Accountant I, Intercompany

Job description

Position: Intercompany Accountant - Global Finance Services (North America)
Shift: Night (9pm to 6am)
Location: Paranaque City, Philippines

The Intercompany Accountant role is responsible for performing all intercompany transactions and reconciliations for the North America scope serviced by Johnson & Johnson's Global Finance Center - Asia Pacific (Manila).

Responsibilities will include:

Inter-company (IC) transactions
· Invoice inter-company transactions
· Participate in IC reporting and IC closes
· Prepare IC netting information and initiate wire transfers
· Respond to IC queries and issues
· Review IC invoices and requests to ensure compliance and adherence with Johnson & Johnson's corporate policies
· Voucher, maintain and lead IC payables for all Johnson & Johnson entities that are customers of GFS - Asia Pacific (Manila)

2) Customer Service

· Deliver service excellence and improve customer service and satisfaction
· Develop effective working relationships with key partners (external / internal customers, co-workers)
· Ensure that service levels and targets are met as per Service Level Agreements (SLA)
· Perform problem tracking and ensure that issues are properly documented, prioritized, tracked, and resolved within the SLA
· Ensure proper and timely escalation of issues so that they are resolved to meet internal and external expectations

3) Continuous Improvement

· Find opportunities for continuous process improvement and innovate solutions so the team can operate in an efficient and cost effective manner

4) Audit and Compliance

· Comply with J&J related policies and procedure i.e., Worldwide Procedure (WWP), Internal Control Handbook (ICH), global process and, any legal and regulatory requirement that J&J is obliged to enforce

5) Team Performance

· Contribute to team effort, assist co-workers as needed to balance workloads, and help to build a work atmosphere conducive to a high degree of integrity and collaboration
· Cross train with other accountants to provide backup and knowledge of other business areas

Desired profile

Qualifications :

·  Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or finance-related course
·  Certified Public Accountant (CPA) a plus
·  At least 1 full year accounting-related experience (AP/AR/GA); intercompany accounting experience an advantage
·  Experience in a shared services center of a multinational corporation an advantage
·  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
·  Flexibility to adapt to needs of diverse cultures and business disciplines
·  Good analytical competencies
·  Excellent data entry and processing skills - eye for detail and accuracy
·  Basic to proven knowledge of general accounting concepts, rules and legal requirements
·  Experience with SAP or other ERPs an advantage
·  Proficiency in basic MS Office applications (Excel, Powerpoint, Word) required
·  Willing to work on weekends and Philippine holidays (as needed)
·  Willing to work on graveyard shifts
·  Willing to be assigned in Parañaque City, Metro Manila