Job Description

Position Overview

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where our company has codified its 125-year legacy. Our company’s success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

AtR Cash and Investment is a smaller highly specialized team focused on banking and GL cash operations globally. The AtR Cash and Investment Specialist will be responsible for supporting and executing accounting services to the Europe region, including Cash and Investment accounting and reporting. This role enables the BSC AtR function based in Prague to partner with its Finance and Business counterparts to ensure that business objectives are sufficiently met. This is a full-time and fixed term (maternity cover) role.

Position Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Conducting monthly and quarterly month end close in accordance with strict reporting deadlines
• Executing accounting services to the EMEA region including general accounting and reporting
• Monitoring AtR activities outsourced to our company's BPO partner for bank and cash and reporting on monthly performance
• Responsible for monthly Account Reconciliation processes on a timely basis and adhering to all corporate standards and guidelines
• Monitoring and maintaining our organization's banking platform WSS (technicalities, incl. mapping) to allow smooth automatic interface of entries
• Executing Legal entities integration (LEI), Cash Pooling, Loans and Investment transactions and activities
• Understanding key liaisons with other streams, sub-process activities including Treasury (ETC)
• Following policies, operational controls and procedures to ensure efficient and accurate services to customers in the Europe region
• Standardizing and maintaining policies and procedures to drive efficiency and improved business productivity
• Actively identify opportunities for streamlining and rendering service delivery more efficiently, and participating in special projects
• Supporting internal and external auditors to complete statutory and internal control audits
• Participating in ad hoc global projects, standardization initiatives and implementations as needed

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance
• Experience with treasury, cash accounting and interfacing systems preferred
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a finance or accounting department of a multinational company including demonstrated experience in dealing with ex-US accounting
• Business-level English language skills (speaking and writing)
• Experience in dealing with internal and external auditors (in a SOX environment) preferred
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, under pressure, and with a high degree of professionalism
• Must be comfortable in an environment of changing technologies and processes and demonstrate flexibility in adjusting to new ways of working
• Excellent problem/resolution skills and an understanding of when, how, and where to escalate cases as required to meet defined targets
• High degree of integrity and personal ethics in implementing corporate policies and procedures
• Problem solving and analytical skills with a proactive approach to implement new processes
• Ability to work independently, capable of handling multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Solid communication, interpersonal, and organization skills enabling effective communication with all levels of management required

Technical Skills and other Requirements

• Advanced PC skills (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required
• SAP or ERP experience strongly preferred
• Experience with Treasury management software or banking platforms preferred

Physical Position Requirements

• Prague, Czech Republic

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Job Posting End Date:

05/14/2025

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