IPT Trading Partner Analyst - Permanent Role

Job description

Details:

We are a science-led global healthcare company that researches and develops a broad range of innovative medicines and brands. Our products are used by millions of people around the world, helping them to do more, feel better and live longer. Employing close to 100,000 people globally, we have 87 manufacturing sites around the world.

Our pharmaceuticals business researches, develops and makes available medicines that treat a variety of serious and chronic diseases. We have medicines available or in development in a wide range of areas including:
• infectious diseases
• cancer
• epilepsy
• heart disease
• asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• HIV/AIDS

Job Purpose and Key Responsibilities:

The Supply Chain Accounting “Trading Partner Analysis” is responsible for maintaining a trading partner within IPT. (There are 7 trading partner entities in SAP and JDE). The role has two primary responsibilities.
a) Completing the month end processes for the Trading Partner
b) Ensuring that all data at the Trading Partner is accurately maintained.

Completing the Month End process:
• Run reports to pull Volumes information from the local ledger of different systems (JDE/SAP).
• Analyze and manipulate data from the reports in order to load Shipment, Receipts, 3rd Party Issues and Closing Balances into IPT reporting system.
• Investigate and Resolve any rejected data while uploading into IPT reporting system.
• Root-Cause any issues that appears on a regular basis and set corrective measures to prevent these from happening in the future across all GSK Trading Partner.
• Review and resolve any Inter-Company Shipper and Receiver Mismatches with any other Companies
• Review and resolve variances on Closings Balance.
• Work with shipping and receiving entities to ensure that any variances on Deferred Profit on Stock or Profit on Shipment are understood prioritizing material variances accordingly.

Maintenance of data:
• Run and improve reports to identify missing or misaligned Standard Costs, Transfer prices and LAVs and BOMs in the end to end Trade Route of an item.
• Review differences and decide on the corrective action to resolve the issue.
• Work with other Companies across the world to resolve any data misalignments identified and set measures to prevent the data inaccuracies from reappearing in the coming months.
• Understand the query which trading partner analysis can fix and issue that a remedy ticket need to be raised for.
• Work closely with outsourced service provider (Genpact) to ensure that IPT is updated correctly.
• Load Change/Add any relevant Transfer Prices, Standard Costs and BOMs and LAVs in IPT system (SAP).
• Assist the Trading Partner Manager with Ad Hoc tasks and activities.

This role will work closely with the other team members to ensure alignment across all Trading Partner.

Contact information:

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Desired profile

Basic qualifications:

There are currently 2 Trading Partner Analyst roles available on a permanent basis.

Basic qualifications/education:
• Part-Qualified Accountant OR Qualified by experience
• Excellent Excel Skills (Formulas, Pivot tables, Macros)
• Comfortable working with complex and large volumes of data

Applicants must demonstrate in their application how they meet the basic/preferred criteria in order to be successful for interview selection.
Closing date for applications: 29th April, 2016

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity.

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Preferred qualifications:

Preferred qualifications/education:
• Driven to succeed and self motivated, calm under pressure
• Able to work alone, seeking appropriate input and feedback
• Knowledge of Lean-Sigma ADP tools is preferable
• Knowledge of Inventory module preferred
• Knowledge and experience of Supply Chain Accounting and Inter-Company Profit systems and processes is desirable