Senior Assistant - P2P

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Senior Assistant - P2P

This person will be responsible to understand and process all activities that belongs to the end to end Procure to Pay cycle making sure the execution is done according to Elanco Standards & Rules within the internal controls established and will contribute to accounting processes related to providers/ vendors management, expense reimbursement, treasury.

The accountant will contribute to establishing, documenting, and maintaining a strong process and control framework.

Your Responsibilities:


* Administers the accounts payable process which starts with the reception of an invoice and ends with the payment of the invoice to the supplier.


* Activities may include preparing and recording invoices as well as performing complex operational/technical accounts payable and analysis reporting.


* Requires knowledge of accounting principles and theories, local tax regulations and application of corporate policies, practices and procedures


* Backup of other team members in order to support the daily operation


* Review cost and payable accounts of the general ledger.

Reconcile and analyze accounts and transactions


* Participate to vendor/providers management: onboarding new vendors (incl.

tax and payment information as well as cost center/approval flow configuration), monitor receipt of invoices, collect budget owners approval, ensure payment processing


* Provide an excellent service for reimbursing employees’ expenses while enforcing the expense policy


* Ensure process documentation and controls


* Participate in the monthly and quarterly closing procedures


* Prepare and execute monthly journal entries including accruals and adjustments as needed, under strict closing deadlines


* Ad hoc projects: participate in ad hoc projects as needed, contribute to finance workstreams (accounting processes, payment confirmation, bank reconciliations, accounts payable improvement, etc.)

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):


* Bachelor’s degree in accounting and/or Finance or equivalent (in case there is no certificate,


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