesia.
- Experience in manufacturing standard certifications (FSSC, ISO, Halal, Safety) useful but not essential.
**Personality and Cultural Success Factors**
The Indonesia Financial Controller must also possess the following traits:
- Good command in English (written and spoken)
- Ability to work independently, prioritize and attain deliverables.
- Demonstrated leadership capability.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work well with the Corporate Finance team, external auditor, and tax consultant
- Ability to interact effectively with all levels of personnel and focus on internal "customer" satisfaction.
- Strong aptitude for process improvements required.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and take initiative in resolving problems and making recommendations.
- Must be highly disciplined, results-oriented, and self-motivated.
- Strong organizational skills. Ability to organize complex projects, mana