Inventory Accountant

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San Jose, Escazu, Escazu
Hybrid
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Healthtech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Biotech • Pharmaceutical
We’re in relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that change patients’ lives.
The Role
The Inventory Accountant role at Pfizer focuses on maintaining financial health through preparing financial reports, managing accounts, and overseeing financial records. Responsibilities include updating transaction records, designing and maintaining accounting systems, and supporting audit activities while collaborating with diverse stakeholders and meeting project deadlines.
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How You Will "Use Your Power for Purpose"
In this role, you will harness your accounting prowess to make a difference at Pfizer, a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry. Your expertise will be instrumental in maintaining our financial health, ensuring we continue to deliver life-changing medicines to patients worldwide. You will be part of a dynamic team, working in a fast-paced environment where your skills will be valued and your career growth nurtured.
What You Will Achieve
As an associate, your job focus is crucial for achieving task and project objectives. Your expertise in accounting will be instrumental in preparing financial reports, managing accounts, and overseeing the company's financial records. You'll prepare key documents like the Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss statements, along with other vital accounting reports. Additionally, you'll update financial transaction records, ensuring their accuracy, and generate reviews and reports from this data. You're also tasked with designing, updating, and maintaining our computerized accounting systems, while ensuring compliance with and communication of our accounting and auditing policies and procedures.
How You Will Achieve It

  • Contribute to the completion of project milestones and organize own work to meet project task deadlines.
  • Identify issues proactively and communicate to manager along with potential range of solutions.
  • Prepare financial and accounting analysis completely and accurately.
  • Maintain elements of domestic and/or international general ledgers including the preparation of journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date Work Instructions, Job Aids and Desktop Procedures documentation.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and colleagues of diverse backgrounds, including different departments, cultures, business units and countries.
  • Lead select activities involving the month end close, take initiative to understand complex problems and consistently meet deadlines with little to no assistance.
  • Lead the implementation of continuous improvement projects.
  • Engage directly with business partners on routine activities and deliverables.
  • Work independently to produce standard and regular reports as required for the operation.
  • Assist in providing key support for internal and external related audit activities, including the timely and accurate delivery of audit requests.
  • Prepare complete and accurate standard operating procedures and Sarbanes-Oxley related internal control documentation involving new activities and/or process changes as required.


Must-Have Qualifications

  • High School Diploma (or Equivalent) and 6 years of relevant experience OR an Associates degree with 4 years of experience OR a Bachelors degree with O+ years of experience
  • Demonstrated experience in finance or accounting with the ability to deal with numbers accurately
  • Proven ability to maintain professionalism and possesses the ability to interface with all levels of colleagues
  • Demonstrated advanced technical US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and financial reporting knowledge and experience
  • Proficiency in MS Office, especially MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint


Preferred Qualifications

  • Public accounting experience
  • Proven experience in PPV & SOX control execution.
  • Enterprise Resource Planning {e.g. SAP} system experience
  • Power BI is a plus
  • System Application & Products and Hyperion Financial Management skills
  • Demonstrates problem solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills


EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, or disability.
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HQ: New York, NY
121,990 Employees
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Year Founded: 1848

What We Do

Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.

Why Work With Us

We are the inventors, the problem solvers, the big thinkers — those who surmount any hurdle to deliver breakthrough medicines to the people who are counting on them the most.

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