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Manila, PH

Accountants (Experienced) - Global Finance Services - Manila-000009FX

Description

The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies is the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products. Our fundamental objective is to improve the quality of life of people all around the world by providing scientifically sound and high quality health care products and services. We currently have over 250 operating companies in 60 countries, working to achieve caring for the world, one person at a time.

Johnson & Johnson's Global Finance Services (GFS) Team is implementing an exciting, transformational Global Finance Standardization vision as an enterprise-wide priority. The GFS initiative will establish or expand regional shared service centers around the globe to perform finance work in areas such as accounts payable, invoice to cash, financial accounting and travel expense transaction processing services for Johnson & Johnson affiliates.

The GFS Global Finance Center (GFC) in Manila provides accounts payables, accounts receivables and general accounting services to J&J companies in Asia-Pacific and North America, with plans to expand coverage of other regions.

Accountant - Global Finance Services - Asia Pacific (Manila)

(Based in Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines)

The Accountant role will be responsible for delivering specific accounting functions to support business sector(s) and countries serviced by Global Finance Services - Asia Pacific (Manila) in J&J. The role will be profiled and assigned to a particular service delivery team: Accounts Payables (AP), Accounts Receivables (AR) or General Accounting (GA; includes Fixed Assets and Intercompany accounting).

Apart from actual service delivery, the role's responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

1) 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 properly documented, prioritized, tracked, and resolved within the Service Level Agreements (SLA)
- Ensure proper and timely escalation of issues so that they are resolved to meet internal and external expectations
- Use a considerable amount of discretion in escalating issues to appropriate parties - co-workers, team leads and process managers

2) Continuous Improvement

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

3) Audit and Compliance

- Comply with J&J related policies and procedure i.e. Worldwide Procedure (WWP), Internal Control Handbook (ICH), global process and any legal and regulatory requirement that J&J is obliged to adhere to

4) Team Performance

- Contribute to team effort and assist co-workers as needed to balance workloads
- Help to create a work atmosphere conducive to a high degree of integrity and teamwork
- Work both independently and as a team member
- Cross train with other accountants to provide backup and knowledge of other business areas

Qualifications


- Filipino citizen or holder of relevant residence status to work in the Philippines
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or finance-related course
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) a plus
- At least 1 year accounting-related work experience (AP/AR/GA)
- Experience in a shared services center of a multinational corporation desirable
- Strong team working and relationship building skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to read, understand, verbally exchange information and compose written material for business purposes in English
- Flexibility to adapt to needs of diverse cultures and business disciplines
- Good analytical competencies
- Ability to prioritize own workload
- Displays ownership of tasks and deliverables, coupled with a sense of urgency to meet deadlines and timetables
- Ability to work and communicate with management on resolutions of issues or decision making
- Excellent data entry and processing skills with an eye for detail and accuracy
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Experience with SAP a plus

- Proficiency in basic MS Office applications (Excel, Powerpoint, Word) required
- Willing to travel for business/training (as required)
- Willing to work on weekends and Philippine holidays (as needed)
- Willing to work on graveyard shifts (as needed)
- Willing to be assigned in Parañaque City

Primary Location:Asia Pacific-Philippines-National Capital-Manila
Organization: Johnson & Johnson International (Singapore) Pte Ltd (8438)
Job Function: General Accounting