A2R Closing & Reporting Accounting Analyst (Senior)

Location Selangor
Discipline Finance & Accounting
Job reference 177232
Salary 6000.0
Contact name Kogiila Vaani Paramesivam
Senior Analyst Closing Reporting

About the job
Our Team:
  • The Account to Report (A2R) Closing & Reporting team is accountable for the processing of transactions related to accounting and closing & reporting of financial books. This role will support the A2R Closing &Reporting Lead in ensuring the enforcement of accounting standards and reliability of the data collected from management, controllers, tax department and other end-to-end processes. Apart from that, this role will require active participation in driving A2R continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Core model Implementation.
  • Implement and ensure alignment with core model.
  • Propose and support any project which aim to align to core model but also transform and automate our processes.
  • Embrace RPA mindset.

Operations
  • Deliver quality reporting of legal statutory accounts for Local GAAP and IFRS.
  • Execution of GL end to end activates.
  • Perform Monthly and Quarterly Balance Sheet Reconciliation.
  • Ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (IFRS) and company procedures to ensure integrity of financial information.
  • Collaborate with A2R Retained, other End to End processes (P2P, OTC and PS), tax & treasury departments and Country Finance, Finance Operation (FO) to manage and address potential closing risks (pre/post close meetings)
  • Respond to and resolve enquiries from Country Finance/Internal and External customers
  • Ensure SOP documentations are updated on timely basis to reflect latest process/tool/policy changes.
  • Active participation in Sanofi global projects with close collaboration with Project team, Country Finance, FO and other End to End processes (P2P, OTC and PS)
  • Align, promote and deliver as per Global A2R Vision, Mission incorporating all Sanofi’s Play To Win (PTW) behaviours.

Compliance
  • Ensure SOX and Internal Control Framework compliance across activities, and support A2R Closing & Reporting Lead and Country Finance to review, identify and address any gaps.
  • Support external and internal audits by working closely with A2R Closing & Reporting Lead and Country Finance
  • Ensure adequate follow up on issues identified during external and internal audit
  • Ensure SOP documentations are updated on timely basis to reflect latest process/tool/policy changes.
  • Continuous Improvements
  • Support A2R Closing & Reporting Lead in monitoring performance on a continuous basis against agreed SLAs and define corrective actions, where necessary
  • Identify and articulate improvement areas across processes and technology – including ERP and other tools and solutions.
  • Support customer satisfaction initiatives, including regular assessment of service satisfaction across Country Finance and other stakeholders.

Key Requirements:
  • Essential Skills and Experience
  • Fresh Graduate or those with minimum 1 year of relevant working experience in the Finance/Accounting sector/A2R /SSC will be added advantage
  • Exposure to multinational or regional corporate business environments, or similar
  • Working experience with SAP, specifically Fi/Co
  • Proficient in the use of applications in the MS-Office suite, including MS-Excel
  • Good English communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Accounting standards: main country of the region and IFRS
  • Attention to detail
  • Essential Qualifications
  • Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree/Professional Degree in Accounting/Finance/Business or equivalent
  • Desirable Skills and Experience
  • Working experience in a customer-facing and service-oriented corporate position
  • Working experience in a Finance shared services environment, either Hub (in-house) or in a BPO setting
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Possess strong analytical skill