General Ledger Accountant

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Summary

Point-of-care diagnostics is a growing and dynamic industry helping to improve clinical and economic outcomes globally. Abbott brings you a variety of expert viewpoints on new innovations, insights, and impacts that are shaping the future of diagnostics.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

This position GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTANT is within our Corporate Finance Services – MANILA located at 11F Five Neo Building Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines. This role is responsible for managing controllership activities associated with period end close and Finance reporting including monthly, quarterly and annual close process and also regulatory reporting. A few critical activities performed by a GL Accountant include General Accounting, Statutory & Financial Reporting and Intercompany Processing & Reconciliations.

Duties and Responsibilities

A. Monthly Activities

Month-End close- preparation of multiple journal entries in SAP P01 + posting + sign off Monthly cash entry- workday 1 RSUs + Awards including issuing invoices to cross-charge to entities Monthly updating of Intercompany templates (International ARDx entities) + confirmation + any follow ups: this includes applying netting in SAP P01 Investigating any Intercompany mismatches on workday 2 (end of day) and workday 3 Loading trial balances for few ARDx entities Month end activities, such as tax package + R&D package Assist in preparation of ARDx and Abbott Corporate Management monthly financial reporting packages Balance sheet reconciliation- monthly and quarterly Balance sheet analyses to reconcile past due items (i.e. Accrued expenses) Ensure compliance with SOX, internal controls, Abbott Corporate and division/department specific policies and procedures i.e. creating an audit list of journal entries posted in a month vs. JEs PDF sign offs + follow ups

B. Quarterly/ad-hoc Activities

PO creation Workhuman – reconcile PO vs actuals + trend analysis Assist in the preparation of assigned entity Statutory Audits Assist with any on-going projects i.e. Direct Submit

Core Competencies           

• Ability to multitask

• Excellent attention to details and proven organizational skills

• Functional and technical skills

• Decision Quality

• Problem solving

• Dealing with ambiguity

• Priority setting and time management

• Process management

• Action oriented/highly motivated

• Drive for results

• Critical thinking and continuous improvement mindset

• Customer focus

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting; CPA is a plus.

• Accounting Qualification – ACA, ACCA, CIMA preferred but not required

• 3 - 5 years relevant experience – preferably with Shared Service Centre and multinational corporation background

• SAP/JDE/GP or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable

• Clear and demonstrated understanding of US_GAAP with ability to apply technical knowledge in a practical manner to day-to-day operations.

• Strong English written and verbal communication skills are essential

• Able to work alone to understand and summarize financial data into high quality, accurate and usable summaries

• Strong computer skills especially MS Office

• Team-oriented, self-starter with the flexibility to work in fast-faced environment with minimal supervision

     

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Accounting & Reporting

     

DIVISION:

IFO International Finance

        

LOCATION:

Philippines > Taguig City : Five/Neo Building

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Not specified

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)