In this role, your key responsibilities include:
- Leading a team that provides accounting support to all Teva entities in ANZ
- Proactively engage with internal stakeholders locally and globally across various Accounting & Finance divisions, Commercial and Research & Development business units, Business Solutions, Procurement, and Internal Audit
- Ensure internal systems (SAP, Concur, Ariba) meet local business and financial reporting requirements (chart of accounts, cost centres, approval workflows), and
- Ensure financial controls across the following key areas:
Financial and Group reporting
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of financial performance under both IFRS and US GAAP
- Prepare annual consolidated financial statements for the ANZ Group and lead the annual statutory audit process
Sarbanes-Oxley and Control environment
- Ensure accounting records are maintained in compliance with internal corporate policies and procedures as well as local statutory and taxation requirements
- Ensure effective internal controls are in place and full adherence to Teva’s SOX and Compliance policies
- Oversee annual internal audit
Treasury and cash flow management
- Ensure ANZ treasury activities are in accordance with Teva Treasury guidelines, including local bank facility management and cash forecasting
- Manage the relationship with local transactional banking service provider
- Coordinate with the Board and Company Secretary to maintain bank account signatories for accounts
- Administer the Teva Corporate Credit Card program
Taxation
- Ensure all ANZ taxation compliance including Corporate income tax, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, withholding tax in addition to ensuring compliance with R&D tax incentive requirements
- Manage the relationship with local tax advisors and tax agent
Accounting operations
- Oversee the effective operation and management of accounting activities for accounts payable and accounts receivable
- Coordinate with the procurement team to ensure local compliance with procurement policies and procedures
- Train local colleagues to ensure an understanding of Group and Local Finance policies and procedures
- Oversee vendor payment performance
- Ensure timely collection of all accounts receivable balances and oversee payment allocation;
- Coordinate with customer service and business planning & analysis teams to ensure all wholesaler rebates and credit requests are up to date
- Ensure security interests are registered in the PPSR
- Report monthly on key performance indicators