Senior Accountant, Accounting Services (12-Month Contract)

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Joining AbbVie means, you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients' lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada whereby 92% of our employees are proud to say they work for AbbVie.

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Job Description

This position is primarily responsible for providing support with the financial close process, reporting to the Supervisor - Accounting Services. The Senior Accountant is expected to work closely with the FSS, BPO, COE and Supervisor to work through the financial close process to produce financial statements in accordance with AbbVie’s policies and procedures, US and CDN GAAP. Activities include, but not limited to:

Key responsibilities

• General accounting:
  • Participate in the financial close process; prepare journal entries requisitions, reclassifications and allocations, as well as variance analyses.
  • Prepare fixed assets accounting; submit requests for capital Expenditures (RCE’s), coordinating cycle counts, additions and disposals, monthly reporting, etc.
  • Approvals of Purchase Order Requisitions and Invoices
  • To assist in the completion of the Sarbanes Oxley yearly documentation and testing requirements.
  • Intercompany billing, accounts, and reconciliations
  • Provide finance support to various teams as needed such as Legal Affairs, Human Resources, Medical Affairs, Clinical Site Management and Procurement.
• Other activities:
  • Preparation of various government statistical reports.

Qualifications

Education / Experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, including Chartered Professional Accountant designation.
• Two-three years of experience in accounting services.
• Experience with SAP considered an asset.
• Experience with local GAAP, internal controls, SOX, and financial reporting.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Very good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient in both the English and the French language.

AbbVie strives to provide a French working environment for its employees in Quebec. Although as part of its francization program has taken all reasonable steps to avoid imposing the following requirement, advanced amount of knowledge of English / Fluency in English is an essential requirement for the position, including, but not limited to, for the following reasons:

• English speaking employees outside the province of Quebec.
• English speaking clients outside the province of Quebec.
• Anglophone region outside the province of Quebec.

Essential skills and abilities

• Experience with SAP and other accounting systems preferred.
• Microsoft Office - intermediate to advanced level.
• Intermediate to advanced capabilities in accounting.
• Intermediate to advanced awareness of internal controls, including SOX.

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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