Record to Report (R2R) Specialist

Summary

Location: Cairo, Egypt #LI-Hybrid

About the Role:

As a Record to Report Specialist, you will be responsible for providing expert advice to stakeholders for a sub-area within FSC and related key activities; to ensure compliance with external and internal accounting reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner.

This role reports directly into the Record to Report Lead.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with direct managers to support financial activities, decision making and general projects.
• Provide timely, proactive support on the general ledger.
• Maintain accurate and timely fixed asset information in the fixed asset register including assets under construction and depreciation calculations.
• Prepare analysis or reporting with particular emphasis on accuracy, compliance and timeliness of data provided (i.e.: reports on profit and loss activity).
• Provide all data needed for internal (Financial Consolidation and Reporting System) and external reporting (including statutory accounts, national statistics, and tax information) in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provides 'first line support' on SAP issues including fixed assets, cash and general ledger.
• Contribute to key projects at country or BU level.

Essential Requirements:

• 1-2 years of relevant experience in General Accounting in Multinational Companies.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent.
• English language proficiency.
• Basic knowledge of IFRS.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience using SAP.
• Experience in Audit Management.
• Experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry is a plus.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Novartis is a proud member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network and the Valuable 500, promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in workplaces around the world. We also collaborate with international partners, such as Disability: IN, Purple Space, and Business Disability Forum to identify and develop best practice solutions to enable people with disabilities to participate as equal members of our organization.

Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

Skills:

• Compliance And Controls.
• Continuous Process Improvement.
• Critical Thinking.
• Data Cleansing / Normalization.
• Embracing Change.
• Financial Accounting.
• Financial And Management Reporting.
• Rapid Problem Solving.
• Resilience.
• Tax.

Languages:

• Arabic.
• English.

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Division
Finance

Business Unit
CTS

Location
Egypt

Site
New Cairo

Company / Legal Entity
EG02 (FCRS = EG002) Novartis Pharma S.A.E

Functional Area
Audit & Finance

Job Type
Full time

Employment Type
Regular

Shift Work
No