O2C Associate Analyst - Sales Order & Billing

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energised and rewarded for their ideas and creativity!

Global Finance Services (GFS) is the heart of the AZ Finance function. We are accountable for the design and delivery of high quality, simple to operate transactional finance processes which, combined with outstanding business analysis and insight, enables our customers to focus on AZ’s strategic priorities.

Our remit covers record to report, procure to pay and order to cash, tax, planning & forecasting and management reporting, to customers across AZ Globally in Commercial, Science, Operations & Enabling Functions, Tax, Treasury and Group Finance. We are continuing our transformation journey with the objective of delivering excellence in financial operations.

Report directly to O2C Team Lead, you will work closely with customers, the business and across the Finance functions to support daily operation activities and support in process improvement, standardization and projects.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform daily EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) sales reconciliation and liaise with distribution team and customer to resolve the variances
• Process sales order upon receiving the customer’s purchase order and information from Marketing Company in a timely manner and accurately
• Release order block based on authorized approval
• Issue trade and nontrade invoices, debit note, and credit note to customer based on approved request- both SAP and local tax portal if applicable
• Send AR documents to customer on time- both e-invoicing and manual
• Ensure intercompany trade invoices are generated on time via system batch job
• Perform balance sheet reconciliation in Blackline
• Perform and support month end close activities
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to resolve and support sales order and billing process, issues, and queries
• Identify process improvement opportunities through elimination of redundant activities
• Participate in process automation initiatives, project, or migration
• Comply to internal and external regulations and procedures, that should be in line with the company policies and standard operating procedures.
• Support team members through proper knowledge transfer, sharing of resource, knowledge and experience and best practice
• Ad hoc tasks as and when required
  
  
  

Essential Requirements

• Degree in Finance & Accounting
• 1-2 years of relevant experience in shared service environment. Fresh graduates may be considered
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Action oriented, delivery driven, change agent
• Team player, able to work collaboratively
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communicate skill
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Experience in using SAP is an added advantage
  
  
  

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs individuals with the right to work in the country/ies where the role is advertised.