Sr. Associate - Cost Accounting

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You have worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience, and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over ten million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

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What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will be a member of the Global Cost Accounting team that is responsible for the consolidation and analysis of the global inventory and cost of sales.

As part of the Amgen Global Cost Accounting team, the job includes but is not limited to:

•    Perform the inventory, cost of production and cost of sales accounting for certain Amgen manufacturing and contract manufacturing sites and distribution channels.
•    Prepare sophisticated journal entries, general ledger account analysis.
•    Prepare and check reconciliations for both SAP and consolidation tools – adhering to best practices and audit standards.
•    Support product integration activities and associated process harmonization projects. 
•    Prepare audit schedules and answer questions from internal and external auditors including physical inventory count collaboration, planning and execution.
•    Prepare advanced financial schedules such as footnote, month-end flash reports, accounting memos, and other ad hoc schedules, as required by the supervisor to strict deadlines.
•    Consolidate, analyze, and report global inventory balances by product/site and perform detailed monthly variance analysis.
•    Perform certain accounting control functions and reporting requirements as directed such as inventory reserves, inventory step-up, pre-approval manufacturing, standard costing including absorption tests, and excess capacity analysis, among others.
•    Collaborate flexibly with global accounting team members and certain global and external service provider functions across multiple time zones to ensure effective communications and alignment in a dynamic environment.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

•    Doctorate Degree or
•    Master’s degree and 2+ years of experience in general accounting or
•    Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience in general accounting.

Preferred Qualifications:

•    3+ years of General, Intercompany and Cost Accounting experience using SAP.
•    Dynamic accounting/finance experience including corporate-level public company experience.
•    Experience liaising with outsourced partner relationships.
•    Experience in financial system optimization, improvement, and implementation
•    Knowledgeable in US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) 
•    Experience in other functional accounting areas (i.e., intercompany, cash, investments)
•    Experience with SAP.