Accounting ManagerMSD

Job Description
Overall Objectives ​
Responsible for the control of all company financial matters such as Financial Reporting, Cost Accounting, Treasury, Order to Cash process, Accounts Payable and Corporate Stewardship in support of the company Human Health and Animal Health.
Maintain transparency in financial reporting both internal and external, perform accounting compliance, and support sales & marketing compliance from finance perspective
Key Responsibilities:
ATR
Establish local financial process, policies & controls, facilitate communication to local employees, deliver training or materials to reinforce compliance with standardized processes and finance policies.
Work with external auditors, and be responsible for accurate and timely completion of local statutory audits and issuance of statutory reports.
Review BS/P&L Flux analysis and take deep-dive into highlighted items, prepare monthly account breakdown, investigate and resolve outstanding items to ensure accuracy of monthly closing results.
Perform analysis on accounting data and ledger to meet ad-hoc requests of information from global team, Supply Chain, FP&A, local business team, tax team, and any other internal and external stakeholders.
Manage inter-company transactions, prepare and track inter-company agreements, perform and review inter-company charges.
Evaluate the need of expense accrual by gathering information from multiple sources (contracts, SRM, Veeva, HR payroll, and requestors), closely monitor the status of accrual and progress of actual payments to ensure expense is booked in appropriate period without delay or duplication.
Handle fixed assets process that remain in local entity, including assets count and assisting local users with assets acquisition/disposal requests.
Work with internal HR and external service vendor on C&B booking/accrual matters, and be responsible for accurate payroll booking, especially for expatriates with various intercompany billing schedule.
OTC
Coordinate with BSC and customers to ensure monthly collection and closing processes are accurately and timely delivered, including but not limited to accounts reconciliations, sales rebate accruals, Gross-to-Net reporting, etc.
Monitor accounts receivables, provides necessary provision for doubtful accounts and also follow up long outstanding receivables
Responsible for invoice and credit note issuance.
Coordinate with the stakeholders to ensure the product prices are appropriately maintained in SAP with the necessary approval.
STS &Treasury
Prepare and monitor cash flow
Coordinate with BSC to ensure that financial processes and policies are in place ensuring timely payments to the suppliers. It includes GOA approval, accounting booking, payment execution, and documents archiving for audit purposes.
Facilitate communication and training to the local employees.
Coordinate with bankers and Region Treasury to ensure banking facilities are appropriately in place and the banking requirements/documentations are fulfilled. Ensure that the local entities are properly funded and the cash balance is well managed according to company policies.
Facilitate to ensure Travel & Expenses policies are well followed and support employees issues escalation relating to Employee Expense Management where necessary.
Controls and Risk Mgmt.
Carry out the necessary risk assessments to fulfill local and group requirements.
Participate in local compliance committee meetings, and support the stakeholders to ensure necessary actions are taken to mitigate operational risks.
Requirements:
Must be a graduate of BS Accountancy
Must be a certified public accountant
At least 5 years experience as a manager in a small sized to large multinational or similar corporate environment.
Must be well versed with SAP
Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.
Our Finance team brings together our financial perspectives into our overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives.
Who we are ...
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for ...
In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
INVENT.
IMPACT.
INSPIRE.
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
Domestic
VISA Sponsorship:
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Remote Work, Work Week
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
Hazardous Material(s):
Number of Openings:
1
Requisition ID:R81498