Group Financial Reporting & Audit Expert

About the role

Zentiva, an international pharmaceutical company, is looking for a Group Financial Reporting & Audit Expert to join its Group Finance team. You will own key Group financial reporting and audit activities, including IFRS consolidated financial statements and annual reporting, working closely with Group Accounting, Consolidation, GFS, local Finance teams and external auditors.

Key responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end preparation and delivery of Group consolidated financial statements and annual reports, including notes and disclosures.
• Ensure the completeness, consistency, quality and audit readiness of financial reporting outputs and supporting documentation.
• Manage the Group audit delivery process, including audit planning, timelines, requests, deliverables and follow-up of findings, and act as a key contact for Group auditors.
• Independently manage complex reporting, disclosure and audit matters, coordinating technical IFRS topics with Group Accounting experts.
• Define and improve Group reporting templates, disclosure instructions, audit documentation and review standards.
• Lead the centralization and transformation of audit activities, driving standardization, automation and more efficient ways of working.
• Coordinate cross-functional audit activities with Consolidation, GFS, local Finance, Treasury, FP&A, Legal and R&D teams.
• Ensure approved IFRS accounting conclusions and policies are reflected in consolidated statements and disclosures, and guide Finance teams on Group reporting requirements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in external audit and/or Group financial reporting; Big Four experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and consolidation reporting, with hands-on experience preparing or reviewing consolidated statements, annual reports and disclosures.
• Experience improving, standardizing or transforming financial reporting and audit processes.
• Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent is an advantage; listed-company audit experience is also an advantage.

Required skills

• IFRS and consolidation reporting
• Multi-entity audits, audit evidence and internal controls
• Excellent Excel skills
• Fluent written and spoken English

What we offer

• A pleasant and dynamic working environment with continuous personal development.
• An attractive compensation and benefits package with an above-standard social and benefit program.
• Hybrid work, on-site and off-site.