Assistant Entity Controller - Swiss Entities

BeOne continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

We are looking for a senior finance professional to join our European finance team based in our newly created Global Business Service centre in Warsaw, Poland. This is a key position for an experienced, ambitious finance professional who is motivated to contribute to setting up the finance function as BeOne Medicines builds out its presence around the world. The position will support the controlling activities of the Swiss principal structure. The incumbent should possess a strong US GAAP and local GAAP knowledge combined with a competent knowledge of SAP, S/4 Hana preferred. The incumbent is expected to undertake a leading role in both operational record-to-report tasks and process enhancements, having a hands-on approach of accounting tasks, ensuring accurate and timely closings. Strong communication skills and cultural sensitivity is required, collaborating with colleagues in the US, Europe, and Asia.  As a valuable resource to the organization the incumbent is pro-active and brings strong analytical - and problem-solving skills with the ability to work in helping build a structured efficient environment in a hybrid work model.

This role has hybrid work pattern, 3 days per week from our Warsaw office with 2 days remote.

Essential Functions Of The Job:

• Support accounting processes and activities for assigned Swiss entities ensuring GL accuracy and completeness, supporting the monthly financial close process, ensuring all transactions are properly recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance reconciliations and report preparation.
• Obtain an understanding of each legal entity’s Gross to Net Revenue methodology, ensuring proper revenue recording, working with 3PL and local commercial finance directors to ensure accruals and reconciliations are also properly maintained.
• Support the execution of assigned SOX controls in a timely manner. 
• Support external audit requests.
• Support the preparation of statutory accounts for assigned legal entities, ensuring appropriate communication and coordination of activities with Legal, Tax and FP&A departments too.
• Support operational treasury tasks as well as cash clearing activities and cash pooling initiatives collaborating with the Treasury team and FP&A team as required
• Ensure all payroll data prepared by outsourcing partner/Payroll Teams are accurately booked in SAP
• Ensure that any manual Journal Entries are properly recorded with supporting backup in the accounting system, and align as applicable with Management, Corporate and FP&A on any adjustments needed
• Collaborate with Intercompany team to ensure that intercompany bookings are appropriately settled
• Support other region Entity Controllers with accounting support as required
• Participate in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies and procedures and operational strategies including the review and implementation of process and ERP system changes
• Share best practices and provide operational assistance on Accounting and SAP topics
• Stay updated with all changes ongoing in the BeOne organization, and provide appropriate guidance to Business and other stakeholders on accounting processes and best practices

Supervisory Responsibilities:  None

Education Required: Accounting/Business/Finance Bachelor’s Degree

Computer Skills:   Strong SAP knowledge required, (S/4 Hana preferred) Blackline, Excel, Power BI, Concur, Workday, on -line banking

Other Qualifications:

• Accounting/Business/Finance Bachelor degree with 4+ years of Accounting experience
• Experience in managing finance operations across the European geography is required
• Strong understanding of USGAAP, European accounting standards, tax regulations
• Multinational finance environment with a proven track record of leadership and driving process improvements, ideally within the life sciences/pharma industry
• In-depth understanding and experience of transfer pricing and intercompany accounting.
• Experience managing statutory audits, financial reporting, and compliance matters
• Ability to lead and effectively manage a diverse team in a hybrid working model
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for internal stakeholder collaboration
• Proficiency in accounting software and ERP systems (e.g., SAP 4 Hana, Blackline)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Project Management experience a plus
• Desire to work in a fast paced, changing (currently unstructured) environment
• Excellent communication skills combined with cultural sensitivity, excellent spoken/written English – any other languages a plus

Travel:  Minimal

Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Driving Excellence, Bold Ingenuity, and Collaborative Spirit, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. BeOne does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.