Senior Financial Accounting and Accounting Analyst (Malaysia)

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Responsibilities

Job Description

This position is primarily responsible for the local expertise and support of fixed assets, expense tracking & management accounting and monitoring and tracking of financial control and compliance. Support FP&A to complete finance, planning & analysis related activities for Malaysia and ASEAN region. The Senior Financial Planning and Accounting Analyst is expected to work closely with the FSS, BPO, COEs, Finance Team and Finance Director to work through the financial close process to produce financial statements in accordance with AbbVie’s policies and procedures. Act as LKU for affiliate’s accounting and reporting. Activities include, but not limited to:

COMPLIANCE, CONTROL, AUDIT, and TAX

Compliance Related

• Quarterly monitoring and tracking of affiliate OEC related transactions and third-party endor EDD.
• Prepare and participate in compliance meetings and follow up NRCI reporting.
• Discuss incidents with Finance Team and OEC to identify and address any issue.
• Support audit preparation by conducting sample check with compliance knowledge and the preparation of incidents analysis report during the audit preparation period.
• Local Compliance liaison.
• LKU of ad hoc projects for process improvement and strengthening control environment
  
  

Record-to-Report (RTR)

• Ownership and control of the monthly closing process and responsible for the monthly financial package review
• Supervise accounting activities to ensure transparency and the availability of reliable accounting and management information, within the deadlines and the standards established by the company to support to the decision-making process
• Manage Intercompany billing charges process with FSS
• Owner of Fixed Assets accounting, tagging, coordinating stock counts, additions and disposals.
  
  

Procure-to-Pay (PTP) and Order-to-Cash (OTC) including process controls

• Quarterly transactional review on payment analysis/KPI and samples etc.
• Oversee the process of PO/ACR creation in the shopping cart, vendor master creation and to ensure the compliance of purchasing policies
• Manage the usage of internal orders and cost centers processes
• Manage the compliance of Expenses Report (CTE), Procurement to pay monitoring
• Customer credit limit review
• LKU of PTP process and regularly review the BPO’s performance and lead the process change as and when required
• Review of SRM Matrix and to ensure update with CFM policy requirement
• Administrator of the authority log and SAP access right in accordance with AbbVie policy
• Reporting and Financial Analysis including monthly costing / operating expenses for budget control.
• Other ad hoc activities as needed
  
  

FINANCIAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES

• Planning Support – Provide support to Senior Finance Manager in Financial Plan, Update, LRP and LBE preparation.
• Manage entity planning process in collaboration with other functions.
• Reporting and Financial Analysis including daily in-market sales, monthly costing/operating expenses for budget control.
• Leading role in S&OP cycle for benchmark analysis & demand assumptions.
• Other ad hoc financial projections and analysis.
  
  

Qualifications

Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications

Systems

• SAP & Accounting Systems
• Microsoft Office - intermediate to advanced level,
• Business Knowledge
• SOX policy
• Intercompany transaction policy
• Fixed asset accounting policy
• Project accounting policy
• Accounting policies
• Business Process, Corporate Policy (compliance & completeness)
• Compliance policies
• Procurement policies
  
  

Technical Knowledge

• High level accounting.
• Professional understanding of internal controls including SOX.
  
  

Qualifications And Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (CPA is a plus)
• 5 years of accounting experience (accounting experience & multinational company experience preferred)
• Experience with SAP (a plus)
• Experience in FP&A (a plus)
• Knowledge of local GAAP, internal controls, SOX and financial reporting.
• A self-motivated and well-organized project player who can work under pressure and meet tight deadlines and handle multiple priorities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and independently
• Very good interpersonal and communication skills
  
  

Developmental Areas

• Enhance ability to manage dynamic business and build skills in balancing multiples competing priorities.
• Build skills in people management and leadership development.
• Networking opportunities across business units and geographies which may facilitate future development.
  
  

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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