Coupang
Financial Accountant (Retail)
Taipei, Taiwan. Posted 3 months ago
The role
This role supports core accounting, settlements, and operational processes for the retail business. The person will manage inventory cost recognition, process improvements, compliance, and monthly closing activities.
What you will do
- Manage timeliness and accuracy of inventory cost recognition.
- Support multi-dimension cost analysis for business optimization.
- Take part in end-to-end P2P process including AP approval, invoice validation, and vendor settlement.
- Identify process gaps and pain points.
- Redesign workflows to improve efficiency and user experience.
- Develop SOPs, guidelines, and training materials.
- Participate in system development requests with IT.
- Support solution design, testing and data validation for system projects.
- Ensure transaction records conform to accounting standards.
- Execute monthly closing and preparation of financial statement packages.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 3–7 years of accounting, audit or tax experience.
- Fluency in English and Mandarin.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- High attention to detail, analytical thinking, and problem-solving ability.
- Proactive, independent, and capable of managing multiple deadlines.
- Experience working with external auditors and tax consultants.
- Strong understanding of financial statement preparation and related disclosures.
- Solid knowledge of local tax regulations and international tax concepts.
- Familiarity with SOX compliance framework.
- Proficiency in Excel and ERP systems (e.g., SAP).
Nice to have
- CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification.
- Big 4 Accounting firm experience.
- Proven involvement in finance process improvement initiatives or finance system implementation projects.
- Prior experience with PCAOB audits or in a public company environment.
- Experience in a multinational environment.
Before you apply
- Application Review
- Job Fit Interview
- Focus Interview
- Offer
About the company
Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer. Their services in Taiwan include Rocket Delivery and Rocket Oversea.