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We know you’ve got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.\nYour role\nAs an Accounting Specialist, you will drive operational excellence and financial integrity for assigned entities across Asset Accounting, Intercompany Accounting, Bank Processing, and Cash Application.\nMoving beyond routine execution, you will own complex accounting and operational activities, coordinate Month-End Close (MEC) deliverables, ensure strict compliance with local and Group policies, and serve as a key business partner to local entity finance teams, Treasury, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, I2C and Group Accounting.\nYou will act as a process expert for complex exceptions and reconciliations, support process improvements and automation, and provide guidance and technical support to junior accountants.\nKey responsibilities\nAsset Accounting\nExecute and review the end-to-end accounting lifecycle for fixed assets, including additions, capitalization, 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corrections from recurring process or system issues requiring remediation.\nSupport the accuracy and integrity of relevant master data, including fixed-asset records, intercompany partner assignments, bank transaction mappings, customer account information and matching attributes.\nEnsure master data changes follow established approval, documentation and governance requirements.\nAudit, compliance and risk management\nServe as a key contact for internal and external audit requests within the assigned processes, working with ABPs and relevant stakeholders to prepare audit schedules, supporting evidence and explanations.\nResolve audit queries and provide clear documentation for transactions, reconciliations, approvals, exceptions and corrective actions.\nEnsure processes comply with internal controls, ICFR requirements, Group accounting policies and applicable local statutory regulations.\nIdentify and communicate operational, accounting and control risks promptly, supporting remediation through to completion.\nMaintain accurate and readily retrievable process documentation and control evidence.\nProcess optimization and technology driving\nIdentify, design and implement improvements across Asset Accounting, Intercompany, Bank Processing and Cash Application to increase accuracy, reduce manual effort and shorten MEC cycle times.\nUse root-cause analysis and operational data to reduce reconciliation breaks, unmatched transactions, aged open items, bank exceptions and unapplied cash.\nSupport automation, standardization and workflow simplification using VBA or other approved automation tools.\nParticipate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for ERP upgrades, migrations, bank interfaces, workflow changes and related system implementations.\nTrack, analyze and report operational metrics and KPIs, such as reconciliation completion, aged open items, intercompany match rates, bank-processing exceptions and unapplied cash levels.\nStakeholder management and escalation 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