Accountant, NACOS Korea

ANCS(Automation, Navigation and Control Systems)  is embarking on an exciting journey as we transition to a standalone organization (NACOS Marine) following our recent divestiture. This transformation presents new opportunities for growth, agility, and innovation as we build a strong foundation for the future. As part of this transition, we are strengthening our local finance and HR capabilities to support our operations in South Korea.

NACOS Korea is looking for an Accountant who will  play a key role in supporting both finance operations and HR administration within the local legal entity in South Korea. This position acts as the local interface between the global finance and HR teams, the local business, and external service providers, ensuring smooth financial transactions, payroll, and compliance with country-specific labour laws. This position is required to work closely with a local team of up to 25 people, while being part of a broader global finance and HR network.

The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and adaptable, with the ability to handle a mix of financial administration, payroll coordination, and local compliance tasks while effectively communicating with internal and external stakeholders. This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain experience across multiple business functions in an international, fast-paced environment.

This is a permanent opportunity and its location is Busan, Republic of Korea.

Key Responsibilities
1. Finance & Treasury Support
• Liaise with external service providers for statutory accounting, tax compliance, and other local financial reporting requirements.
• Act as the local support contact for global Treasury operations, assisting with debt collection, trade finance, weekly payments, and short-term liquidity management.
• Support financial transactions, including invoice processing, payments, and supplier coordination.
• Work closely with global finance shared services to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.

2. Payroll & HR Administration
• Serve as the local point of contact for payroll processing, salary administration, pension plans, and social benefits coordination.
• Liaise with external payroll providers, pension advisors, and social benefits administrators to ensure compliance with local labour laws.
• Provide support for country-specific labour issues, ensuring alignment with local employment regulations.
• Assist employees with HR-related queries, including payroll, benefits, and administrative policies.

3. Local Compliance & Administrative Support
•  Support the Managing Director in daily business operations, including local contract reviews, local finance/labour policy reviews & highlight, and business meetings.
•  Facilitate communication between local teams and global finance and HR functions, ensuring smooth issue resolution. 
•  Provide guidance on company processes and policies to employees and external stakeholders.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or busiess administration a related field.

• Mins 3 years of experiences in finance administration, payroll coordination, or HR support

• Familiarity with local financial and labour regulations in South Korea

• Ability to liaise with external service providers such as tax consultants, payroll processors, and benefits administrators.

• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to interact with both internal teams and external partners.

• Proactive and adaptable, with the ability to navigate multiple tasks in a fast-paced business environment.

• Good in English, written and spoken to communicate with the interna/external stakehoders outside of Korea.

• Fluent in Korean, written and spoken 

• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics/SAP or similar finance/HR systems is an advantage.

NB: To process applicant's personal information safely during the recruitment process, the applications are collected via System (Career in website) only and we don't collect the applicant's full Social Security ID number. Therefore, please do send your application by the system (not by email), and input the date of birth only in the applications instead of the whole Social Security ID number.

Why you and us
All our employees are encouraged to utilise the variety of training activities, learning solutions and self-study materials that we have to offer which supports the opportunity to further develop your talents and competencies within a very global working environment, in an ambitious and growth orientated organisation.

Contact & next steps  

Please submit your application before the deadline through our Careers portal. Applications through email will not be considered. After submitting your application you’ll receive a confirmation email. 
 

In case of any questions, reach out to(only for questions from direct job applicants, applications through email will not be recorded or responded to):

Hyun Joo Kim
Talent Acquisition Partner

Email: hyunjoo.kim@wartsila.com

Last application date: 21/04/2025 
 

For your further understadning to ANCS, please visit www.wartsila.com/ancs .