Recruiter- Pfizer- Location- Escazu, Costa Rica- Costa Rica- Costa Rica- Salary- Competitive- Posted- 03 May 2023- Closes- 02 Jun 2023- Ref- 4878885- Sector- Science and Pharmaceutical- Contract Type- Permanent- Hours- Full Time**Pfizer's Global Business Solutions (GBS) Shared Services is a well-established operation with beginnings in Memphis, Tenn., in 1997. The organization expanded to Europe in 2003, Asia in 2007, Latin America in 2013, Eastern Europe in 2014 and AFME in 2016. GBS Shared Services has a workforce of more than 1,000 Pfizer colleagues.****The GBS San Jose Shared Services Center (SSC) for the Latin America Region (LAR) is a high performing team responsible for the timely delivery of standardized financial processes on behalf of Biopharmaceutical Finance and their business partners for the Emerging Markets. The organization performs certain Record-to-Report, Invoice-to-Pay, Travel & Entertainment, Order-to-Cash and other related activities from regionally centralized locations in San Jose, Costa Rica.****The GBS SSC - San Jose R2R Inventory Accountant role will be responsible for the accounting for finished goods as well as the intercompany product movement and related mark up for the respective divisions within Inventory Center of Excellence worldwide scope. The person in this position has to conduct key inventory accounting activities such Master Data maintenance, Purchase Price Variance analysis, GRIR accounting management as well GMX submission and reconciliation responsibilities. The objective of this role is to enable the San Jose GBS to meet their business objectives by providing quality financial results and accounting support for Commercial Finance, Controllers team and Finance Directors. This colleague will be accountable for proactively identifying and communicating issues, determining impact, and proposing resolutions. Additionally, this role will be critical in initiating process improvement recommendations and proactively addressing and resolving complaints from internal and external customers.****Role Responsibilities**- ** Works of own initiative with guidance and support from Management and more senior colleagues.**- ** Organizes own workload, prioritizes, and proactively follows up on outstanding items.**- ** Knowledge of Key Inventory processes to support any automation and process improvement initiative.**- ** Ensure accounting transactions are in compliance with Pfizer accounting policy, US GAAP and local GAAP accounting.**- ** Maintain elements of domestic and/or international general ledgers including the preparation of journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations.**- ** Work independently with other departments / international locations to research, analyze and resolve inventory irregularities and discrepancies.**- ** Maintain and develop relationships with groups serviced by GBS as well as within GBS.**- ** Prepare financial and accounting analysis completely and accurately for external accountants and Corporate Audit.**- ** Participate on weekly/monthly calls with Finance Directors, Commercial Finance and key stakeholders to share results and KPIs.**- ** Maintain complete and accurate standard operating procedures and SOX related internal control documentation.**- ** Takes initiative in identifying processes and initiatives that fits into our Digital Finance strategy.**- ** Has strong analytical and process management skills.**- ** Actively supports our GBS value proposition by keeping processes aligned with our delivery model and global standard, adhering to our internal controls structures and help identifying process improvement opportunities.**- ** Supports and co-leads select in-house processes, continuous improvement initiatives, and stakeholder collaborations.**- ** Effectively collaborates with stakeholders and colleagues of diverse backgrounds, including different departments, cultures, business units and countries.**- ** Ensure the timely and proper execution of adequate internal controls, understanding our SOP and proposing updates when the documentations does not align with our day-to-day processes.**- ** Takes ownership on every audit request that involves his/her processes.**- ** Responsible for keeping accurate and up-to-date Work Instructions, Job Aids and Desktop Procedures documentation.**- ** Assist the management team and other colleagues as needed.****Qualifications**- ** Bachelor's degree or in progress in Business, Accounting, or Finance.**- ** 1-4 years of relevant functional accounting or finance experience.**- ** Proficiency in Accounting Skills and basic US GAAP/IFRS knowledge.**- ** Working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, S4 HANA).**- ** Proficiency in PC skills (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required.**- ** Good written and verbal English communication skills required.**- ** Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with diverse groups and individuals.**- ** Pref
