R2r Global Close Accountant

hace 2 semanas

San José, Costa Rica Pfizer A tiempo completo

Role Summary

Pfizer's GBS Financial Services (GBS FS) organization delivers best-in-class accounting, finance and compliance operations globally for the Pfizer enterprise. The GBS FS organization is a high performing team comprised of more than 1300 colleagues located in 8 sites around the world, in addition to an outsourced workforce of 200 people. The industry-leading value proposition is to centralize, standardize and optimize complex processes and in delivering a quality service at a reasonable cost with a compliance mindset. The scope of services provided by the GBS FS organization include Record to Report processes: US Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Statutory Reporting, Financial Reporting, the Intercompany Center of Excellence (CoE), Financial Master Data Governance, Risk Management / Compliance, Capital CoE, Inventory CoE and Balance Sheet CoE; Transaction Processing in Invoice to Pay, Indirect Tax, Order to Cash, Credit Risk and Gross to Net, Manufacturing Finance support; Operational Transfer Pricing CoE; Treasury Operations CoE, and MAPP Administration CoE.

The Global Close Accountant is responsible for the successful execution of close-related Record to Report (R2R) function tasks for legal entities within the LATAM region, with the ultimate goal of delivering an accurate and on-time close period. The role will involve working independently and with others to prepare and submit the trial balance into HFM in a timely manner. This role will require coordination with a number of business partners as well as colleagues in other GBS-FS sub-towers responsible for close activities (e.g. journal entries) for certain General Ledger accounts. Key business partners include: BioPharma Finance, PGS Finance, Global Finance & Operations, Controllers, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Treasury & Intercompany, Enabling Finance, HR Global Benefits, Statutory, Payroll, Corporate Services, Counsel Governance, Tax Operations, Enterprise Systems CORE Services, External Service Providers, S&ES Sourcing & Operations, Controls Optimization, Risk Management & Compliance, FP&A, Transformation & Project Management, Digital, Internal & External Auditors. The Accountant will support the implementation and operationalization of global in-scope projects, including Digital and other optimization activities.

Role Responsibilities
- Responsible for the successful execution of close-related Record to Report (R2R) function tasks to ensure proper and timely submission of various legal entity trial balances into HFM
- Track and monitor completion of close tasks to ensure on-time submissions
- Coordinate and perform error clearing and root-cause analysis / determine and implement corrective action
- Research differences between the ledger and HFM
- Submit trial balance and sales data
- Maintain topside journal entry support
- Perform foreign exchange revaluation
- Prepare for and lead regional close calls
- Prepare and distribute close communications to stakeholders
- Support global close process tools including SAP Accelerated Financial Close (AFC) and MyJournals journal entry tool
- Maintain records and supporting files and documentation in an organized manner
- Effectively communicate to peers and management with regards to work tasks and deadlines
- Identify issues proactively and communicate to manager along with potential range of solutions; Act as an initial informal point of escalation to resolve questions from junior colleagues
- Review select activities of junior colleagues
- Provide informal coaching to further develop junior colleagues
- Begin to develop areas of expertise and process ownership of global and/or complex areas
- Ensure activities are performed to a high standard of operational excellence, established service level agreements and deadlines are met, and adhere to defined GBS process and control requirements
- Engage directly with all business partners on complex activities and deliverables; maintain effective relationships with business partners
- Develop technical and business skills, ensuring effective and efficient use of time and competencies
- Understand the functionality, interfaces and interdependencies of Pfizer’s financial processes and systems
- Maintain complete and accurate work instructions and SOX related internal control documentation; Support the Internal and External audits and SOX compliance initiatives
- Ensure strong commitment to the control environment through training and review to meet all control and compliance requirements.

Qualifications, Relevant Experience & Skills

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required, Master's Degree preferred
- Minimum of 3-5+ years of technical accounting required
- Public accounting experience strongly preferred
- Practical experience of US GAAP and Statutory Accounting/Experience of other GAAPs required
- Advanced SAP & HFM experience strongly preferred
- International experience in emerging markets seen as

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