About Astellas:
At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.
The Opportunity:
The General Accounting Assistant Controller supports the review and monitoring of Affiliate accounts to ensure high-quality, well‑understood financial information prior to consolidation into regional and Group accounts. The role takes a holistic view of balance sheet quality, reconciliation robustness, and key movements across the trial balance, working closely with the Central Financial Reviewer.
In addition, the position supports the month‑end close timetable, collaborating with Affiliates, Global Capability Centres, Business Process Outsourcers, and the Corporate Accounting Team to ensure timely and accurate close cycles. The role also plays a key part in financial footnote coordination, centralized control execution, and audit support.
Hybrid Working:
At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.
Key Responsibilities:
• Review and monitor Affiliate trial balance and balance sheet accounts, using flux and trend analysis to identify and explain key movements
• Assess the quality and completeness of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring adherence to accounting policies and standards
• Support the month‑end close timetable, coordinating with Affiliates, GCC teams, BPO partners, and Corporate Accounting to ensure timely closes
• Review and follow up on aged, uncleared balance sheet items, working with Affiliates and service providers to resolve outstanding balances
• Support the collection and standardisation of financial footnotes and supporting documentation for consolidated reporting
• Operate and evidence central J‑SOX / SOX controls, including manual journal review and Control Radar (or equivalent) activities
• Monitor key control indicators (e.g. intercompany imbalances, accrual levels, DSO trends) and report findings for control oversight
• Act as a central point of contact for audit requests, collaborating with internal and external auditors and finance stakeholders
• Support monitoring of statutory financial statement timelines for Affiliates, tracking completion against agreed schedules
• Contribute to continuous improvement and finance transformation initiatives, enhancing efficiency, compliance, and control effectiveness
Essential Knowledge & Experience:
• Hands‑on experience in general accounting, with exposure to trial balance review and balance sheet oversight
• Practical experience performing account reconciliations, flux analysis, and trend analysis
• Understanding of month‑end close processes and pre‑consolidation financial review
• Ability to operate within a controlled accounting environment, ensuring policy compliance and data quality
• Advanced proficiency in English and preferably the local language as well (spoken and written)
Preferred Knowledge & Experience:
• Relevant experience in accounting or bookkeeping roles
• Experience supporting audits and working with internal and external auditors
• Exposure to internal control frameworks, including J‑SOX / SOX
• Experience in a multinational, matrix organization
• Familiarity with Shared Service Centre or Global Capability Centre models
• Experience coordinating with outsourced service providers and multiple finance stakeholders is an advantage
Education:
• University degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field
• Professional accounting or payroll-related certifications are an advantage
Additional Information:
This is a permanent role based in our Global Capability Centre in Warsaw, Poland and hybrid working with the expectation for some office presence. Flexibility may be required in line with business need. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.
Astellas’ Global Capability Centres – Overview:
Astellas’ Global Capability Centre’s (GCCs) are strategically located sites that give Astellas the ability to access talent across various functions in the value chain and to co-locate core capabilities that are currently dispersed. Our three GCCs are located in India, Poland and Mexico.
The GCCs will enhance our operational efficiency, resilience and innovation potential, enabling a timely response to changing business demands.
Our GCCs are an integral part of Astellas, guided by our shared values and behaviors, and are critical enablers of the company’s strategic priorities, sustainable growth, and commitment to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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