Global Accounting Close Accountant

How You Will "Use Your Power for Purpose"
In this role, you will harness your accounting prowess to make a difference at Pfizer, a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry. Your expertise will be instrumental in maintaining our financial health, ensuring we continue to deliver life-changing medicines to patients worldwide. You will be part of a dynamic team, working in a fast-paced environment where your skills will be valued and your career growth nurtured.
What You Will Achieve
As Global Close Accountant you will be responsible for the successful execution of Controllers - Global Accounting close-related tasks for legal entities within the Europe and AfMe regions, with the ultimate goal of delivering an accurate and on-time close period. The role will involve working independently and with others to prepare and submit the trial balance into Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service ( FCCS) in a timely manner. This role will require coordination with a number of business partners as well as colleagues in other F&GBS sub-towers responsible for close activities.
How You Will Achieve It

• Responsible for the successful execution of close-related Global Accounting function tasks to ensure proper and timely submission of various legal entity trial balances into FCCS
• Track and monitor completion of close tasks to ensure on-time submissions
• Coordinate error clearing and root-cause analysis
• Research differences between the ledger and FCCS
• Submit trial balance and sales data
• Perform foreign exchange revaluation
• Prepare and distribute close communications to stakeholders
• Support Manual Journal Entry Governance initiatives (Quality Review Program, MJE analysis & MyJournals support)
• Maintain records and supporting files and documentation in an organized manner
• Effectively communicate to peers and management with regards to work tasks and deadlines
• Identify issues proactively and communicate to manager along with potential range of solutions
• Ensure activities are performed to a high standard of operational excellence, established service level agreements and deadlines are met, and adhere to defined process and control requirements
• Engage directly with all business partners on routine activities and deliverables; continue to develop relationships
• Develop technical and business skills, ensuring effective and efficient use of time and competencies
• Understand the functionality, interfaces and interdependencies of Pfizer's financial processes and systems
• Maintain complete and accurate work instructions and SOX related internal control documentation; Support the Internal and External audits and SOX compliance initiatives
• Ensure strong commitment to the control environment through training and review to meet all control and compliance requirements.
• Participate in Global Accounting initiatives including transformational projects as needed

Must-Have Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance or other related field
• 0-3 years of technical accounting experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, organizational skill, and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and solve problems in an unstructured environment
• Self-motivated, initiates tasks with little to no guidance or support
• Excellent business acumen to develop effective strategic business partnership with key stakeholders
• Intermediate SAP & FCCS experience
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Excellent oral, written, and overall communication skills
• Proficient business English language skills (written and verbal)

Preferred Qualifications

• Related accounting experience, along with understanding of managing multi-national accounting operations
• Enterprise Resource Planning {e.g. SAP} system experience
• System Application & Products and Hyperion Financial Management skills
• Demonstrates problem solving and analytical skills

Please apply by sending your CV and a motivational letter in English
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
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Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms - allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
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