Finance continues to drive AstraZeneca’s Bold Ambition and driving the delivery of the company’s strategic priorities. Providing valuable data, analytics and insights will not only support growth but enable the science to make effective decisions and identify market opportunities. Our mission is ambitious and it takes the skills of a collaborative team to really deliver on what science can do and to always put patients first.
Global Financial Services (GFS) was formed in Q3 2018 through the merger of Global Finance Operations, Integrated Finance Solutions and Cash Generation. GFS is at the heart of the Finance function - accountable to the AstraZeneca (AZ) Group for the design and delivery of high quality, simple to operate transactional finance processes that enable our customers to focus on AZ’s strategic priorities.
The creation of the Global Financial Services (GFS) centers in Warsaw (Poland), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and San José (Costa Rica) will transform the AZ Middle Office to a central function, supporting the business regions through simplification, standardization across the globe, and a structure that is scalable to support the bold ambition of becoming a $50bn company by 2025.
We have exciting opportunities to join our GFS Center in San José, which will establish best practices and be responsible for providing support to embedded finance (CFOs and country business partners and or BPs in Manufacturing).
Role Profile
Deployment Analyst – Tax Delivery Team will be part of a global team of analysts with a regional focus. This is a new team which is dedicated to supporting the global Direct and Indirect Tax Compliance processes.
Working closely with Group Tax colleagues, you will provide support to the Tax Delivery Team during the deployment phases of the new Tax Operating Model. The Deployment Analyst will make sure deadlines on the standard deployment calendar are kept in track and will provide support to the TDT in various project management activities. You will rapidly gain tax compliance and operations experience across a range of taxes and jurisdictions. The role requires an enthusiastic individual with a strong accounting capability, a commercial mindset and interest in learning about AZ’s business.
The GFS Tax Delivery Team will interface with the Group Tax team, GFS colleagues, CFOs/Finance
Business Partners and 3rd Party outsource providers.
Key Deliverables
• Support the Tax Delivery Team in the daily deployment activities.
• Prepare and review the Deployment Market Localized Standard Operating Procedures in
accordance to the local legislation and the local exceptions.
• Prepare Tax Transformation Procedures aligned with the new TOM.
• Delivered Deployment Calendar Status
• Prepare and communicate RACI deployment impacts to key stakeholders in the organization.
Essential
A passion for customers, self-motivation and a commitment to team work are key. The role is an
excellent development opportunity, as it is a new team working with bespoke tax processes and
supported by dedicated technology. You will be supported and encouraged to develop and expand
your skills and capabilities. Experience of tax transitions is a most.
• Qualified accountant or business administration with at least two years’ experience in tax
transformation or tax transition projects.
• Proved experience in drafting Standard Policies and adapting quickly to process changes.
• Strong Project Management Skills.
• Experience of working with SAP.
• Strong skills preparing, creating and documenting new business process.
• Strong data and analytical skills, and ability to use accounting systems effectively.
• Organisational and process management capability, process improvement mindset.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple tax compliance events.
• Experience of working in an international organisation, including building relationships
remotely and cross-culturally.
• Ability to work well in and across diverse global teams.
• English Language proficiency, both verbal and written, with the confidence to express clear
opinions and ability to explain financial issues to colleagues with a non-financial background.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Proactive, results oriented and independent collaborator.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Team player.
• Ability to work Independently.
• Communication skills.
• A recognized finance or accounting qualification. 4+ years accounting/controlling/FP&A
experience where applicable or Big 4 experience.
Other Role Requirements
• Schedule flexibility to work on holidays when necessary.
• Flexibility and Ability to travel and work in another AZ facilities outside the country when
necessary.
• US Visa must require.
• Schedule flexibility to work on the days off given by the wellness Policy when necessary (Política de
Bienestar).
Internal and External Contacts/Customers
• The GFS function will interface with the Back Office Shared Services function, Business CFOs/Finance
Business Partners and 3rd party specialist functions.
According to the company policies, the candidate must prove that there are no situations that
generate a conflict of interest (COI) for the company. The non-existence of COI is considered as an
objective requirement of the position. To know beforehand the weightings of COI contained in the
policies of the company, consult the Human Resources Department.
AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for
employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or
maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or reassignment,
marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other
characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs individuals with the right to work in the
country/ies where the role is advertised.
