Job Description

About This Role:
As a Senior Analyst in our dynamic GBS PTP team, you will be at the heart of our financial operations, ensuring the meticulous handling of third-party invoices across various affiliates, primarily focusing on LATAM markets. This pivotal role requires a profound understanding of Accounts Payable (AP) processes and a comprehensive knowledge of market-specific accounting and taxation regulations. Your expertise will support our dedicated team, including Analysts, Senior Analysts and AP Manager in navigating and resolving complex inquiries that demand extensive expertise. You will fit into our overall business structure as a critical enabler of efficient financial operations, contributing to the organization's success by optimizing our PTP processes and ensuring compliance.

What You’ll Do:

• Process supplier invoices into Oracle for assigned GBS markets, adhering to Service Level Agreements and standard operating procedures, with a focus on LATAM region. 
• Handle supplier invoices for dedicated affiliates in compliance with local accounting rules and process requirements.
• Tackle complex inquiries for dedicated affiliates according to process specifications.
• Conduct diligent monitoring and follow-up on AP balance sheet unreconciled open items, aiding in resolution.
• Oversee sub-ledger aging reports, identify and analyze related issues, and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Partake in month-end close activities for assigned GBS markets, including AP & PO sub-ledger reconciliations.
• Provide support to other P2P team functions as per backup plan.
• Respond to external and internal audit queries for GBS markets, ensuring SOX control compliance within PTP SOX defined responsibilities.
• Foster collaboration with GBS entities/customers to facilitate continuous improvement and standardization of processes.

Who You Are:
You are a finance professional with a knack for precision and a passion for efficiency. With at least three years of experience in an accounting function, you are well-versed in the intricacies of finance and AP operations. Your fluency in English and Spanish enables you to communicate effectively in a multicultural environment. You thrive in roles that require both analytical acumen and collaborative engagement, and you are eager to apply your Oracle ERP skills in a global business services or shared services center setting. Your proactive approach to problem-solving ensures that you can navigate complex situations with ease and contribute to continuous improvement within the team.

This role is in hybrid work model. Please note that this role requires a candidate to be a holder of work permit & residency in Poland.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in an accounting function.
• A solid understanding of Finance and AP operations.
• Prior experience in a GBS/SSC and an international financial environment is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in Oracle ERP systems is an advantage.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is mandatory.

Preferred Skills:

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Proven track record in process improvement initiatives.
• Fluency in Portuguese would be an advantage. 

Additional Information

About Biogen Poland:

Our Warsaw office is a complex hub for local, regional and global roles. Regardless our role and reporting line we’re driven every day by our unique purpose, working passionately to change the lives of patients affected by rare and devastating diseases. This is what gives us pride, inspires us and gives us fuel to push the boundaries of innovation. We represent over 30 nationalities and celebrate the strength that comes from differences in backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. This commitment to fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace earned us a Great Place to Work Certificate and Best Places to Work Awards consecutively since 2021 in Poland and Europe. If our mission resonates with your heart and career aspirations, we’re inviting you to join our team.

 About Global Business Services (GBS):

The Global Business Services (GBS) team transforms Biogen’s business processes, scaling global operations and fueling commercial growth and innovation. GBS adds value by delivering business solutions and support services through a global delivery model, operational transparency, and best practices. Aiming to be a world-class organization, GBS excels in people, solutions, execution, and partnerships, championing a continuous improvement culture recognized across Biogen. We form a great team of individuals with drive for innovation but also team players collaborating in the spirit of respect. And if you want to take your professional development in your own hands, this is a place for you. We give you a lot of opportunities for growth on a business and social ground.

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.