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Accounting Master Data Specialist

  • Mexico City, Mexico
  • Accounting / Management control

Job description

Job Description

With a shared mission to discover new ways to improve and extend people’s lives, our team of 120,000 global employees and our diverse portfolio of innovative medicines, eye care devices and cost-saving pharmaceuticals, we are addressing some of society’s most challenging healthcare issues. With our legacy deeply rooted in our Swiss heritage and with our eye on the future, our industry leading pipeline, together with our continued investment in R&D and our high performing, diverse and passionate employees, we aim to be a trusted leader in changing the practice of medicine.

We are Novartis, and we are reimagining medicine.

As a global healthcare leader, we have one of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today brought to life by diverse, talented, performance-driven people. This makes us one of the most rewarding employers in our field.

Recently established in Mexico, the Novartis Global Service Centre delivers a broad variety of services including scientific and commercial services (known as Product Lifecycle Services), Financial Reporting and Accounting Operations, IT, HR Operations and Procurement to the Novartis divisions and organizations worldwide.

We’re growing rapidly and are looking for passionate, experienced high-calibre candidates to join our international team

The Record to Report (R2R) Master Data Specialist provides quality services to Novartis Group entities and are responsible for executing the maintenance of master data used in Novartis, on behalf of NBS customers. He/She is aligned to specific data objects within the R2R process for all countries within the regional MDM Tower scope. He/She plays a crucial role in a regional matrix organization by ensuring data is right at the point of entry as well as in identifying and addressing data quality issues and gaps in order to drive continuous improvement. This roles supports the R2R end to end process within Novartis Global Service Center (NGSC), ensuring its quality and effectiveness. The role ensures that data validation, data entry, data quality, reporting and analysis are in place and managed in accordance with defined data standards and operating procedures. This includes ensuring all necessary master data is available, accurate and compliant and providing regular and timely reporting to support NBS to enable improved performance, compliance and cost reduction.

Execute all master data changes within the system of record (e.g. SAP), ensuring creation and maintenance of finance related R2R data objects, attributes and hierarchies (GL Management, Asset Management, Intercompany Accounting), as defined by the Novartis Finance Core
Ensure all necessary data is available, accurate and compliant, meeting the data standards defined by the Global Finance Master Data Management central team
Ensure information supplied in the change request is complete and accurate per type of object and complies with the Global Master Data Management processes and related SOPs
Apply the knowledge, tools, template and forums provided by the Finance Master Data central team to execute MDM to high standards
Ensure that applicable policies, processes and procedures are fully documented and consistently applied through the master data management lifecycle.
Maintain process documentation for master data objects and share processes and technical knowledge and best practices openly to other team members, locally and globally
Ensure that any guidelines, enhancements to existing procedures and escalation paths are properly followed for the execution of master data management activities
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for related data objects, their standards, policies and processes
Deliver services at expected levels with a clear customer focus
Deliver quality and productivity targets as well as contribute to the achievement of master data performance and quality standards as per defined SLAs
Interact proactively with all functional areas of the NGSC to ensure appropriate master data management activities are accomplished, e.g. month end closing, allocations, etc.
Position Title

Accounting Master Data Specialist

Desired profile

Minimum requirements

University level degree in Business Administration/ Economics/Finance or IT related fields
Fluent in English both written and spoken, excellent communication skills
2-4 years of relevant experience, with good functional exposure to Record to process (general ledger) processes from a finance master data management perspective. Order to cash experience is a plus
Master data concept knowledge and master data application set up.
SAP knowledge: experience in SAP ECC and Business Warehouse. Familiarization with SAP MDG, CAR process and accounting regulations
Conceptual thinking and ability to align specific functional requirements with the overall MDM strategy
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-national organization
Previous experience within financial shared service centers desirable
Previous experience working in projects to drive performance improvements
Good people skills
Job Type

Full Time
Country

Mexico
Work Location

Mexico City
Functional Area

Audit & Finance
Division

NBS
Business Unit

FRA Operations NBS
Employment Type

Regular
Company/Legal Entity

NOV CORPORATIVO MEX

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