Associate Director ICR Regional Controllership

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Job Description
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

The Position

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director to be based at our location in Singapore, working within a specialist controllership function overseeing the Intercontinental (‘ICR’) and China regions (approx. 8 entities). The role reports to the Senior Director in the International Controllership team and manages key aspects of the monthly and quarterly reporting of Gilead’s International Commercial operations to the Corporate Head office in Foster City, California as well as a range of other related controllership activities mainly related to the ICR and China regions.

Job duties include:

• Support Controllership responsibilities of the Hong Kong and Singapore entities, managing month end close and statutory audits in partnership with Global Financial Services (GFS).

• Partner with other entities within the ICR and China regions providing guidance and support on US GAAP accounting queries particularly with respect to revenue recognition and related gross to net accounting.

• Attend month-end review calls, seeking clarification from country finance teams on any unexpected variances or unusual accounting treatments; ensuring open issues are addressed.

• Support the preparation of the ICR region consolidated financial reporting.

• Conduct specific country balance sheet reviews and follows up on action items of country finance and GFS teams.

• Complete consolidated forecast and actual working capital reporting per the agreed timelines with Treasury.

• Participate in ad hoc projects to enhance policy, strengthen controllership oversight and develop efficient processes for reporting.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• Significant and relevant experience

• Chinese Mandarin (speaking proficiency)

• Simplified Chinese (writing proficiency)

• Big 4 trained

• ACA or equivalent qualification

• BA or BSc degree (or international equivalent) in accounting or equivalent

• Previous supervisory experience

• Experience in biotech or pharmaceuticals industry a plus

• Experience with/in multi-national organization

• In-depth working knowledge of general accounting policies and procedures and US GAAP required

• Knowledge of Oracle/SAP or equivalent ERP system preferred. Proficiency with Microsoft tools (Excel, Outlook, and Word) required

• Ability to successfully manage the work of financial personnel and interact effectively with non-financial personnel

• Strong presentation and communication skills are required

• Ability to work in a deadline-driven and multi-tasking environment

• Self-starter with excellent level of accountability

Behaviours

• Resilient profile with the ability to deliver in an ambiguous environment

• Ability to engage and manage multiple stakeholders to achieve the objective

• Curious with learning agility

• Operationally excellent

• Organised with systematic approach to prioritisation

• Process orientated to achieve the business objective

Gilead Core Values – need to include inclusion

• Integrity (Doing What’s Right)

• Teamwork (Working Together)

• Excellence (Being Your Best)

• Accountability (Taking Personal Responsibility

• Inclusion (Encouraging Diversity)

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