Specialist – Accounting To Reporting

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Job Description
Our company's Business Service Centers (BSCs), located across three regions (Americas, Europe, and Asia), are responsible for the timely and efficient delivery of standardized, global financial processes.
The BSCKL in Petaling Jaya, Malaysiais responsible for the execution and delivery of a broad range of financial services and processes across our company'sbusiness divisions and markets for the Asia Pacific, Japan & China (APJC) region.
The Specialist, Accounting to Reporting (AtR) will be responsible for ensuring that the transactions of all the markets that BSCKL supports in the APJC region have been properly accounted for and accurately reflected in our company's accounting records.
The objective of this role is to work closely with Local Finance Teams to ensure that the accounting records: (i) accurately reflect the results of the business, (ii) are in line with US GAAP and (iii) comply with respective local statutory and tax requirements.
The Specialist is also responsible for ensuring a robust control environment is maintained following all audit requirements.
This role enables the AtR function based in Petaling Jaya to partner with its Finance and Business counterparts to ensure that business objectives are met.
Position Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
Provide general ledger support and analysis inclusive of period end financial close responsibilities for the assigned markets
Provide support across General Ledger and other AtR sub-process activities
Maintain an accurate and current accounting ledger which reflects the country's transactional reality through timely posting of all required items
Ensure that all transactions are correctly reflected in the ledger on a country basis
Ensure accurate and timely period reporting that complies with Corporate and country requirements
Responsible for monthly Account Reconciliation processes on a timely basis and adhering to all corporate standards and guidelines
Actively identify opportunities for streamlining and rendering service delivery more efficiently, and participating in special projects
Work closely with other team members to effectively manage workload and gain exposure to multiple finance and business disciplines within our company
Review and sign off of the final financial package and the Balance Sheet Reconciliations
Execute work in line with audit controls and accounting principles
Collaborating and working together with our company's Virtual Finance Teams (COSI, IC COE, EMEA/Americas BSCs & Local Finance) and other onsite BSC towers (OtC/PTP)
Ensure compliance of accounting standards & reporting SOX requirements
Work with our company's outsourced BPO partner for General Ledger
Participate in Global Projects and Initiatives
Ensure the required accuracy on all defined KPIs and SLA's are met
Education & Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance
Minimum of 2 years of experience in a finance or accounting department of a multinational company including demonstrated experience in dealing with US and ex-US accounting (Pharmaceutical industry a plus)
Business-level English skills (speaking and writing) required
Experience using SAP desired
Experience with US GAAP is desired
Experience with non-US GAAP environments
Experience with balance sheet reconciliations
Experience working with global cultures
Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced and high volume environment with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness
Strong communication, interpersonal, and organization skills required
Demonstrated commitment to education and professional development
Advance problem solving and analytical skills with a proactive management style to implement new initiatives
Technical Skills Requirements
Experience using SAP is desired
Experience with US GAAP is desired
Experience with non-US GAAP environments
Intermediate to Advanced PC skills (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required
Good problem solving and analytical skills with a proactive management style to implement new processes
Ability to operate independently and remain focused through change or uncertainty and with a team in a fast-paced and high-volume environment with emphasis on accuracy, timeliness and professionalism
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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities.
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01/7/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the dayBEFORE the listed job posting end date.
Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the dayBEFOREthe job posting end date.Requisition ID: R320557#J-18808-Ljbffr


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