Purpose of the function

LOCATION: MUNICH, GERMANY 

Perform and partly coordinate all Accounting activities in the defined regional scope in the GBS ESC to ensure the performance of Accounting services in high quality as well as in a timely and fully compliant manner. Support and partly coordinate building up and stabilizing the new organizational set-up of the GBS ESC and the new end-to-end (E2E) processes in the defined regional scope of the GBS ESC. Closely collaborate and partly coordinate within the service line teams and support other GBS ESC service line teams as aligned with the responsible line manager, help to ensure that all interfaces are fully covered

Roles and Responsibilities

• Operate and partly coordinate all Accounting-related transactions in sub ledgers and Cash Operations, especially related to Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Bank Accounting and Master Data Management considering relevant Accounting and VAT regulations• Coordinate and timely and exhaustively post accruals and provisions; overseen, prepare and execute incoming and outgoing payments, Post and monitor payments and prepare payment runs.
• Operate and operationally coordinate all relevant Record-to-Report activities, especially related to the monthly, quarterly and annual general ledger and closing activities in accordance with IFRS, local commercial and tax law.
• Perform and operationally coordinate the preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS, local commercial and tax law.
• Prepare and coordinate reporting packages and reporting analyses.
• Execute and coordinate all activities related to (fixed) assets on group and affiliate level, especially related to IFRS 9, IFRS 15, IFRS 16 and IAS 40.
• Support and operationally coordinate the investment process (planning, budget, forecast) across the complete asset lifecycle.
• Execute and coordinate all operational Credit Management and Credit Analysis activities in scope.
• Perform and partly coordinate the creation and maintenance of master data for E2E processes in scope of GBS ESC in close collaboration with data stewards, data champions, GBS ESC service lines and other relevant stakeholders according to the MDM processes and the GBS MDM governance model.
• Perform and coordinate Fixed Assets, Intercompany and Financial Accounting Support.
• Be the primary or single point of contact (SPOC) to internal teams or to the customer (e.g. Local FDs) for Accounting operations based on the scope of responsibility.
• For GA and Closing for affiliates: operationally coordinate Accounting operations for an affiliate across all service lines to ensure the SPOC role towards the customer - in close alignment with the line manager.
• Be the primary operational contact person for tax auditors, tax advisors and auditors for relevant topics.
• Coordinate (without people leadership) Accounting activities and be a primary contact person for less senior internal colleagues, be a mentor to new colleagues and partly perform and coordinate onboarding activities.
• Manage open items incl. clarification of differences, permanent reconciliation of general ledger and sub-ledgers.
• Maintain policies and procedures and support in the performance and monitoring of J-Sox controls and further internal controls and risk assessments in collaboration with SMEs and GPOs.
• Manager sub-projects or participate and take over functional responsibility in larger projects to optimize the Accounting activities and the development of the GBS ESC

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field or Finance-related professional education.
• WP, CPA or equivalent professional certification preferred
• Financial audit and/or experience in Finance-, Accounting-, or tax-related advisory as well as relevant professional certification (e.g. CPA) is a plus.
• At least 5 years of experience in Accounting or Finance, ideally in a global, cross-cultural environment.
• Significant experience in project work or project management ideally with a track record of larger project and successful implementations.
• Experience in the environment of global business services, shared services or in transformation contexts is an advantage.

Skills and additional Requirements

• Very good knowledge of IFRS, good knowledge of HGB and international VAT law.
• Significant project management skills• Skills in the environment of global business or shared services or in transformation contexts are an advantage.
• Very good knowledge of SAP R/3, SAP ECC or S/4 HANA and MS-Office, especially in modules FI and/ or CO, MDG and AA, experience in working with other SAP modules (MM, SD) or other reporting related tools is a plus.
• Language skills: English (full professional proficiency/ business fluent) and/or German (business fluent).
• Strong communication skills; reliable and proactive way of working.
• Highly developed intercultural and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills with hands-on and result-oriented way of working.
• High customer orientation and highly developed stakeholder management skills, strong ability to work in teams and take over responsibility.
• High ability and affinity to constructively deal with conflicts and to work in an international, cross-functional and dynamic environment, especially in a transformation and/or GBS context.
• Solid understanding of pharma business is a plus