O2C Associate Analyst (Cash & Banking) - Mandarin Speaking

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energised and rewarded for their ideas and creativity!

Global Finance Services (GFS) is the heart of the AZ Finance function. We are accountable for the design and delivery of high quality, simple to operate transactional finance processes which, combined with outstanding business analysis and insight, enables our customers to focus on AZ’s strategic priorities.

Our remit covers record to report, procure to pay and order to cash, tax, planning & forecasting and management reporting, to customers across AZ Globally in Commercial, Science, Operations & Enabling Functions, Tax, Treasury and Group Finance. We are continuing our transformation journey with the objective of delivering excellence in financial operations.

Our Order to Cash (O2C) Team will be responsible to carry out transaction processing activities within a specified process area to meet the needs of both internal and external customers. You will support process improvement initiatives as outlined in our scorecard and perform day to day and the month-end close accounting activities in O2C.

Typical Accountabilities

• Perform payment allocation- both automated and manual. Proactively resolve the unallocated cash

• Process bank statement- both automated and manual. Proactively follow up with stakeholders to clear open items in bank accounts

• Process standard manual payment (via F110 payment run) and nonstandard manual payment (via banking portal)

• Perform and support month end close activities

• Perform journal posting and balance sheet reconciliation in Blackline

• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to resolve and support cash application and banking process, issues and queries

• Identify process improvement opportunities through elimination of redundant activities

• Participate in process automation initiatives, project or migration  

• Comply to internal and external regulations and procedures, that should be in line with the company policies and standard operating procedures. 

• Support team members through proper knowledge transfer, sharing of resource, knowledge and experience and best practice

Essential Requirements

• Degree in Finance & Accounting

• 1-2 years of relevant experience in shared service environment. Fresh graduates may be considered

• Accuracy and attention to detail

• Action oriented, delivery driven, change agent

• Team player, able to work collaboratively

• Analytical and problem solving skills

• Good communicate skill

• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills

• Experience in using SAP is an added advantage

• Fluent written and spoken in Mandarin and English.

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 re-assignment, 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.