O2C Associate Analyst -Cash & Banking- Japanese Speaker

The Programme

Global Finance Services (GFS) is the heart of the AZ Finance function. We are accountable for the design and delivery of high quality, simple to operate transactional finance processes which, combined with outstanding business analysis and insight, enable our customers to focus on AZ’s strategic priorities. 
 
Our remit covers record to report, procure to pay and order to cash, tax, planning & forecasting and management reporting, to customers across AZ Globally in Commercial, Science, Operations & Enabling Functions, Tax, Treasury and Group Finance.  
 
We are continuing our transformation journey with the objective of delivering excellence in financial operations. 
 
Our Order to Cash (O2C) Team will be responsible for carrying out transaction processing activities within a specified process area to meet the needs of both internal and external customers.  
 
You will support process improvement initiatives as outlined in our scorecard and perform day to day and the month-end close accounting activities in O2C.

What You Will Do

• Perform payment allocation - both automated and manual. Proactively resolve the unallocated cash. 
• Process bank statement - both automated and manual. Proactively follow up with stakeholders to clear open items in bank accounts. 
• Process standard manual payment (via F110 payment run) and nonstandard manual payment (via banking portal). 
• Perform and support month end close activities. 
• Perform journal posting and balance sheet reconciliation in Blackline. 
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to resolve and support cash application and banking process, issues and queries. 
• Identify process improvement opportunities through elimination of redundant activities. 
• Participate in process automation initiatives, project or migration. 
• Comply with internal and external regulations and procedures, that should be in line with the company policies and standard operating procedures.  
• Support team members through proper knowledge transfer, sharing of resources, knowledge and experience and best practice.

Required Skills and Abilities

• You should have at least a Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or equivalent. 
• 1-2 years of relevant experience in similar scope. Fresh graduates may be considered. 
• Knowledge and experience in SAP, Oracle or other ERP systems. 
• Experience of working in a shared service centre across a global /large organization. 
• Good communication skill and able to communicate effectively in Japanese and English.

Closing Date – 14 March 2024. 
 
About Us: 
 
AstraZeneca is an exciting global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company.  
 
We’re inspired by what science can do. Driven by the desire to meet unmet patient needs in our core therapeutic areas. Bold in our thinking. Proactive in pursuing discoveries beyond imagination.  
 
At sites across the world, we bring teams together in a spirit of collaboration to turn great ideas into life-changing medicines – strengthening our product portfolio and harnessing the potential of a pipeline across all stages of the drug development process.