Sr. Finance Manager

Role focus:

Accountable for ensuring local Country Management strategies and planning are in alignment with statutory, legal, regulatory and jurisdictional guidance. The role together with Business Finance provides Finance Leadership in market to ensure Pfizer's continued operations. The Finance Manager manages financial matters with respect to the Legal Entities in market and prepares recommendations for the local market Leadership Team.

The role acts as the primary "in market" liaison and single point of escalation for any financial operational issues between the Country Manager, Business Finance and the GFS organization, and advises country management on the proper statutory financial treatment for market specific strategies and plans.

This role requires extensive collaboration with Business Finance and Country Management as well as GFS Statutory CoE and the Regional and Global GFS sites and COE leaderships to ensure the integrity of Pfizer market financial data.

The Finance Manager's role is to provide operational and talent leadership to the market Finance Operations Team. Lead, develop and manage team of three employees.

Finance manager with deep knowledge of US GAAP and local GAAP standards and harmonization of two sets of accounts, experienced in collaboration with multiple shared services, able to lead without authority, manage priorities, act as a partner for commercial colleagues and accounting team; maintain strong control environment

Primary responsibilities:

Acts as a market owner of US GAAP BS and PL statements

• Monthly/quarterly BS & PL holistic review to ensure integrity in numbers and be able to comment on variances
• Statutory PL analysis vs US GAAP, aimed to harmonize 2 sets of accounts
• Prepares local statutory GAAP technical accounting guidance papers and provide technical advice as it relates to local statutory accounting

Partnership and financial stewardship

• Lead support for Step Plan /LE set up - acting as Country Coordinator liaising between Finance, Tax, Legal, Commercial etc. and as Country Contact for the Global ORC
• Act as partner for commercial colleagues - provide guidance on financial matters (category of expenses, cost allocation, accrual calculation)
• Oversight of lease accounting: lease related agreements gathering, analysis, accounting approach check, Lease survey submission
• Provide guidance on intercompany recharges

Month end process

• Alignment of Global closing time-schedules with Market teams (Local, Tax, Business), review of financials/accruals, suggest corrections if needed
• Collaborate with shared service centers - review accruals, cost allocations, ad-hoc requests
• Perform month end and quarter end controls as per assignment and responsibilities assigned to market

Transfer Pricing: Profitability review / monitoring

• Oversight of Transfer pricing process with focus on local profitability. Communicate with shared service center on issue resolution

Controls and compliance

• Manage Internal/ External Audit requests
• Maintain control environment, update local SOPs, Accounting policies, implement local working instructions
• Responsible for Pfizer Kazakhstan accounting and tax policies, for statutory GAAP financials and accounting treatment for new operations and projects, contracts (incl. contract manufacturing); follow-up and validation of Cost records related to these projects

Pre-requisites of the candidate:

• University degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics or Professional accounting designation, such as CPA, Chartered Accountant (as per market norms).
• 5-10 years of experience in finance, accounting or business, with significant experience in controllership and tax.
• ERP experience a must, experience of supporting system enhancements is beneficial
• Excellent communication skills in Russian and English
• Proven track record in developing external relationships with local financial regulatory authorities and thought leadership in the local finance community
• Motivated, ambitious and hard-working
• Candidate should adopt a collaborative approach and must be a good listener
• Candidates who can clearly evidence their ability to identify opportunities for improvement will be at an advantage

Purpose

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let's start the conversation!

Equal Employment Opportunity

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms - allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

Disability Inclusion

Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!

Finance & Accounting