Ifrs Accounting Assistant

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We are hiring the best talent for **IFRS Accounting Assistant **to be located in** Sao Paulo**
**Purpose**
As a member of our Global Finance team, you will have exclusive access to a network of financial professionals located in over 60 countries. This new network will help you build on your current skills and explore opportunities to grow your career in J&J.
At J&J Global Finance, we value ideas for innovation and improvement and are committed to diversity and inclusion. Together we will reimagine business processes to become more effective, more efficient, and improve customer experience. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
This role is part of the A2R Americas Finance team responsible for IFRS Accounting for Brazil
**Key Responsibilities**
**Core responsibilities include**
- Responsible for supporting the GS A2R team focused on Legal Entity Accounting, specifically for the completeness and accuracy of IFRS Accounting, working closely with the Country Tax Centers (CTC). This includes support related to but is not limited to recording the statutory ledgers and maintaining accuracy of parallel ledgers (if applicable), focusing on ensuring the correct tax accounting and liaison / coordination with internal and external audit teams
- Timely closing & execution of financial periods as per closing calendar and in accordance with SLA commitments, fully observing Compliance, Internal Audit & SOX requirements
- Generate ideas, foster, and implement continuous improvement mindset, identifying and pursuing process efficiency opportunities
- Execute global Strategy & Solutions in line with taxonomy
- Support Process Subject Matter Experts (SME's) to ensure cross sector, cross region, and cross process alignment, ensuring good documentation is maintained and consistency of a global approach
- Regular focus on Balance Sheet reconciliations to minimize open items
- Execute process improvements, generating ideas and implementing them in line with global standards
- Enthusiastically learn about the principles and specific tasks assigned to your specialist area within the process, suggesting and making improvements after aligning with a wider team
**Compliance**
- Support auditors and legal authorities with the execution of required activities
- Ensure strong internal controls are in place, to achieve "adequate" internal and external audit ratings
- Actively embrace on the job training, thinking of ways to standardize tasks across process area
**Leadership and People Management**
- Actively embrace on the job training, thinking of ways to standardize tasks across process area
**Travel**
- Up to 5% international travel
**Qualifications**
- A minimum of a bachelor's level degree or equivalent is required, preferably in accounting or finance
**Languages**:
- Fluent English, other language skills desirable
**Experience and Skills Required**
- 2 years of professional experience is desirable
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with employees at all levels
- Strong Analytical Skills
- Be open to new ideas, rapid change and embracing new technologies
- Experience in a Shared Service Centre of a multinational corporation or BPO
- Experience in a Global Account to Report function of a large multi-state company
- Ability to handle ambiguity and fluid situations, demonstrating a pragmatic approach
- Successfully manage multiple priorities, be very organized and work efficiently to tight deadlines
- Solid US GAAP accounting knowledge
- Proficient in ERP systems (SAP preferred) and MS Office in particular Excel is desirable
**Other**:
- Lead/Participate in other Regional/Global/Cross functional duties as assigned
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability
**Primary Location**
Brazil-São Paulo-São Paulo
- **Other Locations**
Latin America-Brazil-São Paulo-São José dos Campos
**Organization**
J&J do Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Produtos para Saúde Ltda. (7600)
**Job Function**
Finance
**Requisition ID**
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