Job Description

Providing first- line support to Group Consolidation team and oversight to the PURP (Provision for Unrealised Profit) team, including the review of key schedules and reconciliations, investigation of differences and communication with stakeholders.

You will be supporting PURP and relevant Group Financial Reporting team in the month end close process which include:

• Leading monthly feedback and performance reporting process with Group Finance Services (GFS)
• Play a key role in the preparation and review of the Annual Report and 20-F
• Managing matters with PwC (external auditor) throughout the year to ensure a successful year-end audit
• Assisting with activities relating to the SOX reporting timetable to ensure all key areas of responsibility are met/work performed
• Advising on reporting treatment and provide other practical support as required by reporting units
• Supporting GFR's consolidation continual improvement process, sharing best practice amongst the team and the wider AZ finance community
• Preparing quality financial analysis and develop recommendations to remediate reporting errors and complexities
• Ad-hoc review/analysis and/or BAU activities

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Essential Skills To The Role:

• Qualified accountant
• Intercompany Profit Elimination & Intercompany reporting experience a must.
• Consolidation experience highly essential.
• Large organisation group financial reporting experience highly essential.
• Significant experience of financial statement preparation and external audit
• Understanding of consolidation mechanics and systems/tools, preferably hyperion.
• Experience of reporting under IFRS
• Experience of financial control and SOX frameworks
• Proven delivery in a large/global company working interdepartmentally.
• Focuses On Delivery - Adept at applying tried practice methodology to achieve results in a timely manner
• Problem Solving & Decision Making - able to identify, analyse and offer other solutions to complex problems.
• Stakeholder management / management experience

Desirable Experience:

• Experience of external audit
• Experience of working within a large complex organisation
• Experience/understanding of the pharmaceutical industry