General Accounting Specialist

Job Description

Organon South Africa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Organon & Co. Inc., is a brand-new independent and publicly traded company aspiring to become the world's leading Women's Health Company with a global portfolio that will include biosimilars and a broad array of medicines spanning important therapeutic categories. We are committed to bringing lifesaving medicines to more than 140 international countries, contributing to women's equality, providing medicines and access to women, creating opportunities, and educating women as we uplift our communities and economy.

South Africa is part of the META (Middle East, Turkey, and Africa), and Finance is a critical function within the cluster commercial operations. Reporting to the South Africa Finance Controller, the Specialist for General Accounting will have end-to-end responsibility for the US GAAP and local GAAP results of the respective legal entity (if applicable). This includes all accounting, indirect tax, treasury, and internal control-related matters performed locally or through partner teams (e.g., GDO). This role will also require collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders. The finance team has an agile structure with all members reporting directly to the Finance Controller, enabling flexible team settings depending on tasks, easing resource allocation, and creating development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for accurate and compliant results in the South Africa legal entities for US GAAP, local Accounting & Tax standards.
• Collaborate with AtR, OtC, and StS teams in GDO to ensure objectives achievement, continuity of processes, and succession planning.
• Ensure compliance with global and local statutory accounting policies.
• Prepare and review journal entries.
• Establish & manage actual cost accounting.
• Monitor legislation changes and ensure timely implementation of required changes in SAP and accounting processes.
• Prepare and close books on a monthly basis.
• Support Senior Specialist AT&C with external audit requirements.
• Comply with monthly VAT submissions, payments, verifications, audits; filling of objections and appeals related to VAT.
• Ensure appropriate archiving of all hard copy documents including reporting forms to ensure compliance with local legislation.
• Interface with OtC teams managing impacts on financial books (sales reconciliation to 3PL, and AR monitoring).
• Perform and review Balance Sheet Reconciliation.
• Ongoing process optimization and support of new system implementations.
• Fixed Assets Accounting (GAAP, Statutory & Tax), Direct/Indirect Asset Capitalization, Value & Track of Fixed Assets, Perform Asset Disposals, Obligatory physical inventory counting & tagging.

Required Education, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• A minimum of five years of experience in Finance/Accounting.
• Good level of MS Office applications usage and experience of SAP (key user).
• Understanding of business issues, including foreign currency impacts.
• Strong communication, organization, and managerial skills.
• Team player, self-disciplined, analytic and result-oriented, attentive to deadlines.
• Strong oral & written communication skills (English).
• Open-minded, pro-active, result-driven, and self-organized.
• Ability to take ownership.
• Client-oriented, conflict resolution/problem solving.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Comfortable in an environment of changing technologies and processes, demonstrating flexibility to new ways of working.
• Open to work in flexible and flat (no hierarchy) teams.
• Ability to manage stakeholders in different locations.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Works effectively under pressure & multitasking.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from candidates with a diverse background. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our applicants.

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