Accounting Operations Manager

General information

Job Advert Title Accounting Operations Manager
Location Czech Republic
Employment Class Permanent

Description

Accounting Operations Manager

About Astellas:

At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division. We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.

Your main responsibilities would be:

• Managing and executing financial closing activities
• Ensuring control over business processes in an efficient and documented manner
• Providing local support for R2R, P2P and O2C processes
• Responsibility for financial statements and group reporting requirements
• Responsibility for complying with local statutory and tax requirements
• Drive audit activity and preparation of fiscal and statutory reports and maintain supporting evidence of control operation for audit purposes
• Manage tax audits and any transfer pricing related topics
• Responsible for managing and developing direct reports
• Ensure a culture of Ethics and Compliance, adherence to Astellas policies relating to healthcare compliance standards and to to Finance Controls and Compliance standards.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Solid knowledge of accounting and internal control standards in an international and intercultural organization
• Leadership experience combined with teamwork and partnering behaviours
• Solid experience with ERP systems (SAP HANA) and reporting tools
• Experienced communication skills with various management levels
• Solid financial analysis skills
• Experienced organizational and project management skills
• English and local language advanced level in speaking and writing

Education/Qualifications:

• University degree, ideally in finance or accounting
• ACA / or ACCA / or CPA and / or equivalent accounting qualification is a plus

Additional information:

• Full time
• Based in Prague with occasional international travel

We offer:

• A challenging and diversified job in an international setting
• Opportunity and support to continuous development
• Inspiring work climate



We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.