A2R accountant Job

Description

General Accounting (GA)
• Perform day-to-day posting of general ledger entries
• Perform allocations, record accruals / prepayments, process reversals
• Perform period end closing activities and liaising with other teams as required
• Assist with GA processing for GFS-Asia Pacific (China) itself when required
• Escalate issues to R2R team lead when necessary to avoid delays in processing

Inter-company (IC)
• Invoice inter-company transactions
• Participate in IC reporting and IC closes
• Prepare IC netting information and initiate wire transfers
• Respond to escalated IC queries and issues
• Provide direction in relation to J&J’s IC policy with respect to the policy’s guidelines and requirements for use, which involves independent judgment and analytical skills with regards to the Policy
• Review IC invoices and requests for invoices for compliance with J&J corporate policies using independent judgment to assure adherence to the policy
• Voucher, maintain and manage IC payables for all J&J entities that are customers of GFS-Asia Pacific (China)
• Work closely with required parties to research and resolve differences with IC accounts
• Escalate issues to R2R team lead when necessary to avoid delays in processing

Reporting & Consolidation (RC)
• Standard cost maintenance
• Compute inventory valuation and adjustments
• Prepare necessary reports and reconcile accounts
• Perform tax processing tasks as required
• Escalate issues to R2R team lead when necessary to avoid delays in processing

Fixed Assets (FA)
• Maintain and capitalize fixed assets and process asset movements
• Complete FA postings and depreciation
• Prepare reports and reconcile accounts for analysis and approval
• Ensure the Fixed Asset master data reflects the information provided by the business
• Provide the business with required information for physical inventory and respond to inquiries
• Run Fixed Assets reports when required
• Ensure recording of all supporting documentation
• Ensure book values are reconciled with tax values
• Escalate issues to R2R team lead when necessary to avoid delays in processing

Audit and Compliance
• Ensure current processes, operations, systems, databases and information security are up to date and comply with proper accounting and legal principles/policies/procedures, including GAAP, Company WWP (worldwide procedures), SOX and others
• Support auditors and legal authorities with the execution of required activities – ensure staff and information are available as required

Customer Service
• Deliver service excellence and maximize customer service and satisfaction
• Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders (external / internal customers, co-workers)
• Maintain professional attitude during service delivery and resolution of issues
• Ensure that service levels and targets are met as per Service Level Agreements
• Perform problem tracking and ensure that issues are escalated in a timely manner and properly documented, prioritized, tracked, and resolved

Continuous Improvement
• Identify opportunities for continuous process improvement and innovate solutions so the team can operate in an efficient and cost effective manner

Qualifications

• At least University degree or equivalent in a finance related field
• Intend to pursue or pursuing Certified Public Accountant (CPA, ?????) or equivalent qualification
• At least 1 – 3+ years of experience in General Accounting (GA) function
• Experience in shared services center of a multinational corporation desirable
• Ability to read and write English with basic conversational skills
• # Special language skills – ability to read, write and speak Japanese / Korean

# This is only applicable to Accountants servicing specific countries – Japan (Japanese) and Korea (Korean). Please refer to ‘Additional Information’ section below for more details.

Primary Location:Asia Pacific-China-Jiangsu-Suzhou
Organization: Johnson & Johnson Medical Suzhou Ltd. (7054)
Job Function: General Accounting
Job Segment: Accounts Payable, Accounting, Medical, CPA, Business Process, Finance, Healthcare, Management

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