Financial Accounting Associate at Bayer

Financial Accounting Associate

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TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 • Contribute to the accuracy of the books in his/her scope of responsibility allowing a certification by external auditors.

• KPI steering on team level and a driver of improvement measures.

• Contribute to preparation and active participation in BKA Feedback Meetings for responsible countries/regions.

• Collaborate with the management execution of the month end close accounting and reporting activities.

• Support legal entities’ s closing process.

• Responsible for timely and complete execution and improvement of Accounting Operations activities as defined by Closing Calendar.

• Contact business (Sales & Marketing, Production, Source to Pay, among others) for clarification of business requirements.

• Performs manual General Ledger tasks such as postings via WPA/MPW in order of seeing the accounting movements reflected in SAP, also monitoring, and cleaning the accounts.

• Analyze and comment the significant variations of different accounts every month.

• Review the company closing results and provide follow-up to the different topics to solve the pending/open issues.

• Performs actual reporting, updates and analyze monthly reporting results.

• Get a proper understanding and follow up in variances/findings over threshold in the data package reports.

• Support other Finance teams. 

WHO YOU ARE

• Studies in Accounting, Finance, Economics or similar (Mandatory).

• Basic Accounting & SAP knowledge (Mandatory).

• Professional experience of at least 1 year in Accounting (Mandatory).

• Intermediate Excel.

• English language skills (Mandatory).

• Being resolutive, independent and a decision-making person.

• Result-orientation, ability to work under pressure and capacity to prioritize properly the workload.

• Demonstrated teamwork spirit.

• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.

• Strong interpersonal and communications skills.

• Analytical, proactive, with initiative and persistence for follow-up.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• Hybrid Working Style.

• Full-time employment contract.

• Wide range of development opportunities.

• Competitive salary.

• Attractive benefits package.

• Good working conditions and comfortable working environment.

• The compatibility of family and career is important to us. We support flexible working time models and the option of working from home.

At Bayer we believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We aim to create an environment in which everybody can feel authentic, respected, and equally valued. Every day we strive to reflect on our values through our people’s unique capabilities, self-experiences, and aspirations. We intentionally seek diversity, to enable our people to bring their fullest potential out and encourage others to likewise do so. Our company wins when we leverage our capabilities to lead the cultural transformation in our business, positively impacting society.

Candidates who meet the requirements based on the job profile will be considered for employment regardless of physical disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and will not be at a disadvantage if unemployed.