Senior Accountant (12-Month Contract)
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30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This position is primarily responsible for providing support with the financial close process reporting to the Supervisor - Accounting Services. The Senior Accountant is expected to work closely with the FSS BPO COE and Supervisor to work through the financial close process to produce financial statements in accordance with AbbVies policies and procedures US and CDN GAAP. Activities include but not limited to:
Key responsibilities
- General accounting:
- Participate in the financial close process; prepare journal entries requisitions reclassifications and allocations as well as variance analyses.
- Prepare fixed assets accounting; submit requests for capital Expenditures (RCEs) coordinating cycle counts additions and disposals monthly reporting etc
- Approvals of Purchase Order Requisitions and Invoices
- To assist in the completion of the Sarbanes Oxley yearly documentation and testing requirements.
- Intercompany billing accounts and reconciliations
- Provide finance support to various teams as needed such as Legal Affairs Human Resources Medical Affairs Clinical Site Management and Procurement.
- Other activities:
- Preparation of various government statistical reports.
Qualifications :
Education / Experience required:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting including Chartered Professional Accountant designation.
- Two-three years of experience in accounting services.
- Experience with SAP considered an asset.
- Experience with local GAAP internal controls SOX and financial reporting.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.
- Very good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proficient in both the English and the French language.
Essential skills and abilities
- Experience with SAP and other accounting systems preferred.
- Microsoft Office - intermediate to advanced level
- Intermediate to advanced capabilities in accounting.
- Intermediate to advanced awareness of internal controls including SOX.
Additional Information :
AbbVie strives to provide a French working environment for its employees in Quebec. Although as part of its francization program has taken all reasonable steps to avoid imposing the following requirement advanced amount of knowledge of English / Fluency in English is an essential requirement for the position including but not limited to for the following reasons:
- English speaking employees outside the province of Quebec.
- English speaking clients outside the province of Quebec.
- Anglophone region outside the province of Quebec.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- IVR
- SOAP
- Avaya
- Solaris
- Cost Accounting Standards
- Database Design
- Hibernate
- ITIL
- Weblogic
- Express.js
- Contracts
- ASP
About Company
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuro ... View more
