Atr Senior Specialist

Job Description

**Department**
**GSS (Global Shared Services) Finance**
**Position**
**GSS Accounting to Report (AtR) Senior Specialist (P3)**

**Description of Position & Responsibilities**

The GSS Accounting to Report (AtR) Senior Specialist will work with a team of around 40 professional AtR colleagues in the Center delivering and managing end to end AtR processes. The Senior Specialist will have a team 5 or so Specialists under them for their Region. Additionally, the AtR Senior Specialist will work daily with our global BPO partner who executes AtR Transactional services for Organon in all our global regions. The Senior Specialist will be expected to work in a selection of the AtR process areas from GL Accounting, Cash & Investment, Sales Accounting, Closing Operations and Fixed Asset accounting. Experience in Tax, Statutory Reporting and Intercompany accounting are also valuable. The AD will also operationally support Finance master data.

The Senior Specialist will contribute to ensuring all AtR processes and transactions comply with accounting standards, policies, SOX and statutory requirements. The Senior Specialist will also provide input to the global process owner group for operational opportunities for process and control design, as well as Market Finance experience. The AtR Service Center team will be organized regionally, so the Senior Specialist will be working within a regional scope. As well as having responsibility for successful delivery of AtR operations for their region, the Senior Specialist will oversee service delivery from our BPO partner and will work collaboratively with Organon Markets to have a full understanding of our business dynamics.

Organon was established as an independent company in June of 2021 and Organon GSS is now in the process of standing up our Global Service Center. The AtR Senior Specialist will be a key contributor in standing up AtR Operations in the Center. They will help to build a strong governance and relationships and establish stable, effective, standardized and controlled AtR Process delivery to our GSS clients. Concurrently, Organon is implementing its Global ERP SAP S/4 Hana platform and the GSS Service Center AtR team will assume a core role in supporting this implementation.
**Position Responsibilities**:
**AtR Process delivery**:

- Deliver services in accordance with agreed Service Level, Controls and Governance.
- Help to manage process risk by adhering to policies and internal controls, comply with AtR guidelines, ensuring process and SOX controls are executed in a timely and accurate fashion.
- Maintain complete and accurate standard operating procedures and related internal control documentation.
- Bring a process improvement focus, supporting implementation of best practices and a project management discipline.
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors to support successful audit results and compliance with US GAAP and company policies.
- Support training, accuracy, and timely delivery of work outputs.
- Engage with process owners and other GSS Center colleagues to help identify opportunities to drive efficiencies through continuous improvement.
- Maintain professional and detailed process documentation such as global SOPs, Regional Work Instructions etc in coordination with the AtR Global Process Owner.
**Support Internal Stakeholders**:

- Partner with stakeholders to define objectives, align expectations and ensure an “end to end” approach to process change and improvements.
- Administer 'world-class service' for all Market Finance stakeholders.
- Manage relationship through collaboration, negotiation, and influence.
**Division/Area**

Global Shared Services (GSS)
**Band/Pathway**

Band 400, Level P3
**Reports to**

GSS Global Service Center AtR Director
**Location**

Lisbon, Portugal
**Extent of Travel**
5%
**Qualifications, Skills & Experience**

**Education & Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or other related to AtR.
- Up to 5 years’ experience in AtR processes.
- Fluency in English and valued other European Language in addition to Portuguese.
- Experience working on regional or global teams. (Valued: Experience of Launching / Standing up a Shared Service Center).
- Experience with Internal or External Audit valued.
- Demonstrated experience working in large teams collaboratively.
- Demonstrated strong math, query, analytical and systems skills with demonstrated experience in data management, MS Office.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain financial controls.
- Effective training skills and team building capabilities for management of functional tasks within area of responsibility.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, strong oral and written communication, presentation, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- Good project management skills including ability to coordinate and implement complex cross-functional activities.
- Experience with continuous process improvemen