Responsible for ensuring that internal controls over financial reporting are being adhered to in compliance with corporate/local laws and regulations. Puts an emphasis on developing and enforcing financial policies to mitigate accounting risks and other controllership issues.
Key Responsibilities:
Assist in governance and compliance for ASEAN based on corporate standards and accounting standards.
Serve as contact for compliance audit and internal control audits. Ensure countries are prepared, ready and in compliance for annual internal control review.
Implement corrective actions and remediate issues arising from internal audits, RCM, self-assessment checklist, SOD review.
Conduct in-country reviews and identify internal control weaknesses in each market. Provide expertise in resolving internal control and related problems across all functions.
Work with Country Finance on optimizing processes and systems usage.
Establish internal control reviews and audit process to ensure financial statement integrity and compliance to policies.
Ensure complete and up-to-date operating procedures for all accounting and financial controls in accordance with policies and SOX 404 regulations.
Develop tools to support and train cross functional team on Internal Controls.
Promote development of controllership skills & tools and compliance with ethical standards and Corporate integrity initiatives.
Assist in Ad-hoc internal control reviews across the region, partner with Legal on special assignments.
Serve as a channel of communication for all financial improprieties reported within the region.
Ensures awareness and compliance with applicable standard operating procedures to meet, comply and champion all quality and regulatory commitments of Boston Scientific.
Drives compliance in all finance related matters (GIA, SOX, Statutory, monthly Closing).
Qualifications and Experience:
At least 7 - 10 years of relevant experience in accounting and auditing roles, with increasing levels of responsibility.
Degree in Accounting. Experience with auditing and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements preferred.
Demonstrated skills in problem solving and business partnering.
Advanced proficiency in Excel, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint. Experience with SAP, Tableau, Hyperion.#J-18808-Ljbffr