General Ledger Accountant - Global Business Services
Full-time
Others
Philippines > Taguig City...
2 months ago
JOB DESCRIPTION:Point-of-care diagnostics is a growing and dynamic industry helping to improve clinical and economic outcomes glob.....
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Point-of-care diagnostics is a growing and dynamic industry helping to improve clinical and economic outcomes globally. Abbott brings you a variety of expert viewpoints on new innovations, insights, and impacts that are shaping the future of diagnostics.
Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.
This position GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTANT is within our GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES – MANILA located at 11F Five Neo Building Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines. This role is responsible for managing controllership activities associated with period end close and Finance reporting including monthly, quarterly, and annual close process and regulatory reporting. A few critical activities performed by a GL Accountant include General Accounting, Statutory & Financial Reporting, and Intercompany Processing & Reconciliations.
Duties and Responsibilities
Assist in preparing Monthly Financial Reports, Annual Financial Statements and any other internal or external reports required, ensuring they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner.
Assist in transition of GL functions both into and out of the GBS.
Develop new and streamline existing processes and systems as required to ensure more efficient delivery of value-added information to both internal and external stakeholders.
Be an effective team player who will drive efficiency and continuous improvement throughout the department.
Essential Functions:
Preparation of monthly financial reports & trend reports, ensuring they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner:
Preparation, analysis and posting of General Ledger journal entries
Preparation of accurate and timely GL account reconciliation at month end
Calculation, posting and analysis of monthly accruals and prepayments, ensuring that all items are accurately captured.
Review and reconciliation of inter-company accounts, involving communication with other Abbott business locations worldwide.
Preparation of multi-currency bank reconciliations.
Assist in setting standard costs and estimates for Finished Goods, WIP, Rework, RM and packaging materials
Preparation of variance analysis and standard cost updates as required.
Provide cost information to management and other departments as required.
Support in transition of functions to other locations into the GBS.
Preparation and submission of monthly and quarterly corporate packages
Collaboration with external audit staff for periodic yearend review procedures and local statutory audits as required.
Provision of input on local finance policies and procedures ensuring ongoing compliance for all accounting and finance operations.
Participation in ongoing policy and control environment development to ensure compliance with applicable internal control regulations.
Enhancement of existing processes and development of new ones to ensure the most efficient completion of duties.
Functional and technical skills
Decision Quality
Problem solving
Dealing with ambiguity
Priority setting and time management
Process management
Action oriented/highly motivated
Drive for results
Critical thinking and continuous improvement mindset
Customer focus
Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA is a plus.
Accounting Qualification – ACA, ACCA, CIMA preferred but not required.
3 - 5 years relevant experience – preferably with Shared Service Centre and multinational manufacturing background
Experience in inventory management and product costing.
SAP P01 and Cost Controlling or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable.
Clear and demonstrated understanding of US_GAAP with ability to apply technical knowledge in a practical manner to day-to-day operations.
Able to work alone to understand and summarize financial data into high quality, accurate and usable summaries.
Strong computer skills especially MS Office
Team-oriented, self-starter with the flexibility to work in fast-faced environment with minimal supervision.
The base pay for this position is
N/A
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Accounting & Reporting
DIVISION:
ARDx Abbott Rapid Diagnostics
LOCATION:
Philippines > Taguig City : Five/Neo Building
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
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