Компания "Pfizer"
Primary responsibilities:
Acts as a market owner of US GAAP BS and PL statements
- Monthly/quarterly BS & PL holistic review to ensure integrity in numbers and be able to comment on variances
- Statutory PL analysis vs US GAAP, aimed to harmonize 2 sets of accounts
- Prepares local statutory GAAP technical accounting guidance papers and provide technical advice as it relates to local statutory accounting
Partnership and financial stewardship
- Lead support for Step Plan /LE set up – acting as Country Coordinator liaising between Finance, Tax, Legal, Commercial etc. and as Country Contact for the Global ORC
- Act as partner for commercial colleagues - provide guidance on financial matters (category of expenses, cost allocation, accrual calculation)
- Oversight of lease accounting: lease related agreements gathering, analysis, accounting approach check, Lease survey submission
- Provide guidance on intercompany recharges
Month end process
- Alignment of Global closing time-schedules with Market teams (Local, Tax, Business), review of financials/accruals, suggest corrections if needed
- Collaborate with shared service centers - review accruals, cost allocations, ad-hoc requests
- Perform month end and quarter end controls as per assignment and responsibilities assigned to market
Transfer Pricing: Profitability review / monitoring
- Oversight of Transfer pricing process with focus on local profitability. Communicate with shared service center on issue resolution
Controls and compliance
- Manage Internal/ External Audit requests
- Maintain control environment, updаtеlocal SOPs, Accounting policies, implement local working instructions
- Responsible for Pfizer Kazakhstan accounting and tax policies, for statutory GAAP financials and accounting treatment for new operations and projects, contracts (incl. contract manufacturing); follow-up and validation of Cost records related to these projects
Pre-requisites of the candidate:
- University degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics or Professional accounting designation, such as CPA, Chartered Accountant (as per market norms).
- 5-10 years of experience in finance, accounting or business, with significant experience in controllership and tax.
- ERP experience a must, experience of supporting system enhancements is beneficial
- Excellent communication skills in Russian and English
- Proven track record in developing external relationships with local financial regulatory authorities and thought leadership in the local finance community
- Motivated, ambitious and hard-working
- Candidate should adopt a collaborative approach and must be a good listener
- Candidates who can clearly evidence their ability to identify opportunities for improvement will be at an advantage