Sr. Finance-Accounting Manager, Purchase to Pay (PTP)

Sr. Finance-Accounting Manager, Purchase to Pay (PTP)
United States - North Carolina - Raleigh

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

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Job Description


Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North, South and Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Gilead makes it a priority to increase access to its medicines for people who can benefit from them, regardless of where they live or their economic status.

The Sr. Finance-Accounting Manager, Purchase to Pay (PTP) reports to the Director North America Purchase to Pay (PTP) Operations with responsibility for supplier on-boarding, maintenance, and compliance.

The focus of the role is to lead, manage and develop the North America Supplier Master team aligned to best practice supplier master governance. To drive supplier consolidation and rationalization, through a preferred supplier program, and optimize P-Card at time of on-boarding. The position will work closely with key team members in the global Procurement organization to align on an end-to-end PTP strategy to include centralized buy desk and catalog management.

The successful candidate will be expected to be highly self-motivated and innovative, with proven experience in successfully managing and developing a best-in-class supplier master program providing best practice service delivery and actionable business insights. Be an advocate to digitalize and automate Global supplier master processes through self-service supplier portal technology, data and analytics, RPA and other emerging technologies to create capacity, increase efficiency, quality and control of our processes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage end-to-end Supplier on-boarding and maintenance program.
  
• Manage compliance to both federal and state tax withholding and reporting requirements for foreign and domestic suppliers (1099, 1042, 1042s, CA592).
  
• Maintain process integrity, internal and SOX controls, and ensure compliance with the Controller's Manual and all applicable laws and regulations.
  
• Accountability for service delivery against agreed and evolving KPI's, SLA's and service partnership agreement
  
• Manage, coach, lead and develop the North America Supplier Master team.
  
• Support strategic and cross functional projects.
  
• Act as the point of contact to resolve supplier master data issues with business partners
  
• Oversight for delivery of supplier master training to end users
  
• Conduct regular review and analysis of supplier master data for deactivation in accordance with established policies and procedures.
  
• Collaborate and partner with cross functional business partners and International colleagues to identify and implement options to improve the quality of service delivery from a global perspective and pursue opportunities for global process delivery in line with best practice.
  
• Other duties and special projects, as assigned
  

Knowledge and Skills:

• Manage, coach, lead and develop a PTP Service delivery team
  
• Aspire to deliver an exceptional customer experience and process excellence.
  
• A focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
  
• Business Partnership, build relationships and trust, share ideas, and work collaboratively.
  
• Strong analytical skills and a critical thinker; must have the ability to use excellent judgment and resolve issues with dexterity and effective decision making.
  
• Development and delivery of process related training
  
• Development of global process maps; desk-top manuals and documentation
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills, an inquisitive mind, and the ability to work effectively with multiple, cross-functional stakeholders.
  
• Excellent communications skills: written, verbal, and presentation
  
• Results orientation: The ideal candidate will be results-driven and must thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  
• Ensure adherence to Company policies, procedures, SOX controls, government and/or legal requirements
  
• Ability to operate successfully across diverse geographical locations and cultures
  
• High level of self-motivation, leadership, positive attitude, drive for achievement and a strong work ethic
  

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Degree and Twelve Years Experience OR Associate's Degree and Ten Years Experience OR Bachelor's Degree and Eight Years Experience OR Master's Degree and Six Years Experience OR PhD
  
• 10 years' of PTP and supplier master best practice program
  
• Knowledge of US GAAP and SOX Controls, government and/or legal requirements is required
  
• Extensive knowledge with SAP or best practice ERP systems is required
  
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft tools (Excel, Outlook, Word, Visio, PowerPoint) required
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a multinational or global Finance organization
  
• Experience in biotech or pharmaceuticals industry a plus.
  
• Experience working with SAP Ariba is preferred
  

Gilead Core Values:

Integrity (Doing What's Right)

Inclusion (Encouraging Diversity)

Teamwork (Working Together)

Excellence (Being Your Best)

Accountability (Taking Personal Responsibility)

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