Job Description

Global Meetings Reconciliation & Payments - Customer Value Optimization, Senior Specialist

• Business Service Centre located across three regions (Americas, Europe, and Asia), are responsible for the timely and efficient delivery of standardized, global financial processes.
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in the business for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

Our Finance team brings together our financial perspectives into our overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives.

The Customer Value Optimization, Senior Specialist will be mainly responsible for managing the business continuity and optimization excellence in quality and delivery for the Global MRP Team globally. This role reports under the Global Meeting Reconciliation and Payment (MRP) team reporting to the Associate Director Global MRP, Customer Value Optimization who is part of the Global Business Services function.
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WHAT YOU WILL DO

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Operations Support

• Complete oversight of the pre-meeting compliance, Disclosure Regional Disclosure Team & the EFPIA Data Stewardship CoE to ensure work is being delivered on daily/weekly & monthly basis
• Ensuring data is being delivered on time per market & process deadlines
• Data must be accurate through ensuring the quality control process is being implemented
• Management & timely resolution of issues as per the service level agreements (SLA)
• Management & support of all 34 markets in scope including the support of data stewards at a local level to carry out the EFPIA process per the local market guidelines & laws.
• Managing the technical stakeholders who support the delivery of data. This includes all IT support teams across the data flow.
• Be involved of ongoing projects that impact EFPIA. This can include customer related changes, changes to the vendor master or anything that may impact the flow data
• Escalations & what is deemed major or critical items must be brought to EFPIA management.
• Develop and review metrics to track performance and goal achievement
• Work closely & diligently with MRP Global Process Owners (GPO) together with the GMRP leadership team in delivering efficiency & effectiveness for the Meetings Reconciliation and Payment as well as Global Card Program processes through standardization, simplifications, and streamlining. Active participation in global and regional initiatives.
• Assist in internal/external audits to ensure all appropriate controls are being followed.
• Develop a good understanding of the overall Finance organization and broader company's business; build and develop network and partnerships with key Finance and business leaders across company.
• Understand the functionality, interfaces, and interdependencies of company's financial processes and systems; ensure the existence of adequate internal controls
• Any other duties that are within the scope, spirit or purpose of the role or as reasonably requested

Leadership Reporting Support

• Review KPIs and report monthly metrics for all MRP, Compliance & CPA processes
• Identify and report Issues and Opportunities timely
• Highlight on any compliance concern
• Prepare QBRs slides for review

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
• Minimum of 6 years Accounts Payable or equivalent Finance or Shared Services experience required
• Compliance experience working with internal controls/internal audits
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
• Experienced in project management, stakeholder & vendor management, change management & controls
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
• Language requirements: Able to speak, read & write in business English
• Experienced in a global environment setup

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• Hybrid work model
• Global exposure

Our Support Functions deliver services and makes recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the experience of working at our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security

Who we are...

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for...

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us -- and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace

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Relocation: No relocation

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