Senior Accounting Specialist European Shared Services
Daiichi Sankyo is a leading pharmaceutical company with over 120 years of experience and more than 17,000 employees in over 20 countries.
About Us
We focus on two areas in Europe: protecting people from cardiovascular disease and helping patients who suffer from it to enjoy every precious moment of life. In Oncology, we strive to become a global pharma innovator with competitive advantage, creating novel therapies for people with cancer.
Roles and Responsibilities
* Record, post and functionally coordinate credit and debit business transactions, in particular incoming invoices taking into account local VAT regulations.
* Perform and functionally coordinate the monthly, quarterly and annual general ledger and closing activities and prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS, local commercial and tax law.
* Post and monitor payments and prepare payment runs.
* Manage open items incl. clarification of differences and align with the business, permanent reconciliation of general ledger and sub-ledgers.
* Prepare reporting packages and reporting analyses.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with the EU business functions, local Finance Directors and local Finance and business staff.
* Functional contact person for local Finance Directors as well as for tax auditors, tax advisors and auditors on relevant topics.
* Participate in (sub-)projects or lead sub-projects to optimize the Accounting activities and the development of the European Finance Shared Services.
Your Profile
* Successfully completed studies in Business Administration or a successfully completed Finance-related professional education.
* Professional training (e.g. financial accountant or balance sheet accountant) or certification is an advantage.
* 5-7 years of experience in general ledger and sub-ledger Accounting and in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
* Experience in financial audit and/or experience in Finance-, Accounting-, or tax-related advisory is an advantage.
* Experience in project work in the field of finance and accounting, ideally in the environment of global business services, shared services or in transformation contexts would be an advantage.
* Excellent knowledge of IFRS and ideally HGB, good knowledge of international VAT law desirable.
* Good knowledge of SAP R/3, SAP ECC or S/4 HANA and MS-Office.
* Business fluent written and spoken English and German language skills; other languages are advantageous.
* Very good communication skills with a convincing manner.
* Very high customer orientation, ability to work and take over functional responsibility in a team.
* Ability to constructively deal with conflicts and affinity to work in an international, cross-functional and dynamic environment.
* Very reliable and proactive way of working.
Why Work with Us?
Working at Daiichi Sankyo is more than just a job – it is your chance to make a difference and change patients' lives for the better. We foster a culture of mutual respect and continuous learning, with a strong commitment to inclusion and diversity.