Accounting Analyst - Fixed Term

• Location: Bogotá, Colombia
• Job type: Temporary 6 months

About the job

Our Team:

Sanofi Global Services Bogota Hub was established and joined the Sanofi Global Services Hub Network in 2022 to support Sanofi Americas region with best-in-class finance and human resources services with the addition of transversal expertise to manage complex projects and changes, as well as build continuous improvement, automation, and process enhancements. Our continuously growing team of talented Sanofians is developing and innovating to enhance Sanofi's services and contribute to the mission of chasing the miracles of science.

Sanofi Business Services (SBS), one of the 4 pillars of Sanofi’s Business Transformation organization, is setting up a new captive Business Services centre in Bogotá to provide Finance & Accounting (Account-to-Report, Customer-Invoicing-to-Cash) as well as Employee oriented (Employee Experience) services to the regions USA and Latin America (except Brasil).

In addition, the Bogotá Business Services Centre will host a number of global Centres of Excellence (CoE) and provide support and other services globally.

With respect to Account to Report (A2R) the Business Services centre will be covering the following areas of the process:

• Assets Management

• Interco accounting

• Cash accounting

• GL accounts closing and reporting

The purpose of this role is to:

• Deliver GL monthly closing & reporting services to SBS USA and Latin America (except Brasil) as per their respective Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

• Perform monthly closing activities as per Group timetable

• Prepare management, tax, legal and statutory reporting at Group and country levels

• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner

• Deliver operational KPIs and comply with Sanofi policies and guidelines

• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives

Main responsibilities:

Operation

• Deliver GL monthly closing & reporting services to SBS USA and Latin America (except Brasil) for Sanofi entities within SBS perimeter as per their respective Service Level Agreements
  • Review interfaces that generate automatic postings to ensure that they have been correctly booked, AR & AP sub-ledgers are closed and close Balance Sheet and P&L accounts
  • Request & collect all recurring and non recurring items, reconcile accounts and post Manual Journal Entries (MJE)
  • Prepare management, tax, legal and statutory reporting at Group and country levels
  • Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis
• Contribute to business reviews
• Execute in compliance of processes, transactions and reports with Sanofi accounting policies, internal control guidelines and audit / SOX requirements
• Complete all activities as per the global Core Model and operational KPIs
• Develop expert level knowledge of the activities in scope as well as local knowledge of entities in scope and become a super-user
• Pro-actively anticipate operational issues and coach junior analysts
• Build, document, and transfer EE Core Model process knowledge (Level 6/7) relating to GL monthly closure and reporting activities

Continous improvement

• Identify process improvement opportunities through elimination of redundant activities
• Participate in process automation initiatives and ensure seamless adoption and transition

About you

• Experience: Previous experience in Account to Report
• Soft skills: Team player, good communication skills and ability to organize/prioritize.
• Technical skills: SAP knowledge, MS Office
• Education: Graduate degree in accounting or related field.
• Languages: Intermediate English.

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