What you will do As a Senior Associate in Accounting at Amgen, you'll support the accounting department by performing a variety of financial tasks including bookkeeping, preparation of financial statements, and compliance with accounting regulations.
Responsibilities In this vital role you will be part of our Global Accounting team, responsible for the following:
- Analysis and Interpretation Accounting and Financial Reports
- Understand transactions driven by the business, in order to apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
- Analyze financial results and provide explanations to management for the movements of Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow statements.
- Prepare detailed support for external reporting deliverables (10Q/10K).
- Work with Finance and Operational teams in performing accounting tasks and monitoring the successful processing of Month End close activities, including but not limited to preparation and review of journal entries and account reconciliations.
- Develop strong relationships within Finance (Financial Planning, Tax, Purchase to Pay, Treasury, Global Strategic Sourcing).
- Internal Controls and Compliance Process support
- Support the documentation and testing of controls in support of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Certification and other control verification processes.
- Support Internal/External/Tax audits by timely providing backup, explaining transactions, and answering inquiries, as applicable.
- Process Improvement, Automation and Project Management
- Collaborate with process team members to determine and support the implementation of continuous improvement opportunities that will enable an efficient and effective accounting close process.
- Obtain knowledge in Automation and Reporting solutions, including deployment, (e.g. UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Anaplan, Tableau, Alteryx, MS Teams, Smartsheet, Docusign) to reduce transactional work in favor of strategy and analysis.
- Vendor Services Collaboration
- Partner closely with our External Services vendor supporting accounting operations to complete close activities and deliver quality services to Amgen.
What we expect of youWe are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The accounting professional we seek is a hard worker with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:Masters degree in AccountingORBachelors degree and 5 years of Accounting experienceOrAssociates degree and 8 years of Accounting experience
Preferred Qualifications:- At least two year of experience in accounting, audit or financial reporting
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Finance or Accounting preferred
- Proficient in usage of Microsoft Office Applications
- Comprehensive accounting knowledge on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial reporting
- Strong written, verbal communication, and presentation skills and be able to bridge cultural differences
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently, to multi-task, and to establish priorities
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA) preferred
- Project management skills
- Experience with ERP applications (SAP, Oracle, etc.)
- General knowledge of automation initiatives.