Assistant Manager

Use Your Power for Purpose
Your financial expertise and deep understanding are essential in ensuring our products remain in production and our innovators continue their groundbreaking work. Whether you are involved in establishing, coordinating, researching, or managing financial operations, your role is essential in delivering our medicines to the world.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:

• Analyze financial data, generate comprehensive financial reports, and prepare Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss statements, and various accounting schedules.
• Oversee and maintain company accounts and financial records, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to accounting and auditing policies.
• Update journals, ledgers, and other financial transaction records, verifying data accuracy and preparing detailed reports.
• Manage data entry activities within accounting system.
• Engage directly with customers and business partners on complex activities, delivering accurate financial and accounting analysis for external accountants and corporate audit.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and Sarbanes-Oxley related internal control documentation, supporting internal and external audits.
• Lead continuous improvement projects, maintain relationships with serviced groups, oversee significant elements of the month-end close process, and perform local statutory analytical reviews.
• Provide support related to acquisitions or divestitures, participate in special projects, and engage in initiatives beyond existing roles and responsibilities.
• Maintain records, supporting files/documentation, complete/accurate work instructions, and necessary compliance documentation in an organized manner
• Work under general supervision using own judgment where needed and make decisions to resolve moderately complex problems with short term impact within the team
• Ensure activities are performed to a high standard of operational excellence, established service level agreements and deadlines are met, and adhere to defined process/control requirements
• Engage directly with all business partners on complex activities and deliverables; maintain effective relationships with business partners
• Develop areas of expertise and process ownership of global and/or complex areas
• Utilize strong understanding of accounting principles and departmental knowledge to achieve assigned work
• Contribute to the completion of moderately complex projects across a work team
• Ensure strong commitment to the control environment through training and review to meet all control and compliance requirements
• Participate in global initiatives including transformational projects as needed, as a subject matter expert for the area
• Focus on continuous improvement in order to improve efficiencies and grow value add opportunities and begin to apply experimentation and use of new ideas
• Review select activities of junior colleagues and provide informal coaching to further develop junior colleagues

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• CA with Bachelors degree in accounting or finance discipline
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
• Practical experience of IND AS and US GAAP and Statutory Accounting/Experience of other GAAPs
• English proficiency
• Relevant accounting experience and a comprehensive understanding of managing multi-national accounting operations
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities
• Exceptional organizational skills and keen attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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Finance & Accounting