Primary Job Function
The Associate, RTR will support divisions, legal entities and countries as assigned to gain, over time, a deep understanding of the various business divisions, and the unique attributes of the legal entity, regulatory, and in-country requirements associated with the region.
Main Responsibilities
Service Delivery
- Assist in External/Internal Audit, preparing Financial Statement and Tax schedules
- Communicate proactively with Divisions and respective functions to ensure smooth month end/year end closing
- Ensure compliance with Abbott accounting policies and regulatory requirements
- Contribute and participate in overall team initiatives, projects, and activities
- Monthly/Year end closing tasks (e.g., Journal posting, Accruals, Balance Sheet reconciliation/prepare commentaries, Product Costing, Intercompany related, FA matters and etc)
- Update SOPs as and when is required Back-up other team member as and when required
Manage day-to-day activities
- Monthly closing tasks (i.e. inventory provision review, GL vs sub-ledger tie-in, analytical review of P&L and BS movement, balance sheet recon review)
- Annual closing tasks
- Ensure business transactions are accurately recorded for any new business initiatives or changes in business processes
- Monitor and correct complex data and information errors
- Identify and resolve exceptions on inventory transactions resulting in out-of-balance
- Address and eliminate data integrity and quality issues over time
- Update SOPs and Work Instructions
Compliance
- Ensure all processes, policies and procedures are clearly defined and fully documented
- Ensure compliance with Abbott accounting policies and regulatory requirements
- Sustain minimum effective controls in compliance with SOX, GAAP, IFRS and any other accounting pronouncements and policies required.
- Read, understand, and execute on the policies and standards communicated by the GPMs and the corporate controller.
Experience/Background
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance, Chartered Accountant preferable
- Intermediate Excel skills, good with managing large volume of data
- Agile with working with various enterprise systems (e.g. JDE, BPCS, SAP), willing to work with manual processes and strive for process improvements
- English required. Other language skills desired
- Energetic and innovative with a passion to make things happen
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (passion for data and accuracy)
