A2R Senior Asset and Cash Accountant

at  Sanofi

A2R Senior Asset and Cash Accountant

• Location: Budapest – Sanofi Business Operations, Váci Greens
• Remote working: 60% home 40 % office
• Job type: Permanent, full-time

About the job
At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we have one overarching mission - to work passionately, challenging ourselves and our industry every day, to build a healthier future by helping people, help themselves, bringing “Health in Your Hands”.
Our teams are building trusted & loved brands that connect with hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide, enabling better self-care for individuals and communities, while also contributing to a healthier planet. To fulfill this mission, we are embarking our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees in this journey because this is what will make us become the “Best Fast-Moving Consumer Healthcare (FMCH) Company In & For the World”.
We strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees’ mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view.
To achieve this, we need strong talent who will help us shape the future of our Consumer Healthcare business and challenge our industry. At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we aspire to create a work environment where people can thrive, grow, and be at their best every day. Our priority is working with integrity to improve the health and well-being of people and communities where we operate, working towards making a positive impact in the world.
Main Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to supervise and execute:

• Monthly closing and reporting activities as per group timetable
• Define and drive accounting, process and systems changes operationally and facilitate A2R service delivery
• Ensure all automatic postings have been booked, all recurring and non-recurring items in area of responsibility are collected, accounts reconciled and Manual Journal Entries (MJE) booked
• Assets and inventory accounting services
• Participate in different activities relating to fixed asset and inventory life cycle
• Perform the recording & booking activities
• Perform assets (including tangible, intangible, finance, leases under IFRS 16) depreciation and valuation, and month end reporting
• Contribute to inventory costing and valuation and calculate inventory depreciation
• Contribute to periodic reviews of assets and inventory impairment follow-up
• Contribute to month end closure relating to fixed assets and inventory and prepare related reporting
• Coordinate stock-count activities
• Cash accounting services
• Clear transitory accounts
• Perform bank reconciliations and related adjustments
• Perform booking of transactions relating to financial instruments, debts and loans
• Perform calculation of Forex net positions
• Contribute to month end closure relating to cash accounting and prepare related reporting
• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner
• Have a deep understanding of GBS Core Model processes and SAP (iShift) functionalities
• Technical accounting - functional and technical support across A2R processes and systems and drive operational and continuous improvement projects
• Supporting the operational team during the transitions with sharing the best practices from the previous waves
• Take the lead in (FtS, FtG) gap analysis and stabilization of migrated processes.
• Developing the procedures for the country specificities, for compliance and internal controls
• Interfaces with different teams to ensure compliance with cross-team accountabilities
• Providing guidance and support to the team members in high-complexity issues
• Support management, legal and statutory reporting at Group and country levels
• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner
• Supervise GBS A2R junior and senior accountants, manage team according to GBS TOM structure
• Support internal and external audits

About you

Experience:

• 5+ year experience in closing and reporting preferably in an international multicultural environment
• Good knowledge of IFRS and local GAAPs
• Hands on expertise in GL accounting, closing & reporting processes and activities

Skills:

• Strong deductive and analytical skills
• Ability to organize, prioritize and structure the tasks for oneself and direct reports
• Transversal mindset and ability to work across processes, geographies, languages, cultures, business maturity levels
• Action oriented, delivery driven, change agent
• Role model / coach to junior accountants

Technical skills:

• Hands on knowledge of SAP ERP and other accounting applications
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and expertise of MS Excel

Education:

• Degree in Accounting / Finance / Economics or equivalent

Languages:

• Fluency in English mandatory and other European languages are desirable

When joining our team, you will experience

• An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team
• An attractive, market-oriented salary and cafeteria benefits
• Flexible home office policy, with a possibility to work up to 60% of time from home / where you can easily schedule your office days
• Work from an “Office of the Year 2020” finalist office
• Collective life and accident insurance
• Yearly medical check-up
• An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks
• Your own career path within Sanofi
• Your professional and personal development will be supported purposefully
• Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs)

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
Watch our
ALL IN video
and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at
sanofi.com
!
Pursue progress, discover extraordinary
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our
ALL IN video
and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at
sanofi.com

• Monthly closing and reporting activities as per group timetable
• Define and drive accounting, process and systems changes operationally and facilitate A2R service delivery
• Ensure all automatic postings have been booked, all recurring and non-recurring items in area of responsibility are collected, accounts reconciled and Manual Journal Entries (MJE) booked
• Assets and inventory accounting services
• Participate in different activities relating to fixed asset and inventory life cycle
• Perform the recording & booking activities
• Perform assets (including tangible, intangible, finance, leases under IFRS 16) depreciation and valuation, and month end reporting
• Contribute to inventory costing and valuation and calculate inventory depreciation
• Contribute to periodic reviews of assets and inventory impairment follow-up
• Contribute to month end closure relating to fixed assets and inventory and prepare related reporting
• Coordinate stock-count activities
• Cash accounting services
• Clear transitory accounts
• Perform bank reconciliations and related adjustments
• Perform booking of transactions relating to financial instruments, debts and loans
• Perform calculation of Forex net positions
• Contribute to month end closure relating to cash accounting and prepare related reporting
• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner
• Have a deep understanding of GBS Core Model processes and SAP (iShift) functionalities
• Technical accounting - functional and technical support across A2R processes and systems and drive operational and continuous improvement projects
• Supporting the operational team during the transitions with sharing the best practices from the previous waves
• Take the lead in (FtS, FtG) gap analysis and stabilization of migrated processes.
• Developing the procedures for the country specificities, for compliance and internal controls
• Interfaces with different teams to ensure compliance with cross-team accountabilities
• Providing guidance and support to the team members in high-complexity issues
• Support management, legal and statutory reporting at Group and country levels
• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner
• Supervise GBS A2R junior and senior accountants, manage team according to GBS TOM structure
• Support internal and external audit