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The position is an integral part of the ADD Pacific Asia headquarters finance function. It involves working with the Asia Pac commercial and finance teams across Abbott Asia Pacific region.

In carrying out all job related activities, this person must be in compliance with local Singapore rules and regulations, environment laws, internal and U.S. FDA regulatory requirement, financial rules and practices, Code of Business Conduct, and local law and company regulations as stipulated in Abbott Singapore Employee Handbook.

Core Job Responsibilities

Major Responsibilities include:

• Set up a robust process and sustainable process in Asia Pacific to gather relevant information, centrally review and document all contracts in scope in accordance with the new lease accounting policy
• Act as data steward to ensure Global Contract Repository for Asia Pac contracts are up to date and accurately documented
• Support the process in the assessment of lease accounting impact, including periodic reviews with Global team, and countries.
• Support the global roll out of new systems supporting the implementation and execution of the new reporting and accounting requirement
• Support the Monthly close/Forecast/Plan process on matters pertaining to lease accounting as well as general FP&A activities
• Evaluate and implement future process and systems enhancements after initial roll out to continue to drive process efficiency and accounting and forecast accuracy.
• Other ad-hoc projects and assignments

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting
• 2-3 years relevant experience in an MNC environment in Asia Pacific and Big 4 Accounting firms
• Strong background in process mapping and implementation, reviewing contracts and documentation
• Resourceful and self-starter
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
• Good PC skills. Can use the major office based software programs, e.g. Excel, word processing, presentation programs, spreadsheet, database, e-mail etc.
• Ability to work under time pressure and handle competing priorities

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