Business Services Graduate Trainee -GBS Account to Report- Accounting

What You Will Do

• Deliver quality reporting of consolidation packages within Sanofi Group calendar timeframes 
• Ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (IFRS) and company procedures to ensure the integrity of financial information. 
• Processing daily and closing activity of transactions related to closing and reporting of financial books and any other task. 
• Perform balance sheet account reconciliation on monthly basic. 
• Collaborate with other End to End teams (P2P and Ci2C), tax & treasury departments and Country Finance to manage and address potential closing risks. 
• Respond to and resolve enquiries from Country Finance/Internal and External customers. 
• Perform any other tasks assigned by A2R Team Supervisor/Manager.

GBS Transition:

• Actively participate in transition activities of Country A2R processes into GBS, including knowledge transfer, preparation of Work Instructions documentation and attending conference calls/meetings. 
• To support Team Supervisor to ensure operational readiness by the go-live date. 
• To support Team Supervisor by providing quality and timely service to Country Finance as appropriate to this position.

Compliance:

• To ensure compliance with the following under the supervision of Team Lead: 
• SOX & internal controls compliance. 
• Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and company procedures to ensure integrity of financial information. 
• To support internal & external audit and follow up on issues identified within his/her parameter.

Continuous improvement:

• To participate in LEAN workshop, acquire LEAN mindset and work according to LEAN methodology. 
• To proactively alert in issue/roadblock and propose solution to Team Supervisor/Team Lead. 
• To identify within the task recurring issue/roadblock and to alert and propose for solution. 
• Obtain validation on solution from Team Supervisor/Manager and execute them.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Experience: Fresh / less than 2 years of experience. 
• Education: Degree in Accounting or ACCA.

Why Sanofi: 
 
As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us.  
Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live. 
 
About Us: 
 
Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges.  
 
We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions. 
 
With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe.