General Ledger Accountant

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 GLOBAL BUSINESS 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.

This job description will be reviewed periodically and is subject to change by management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparation of Monthly Financial Reports, Annual Financial Statements and any other internal or external reports required, ensuring that they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner.
• Assist in transition of GL functions both into and out of the CFS.
• Develop new and streamline existing processes and systems as required to ensure more efficient delivery of value add information to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Be an effective team player who will drive efficiency and continuous improvement throughout the department.

• Essential Functions:

• Preparation of monthly financial reports & trend reports, ensuring they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner:

• Preparation, analysis and posting of General Ledger journal entries
• Preparation of accurate and timely GL account reconciliation at month end
• Calculation, posting and analysis of monthly accruals and prepayments, ensuring that all items are accurately captured;
• Review and reconciliation of inter-company accounts, involving communication with other Abbott business locations worldwide;
• Preparation of multi-currency bank reconciliations;
• Preparation of variance analysis and standard cost updates as required;
• Provide  information to management and other departments as required.
• Support in transition of functions to other locations into the GBS.
• Preparation and submission of monthly and quarterly corporate packages
• Other Duties:
• Collaboration with external audit staff for periodic yearend review procedures and local statutory audits as required.
• Provision of input on local finance policies and procedures ensuring ongoing compliance for all accounting and finance operations.
• Participation in ongoing policy and control environment development to ensure compliance with applicable internal control regulations.
• Enhancement of existing processes and development of new ones to ensure the most efficient completion of duties.

Core Competencies

• Ability to multitask
• Excellent attention to details and proven organizational skills
• Functional and technical skills
• Decision Making and Problem solving
• Priority setting and time management
• Process management
• Action oriented/highly motivated
• Drive for results
• Critical thinking and continuous improvement mindset
• Stakeholder focus

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting
• Accounting Qualification is required – CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• 3 - 5 years relevant experience – preferably with Shared Service Centre and multinational corporation background
• SAP 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 with proficiency in excel
• Team-oriented, self-starter with the flexibility to work in fast-faced environment with minimal supervision