Finance Senior Associate (SEA)

Amgen; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Senior Associate to support financial operations across South East Asia. This role involves managing financial accounting, tax compliance, and audit activities while collaborating with various internal teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance, with a degree in Accounting or equivalent, and experience in an international setting. Join a diverse and inclusive community that values innovation and offers vast opportunities for career growth and development. If you are passionate about finance and eager to make a meaningful impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Health benefits

Work/life balance

Career development opportunities

Inclusive community

Qualifications

• 3+ years in finance roles within an international environment.
• Strong accounting knowledge and fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Support finance and accounting for SEA, ensuring compliance and reporting.
• Coordinate with internal and external partners for audits and financial processes.

Skills

Financial accounting

Tax compliance

Audit requirements

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Fluency in English

Education

Degree in Accounting

CPA or ACCA

Tools

SAP

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Career Category Finance Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Finance Senior Associate (SEA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

What you will do

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the role is responsible for supporting the Finance and accounting work for South East Asia (SEA) (including Hong Kong) as well as executing the controls and compliance activities of the SEA region.

In this capacity, the Finance Senior Associate (SEA) will perform in the following areas for all SEA markets:

1. Financial accounting, tax compliance, and audit requirements

   • Act as accounting liaison to coordinate with CPA firms, regional share service team, and local third-party bookkeeping team. Ensure monthly closing results and financial statements/tax reports are in line with the requirements.
   • Supports statutory and financial reporting of the SEA markets. This includes but is not limited to, compliance filing, local statutory accounting and tax filing, government surveys, etc.
   • Ensures financial compliance aligned to both local and corporate policies/accounting standards.
   • Prepares and monitors monthly closing, including raising closing entries, reviewing entries raised by service providers, analyzing trial balance and balance sheet to understand and explain major variances, etc.
   • Exercises proper controls & governance are maintained across the markets.
   • Conducts internal control verification of finance, including annual IICC verification, finance review of payments, and BTA reconciliation, among others.
   • Preparation or review of financial schedules such as footnote disclosures, close reporting deliverables, and providing support for other ad hoc schedules, as needed.
   • Participates in Balance Sheet Reviews for each SEA market. Summarizes and coordinates areas of improvement and works with respective country teams to action the recommendations.
   • Assists with external audits for the SEA markets in conjunction with the Finance Manager and the local country finance manager.

2. Treasury, P2P, and Others

   • Interact and work cross-functionally with a wide range of internal business partners and provide accounting support and guidance as required.
   • Take part in local and regional projects such as business systems implementations and process improvements.
   • Supports the annual IICC testing in the role of Finance Process tester.
   • Ensure implementation and adherence to corporate and local guidelines and policies.
   • Ensure all company data is collected, derived, and consolidated from all departments in order to produce reliable reporting.
   • Drives SEA process improvement, simplification, and automation in any F&A areas.

What we expect of you

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent accounting qualification.
• Experience of more than 3 years working in similar position/s in an international environment.
• Working knowledge of key IS systems (including demonstrated capability in SAP, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Fluency in English, both in written and oral communication, is a must.

Preferred Qualifications

• Big 4 audit experience preferred.
• Strong background across all areas of finance (FP&A, controllership, accounting, tax, treasury).
• Biological pharmaceutical industry knowledge is preferred but not a must.
• Demonstrate a willing-to-learn attitude and excellent technical knowledge of accountancy, relevant laws, local taxes, and accounting systems/processes.

What you can expect of us

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization.
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act.
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits.

Apply now for a career that defies imagination.

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.