Senior Financial Accountant - Tax focus (Italian advantage)

What we do:

The Record to Report Department, often abbreviated as R2R department provides financial services for more than 130 affiliates in the EMEA region. Our main areas covered are: General Ledger Accounting, Management Accounting, Treasury and Accounts Receivable. The department is constantly expanding since our main goal is to perform end-to-end accounting activities in the near future. 

Your day to day responsibilities are:

As a Senior Financial Accountantyou will perform day-to-day and closing activities according to predefined deadlines with full ownership of their tasks and in compliance with the Process Documentations of the respective business sub-process.

As a qualified expert, you: 

• As a qualified expert, you: 

• Calculate and issue AR manual invoices, daily bank posting
• Handle rejected and returned payments
• Clear customer accounts, collect customer direct debit payments, contact with customers
• Allocate cash, credit management
• Clear AR and bank suspense accounts
• Post and reconcile treasury transactions
• Reconcile and report intercompany balances  
• Analyze financial data and prepare reports to support tax planning and compliance
• Assist in the preparation and filing of tax returns, including VAT returns and corporate income tax returns  
• Provide support during tax audits and respond to inquiries from tax authorities
• Perform ad-hoc tax analysis and research as needed
• Calculate, post and reconcile leased assets, fixed asset and CAPEX accounting activities
• Calculate and post taxes, GL journals and accruals
• Reconcile and clear B/S Accounts 
• Define and calculate cost and revenue allocation in controlling
• Product closing in Material Management module of SAP
• Report for consolidation
• Reconcile between systems and modules
• Issue investigation and resolution from technical and accounting point of view in all above mentioned processes
• Handle incoming calls & emails from other Roche Affiliates
• Align with non-finance local departments as needed, e.g. logistics, HR, marketing, 3rd party as needed (e.g. distributor company)
• Prepare Audit documentation and participation in internal and external Audits

What can you bring to our team:

• We are looking for someone who is self motivated, really passionate about his or her job and understands that providing a high-quality service is crucial for the organization. As an ideal team member you are open-minded, dedicated to make a difference and open to constant development. Furthermore, you have:
• University degree, preferably in Finance/Accounting related discipline
• 2-4 years of experience in tax accounting or related field  
• Strong understanding of tax laws and regulations
• Excellent communication and analytical skills 
• Outstanding customer orientation and service focus
• Strong interpersonal skills and team player attitude
• Fluent in English, Italian is advantage