Location: Budapest, Hungary

Job type: Permanent, full-time, hybrid

About the job

With respect to Account to Report (A2R) the Business Services Center will be covering the following areas of the process:

• Tax accounting
• GL accounts closing and reporting
• Statutory accounting and reporting

The purpose of this role is to:

• Deliver GL monthly closing & reporting services to SBS
• Perform monthly closing activities as per Group timetable
• Prepare management, tax, legal and statutory reporting at Group and country levels
• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner
• Deliver operational KPIs and comply with Sanofi policies and guidelines
• Participating in continuous improvement initiatives

The Senior Closing & Reporting Accountant reports to A2R Closing & Reporting Lead and works closely with Finance (Controlling, Treasury, Tax, Internal Control...), other SBS departments, Customer Service and the A2R team.

Main responsibilities:

Operational:

• Deliver GL monthly closing & reporting services to SBS
• Review interfaces that generate automatic postings to ensure that they have been correctly booked, AR & AP sub-ledgers are closed and close Balance Sheet and P&L accounts
• Request & collect all recurring and nonrecurring items, reconcile accounts and post Manual Journal Entries (MJE)
• Prepare management, tax, legal and statutory reporting at Group and country levels
• Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis
• Contribute to business reviews
• Execute in compliance of processes, transactions and reports with Sanofi accounting policies, internal control guidelines and audit / SOX requirements
• Complete all activities as per the global Core Model and operational KPIs
• Develop expert level knowledge of the activities in scope as well as local knowledge of entities in scope and become super-user
• Pro-actively anticipate operational issues and coach junior analysts
• Build, document and transfer A2R Core Model process knowledge (Level 6/7) relating to GL monthly closure and reporting activities

Continuous improvement:

• Identify process improvement opportunities through elimination of redundant activities

• Participate in process automation initiatives and ensure seamless adoption and transition

About you

Education:

• Graduate degree in accounting or finance (essential)

Experience:

• Knowledge of IFRS and local GAAPs (essential)
• Hands-on expertise in GL accounting, closing & reporting processes and activities (essential)
• Knowledge of GL accounting and reporting (essential)
• Experience in working within a Business Services organization (advantageous)
• Good and proven experience in GL accounting preferably in an international multicultural environment (essential)

Soft skills:

• Hands-on experience of SAP FICO (essential) and other accounting-related IT tools (e.g. Blackline) (advantageous)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and expertise of MS Excel (essential)
• Good business acumen (advantageous)
• Strong problem solving, deductive and analytical skills (advantageous)

Interpersonal:

• Ability to interact with internal and external clients in a professional manner (essential)
• Team player, able to work collaboratively transversally and with A2R front line teams with an end-to-end mindset (essential)
• Good communication skills (advantageous)
• Attentive to customer needs and feedback (advantageous)

Partnership:

• Ability to organize, prioritize and structure the tasks for oneself (essential)
• Attentive to detail and works with precision (advantageous)
• Action oriented, delivery driven, change agent (advantageous)
• Role model / coach to junior analysts (advantageous)

Languages:

• Fluent in English (essential)
• Knowledge of other European languages (advantageous)

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Office of the Year 2025 – Evolution Award
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Marketing Diamond Award 2026 – Employer Branding
One of the highest honours at Hungary's prestigious Marketing Diamond Awards, recognizing excellence in employer branding.

BSC Investor of the Year 2025
Awarded by HIPA, ABSL Hungary, and AmCham Hungary for our contribution to Hungary's business services sector.

PwC Workforce Preference Survey 2025 – Top 3 Most Attractive Employers
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Hungarian Employer Branding Awards 2025 – Gold & Silver
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