Accountant

About This Role

• Intel's Finance Organization ensures high-quality accounting, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance globally.
• We partner across the organization to deliver accurate GAAP-compliant accounting and maintain strong internal controls.
• This role supports employee benefit programs including Health & Welfare and Pension/Retirement accounting.
• You'll handle monthly close activities, statutory reporting, audit support, and proxy deliverables while partnering with HR Benefits, Treasury, and external stakeholders to ensure accurate and compliant benefit accounting.
• Key Responsibilities • Support recurring close activities for health, welfare, and pension programs including journal entries, reconciliations, rollforwards, and workpapers • Prepare and maintain account analyses for benefit balances, liabilities, and expenses • Provide support for country-specific retirement workstreams including Canada pension activities • Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve data and reporting issues • Support U.S. statutory reporting and audit deliverables for employee benefit plans • Prepare schedules, supporting files, and documentation for audits and regulatory requirements • Coordinate with external auditors, actuaries, and plan service providers • Assist with audit requests, tie-outs, walkthroughs, and reporting support throughout the year • Support annual proxy statement preparation including data, schedules, and analyses • Partner with Legal, External Reporting, HR, and finance teams for compensation inputs • Assist with review support and documentation for annual proxy reporting requirements • Execute SOX controls including review procedures, reconciliations, and documentation • Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes with variance analyses and management reporting • Maintain desktop procedures and process documentation for auditability • Partner with auditors on testing, walkthroughs, remediation, and issue resolution • Identify opportunities to improve and standardize employee benefit accounting processes • Support automation and documentation enhancement initiatives • Contribute to Hire-to-Retire accounting environment improvements • Develop technical accounting knowledge and employee benefits expertise Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance • Minimum 3+ years accounting/finance experience with close support • Experience with monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail • Excellent communication skills for matrixed organizations • Proficiency in Excel and financial systems Preferred Qualifications: • Employee benefits accounting experience (Health, Welfare, Pension) • Proxy support and statutory reporting experience • SOX compliance and audit support experience • SAP S/4HANA knowledge • CPA certification or in progress • Process improvement and transformation experience Job Type: Experienced Hire Shift: Shift 1 (Malaysia) Primary Location: Malaysia, Penang Additional Locations: Business group: Join Intel's Finance Group, a key player in driving strategic business decisions that enhance shareholder value.
• Our team is dedicated to facilitating change and improvement across finance and the operations we support.
• As strategic partners, we lead acquisitions and inorganic growth initiatives, managing transactions from ideation to completion while serving as trusted advisors to executive leadership.
• Additionally, we enhance employee experiences by maintaining Intel sites globally and advancing environmental sustainability efforts.