Eva Arcebuche

• Executes Internal Control testing for relevant financial processes such as Procure to Pay, Human Resources, Accounting to Reporting, Order to Cash, Treasury, Tax, Fixed Assets and Inventory
• Performs control testing for various Legal Entities in Merck globally, this includes 37 countries in Asia Pacific , Europe, Middle East, and North and Latin America
• Provides proactive consultation identifying risk exposures and recommending solutions for weakness and regulatory compliance issues
• Evaluates the effectiveness of controls in place to mitigate the identified risk; review evidence, document testing results in a comprehensive and organized manner, provide recommendations to correct deficiencies and ideas for process improvements
• Handles and deliver the teamʼs KPI on a monthly basis as well as monitoring of CAPA submission if necessary
• Act as the coordinator of Global Internal Audit and all service units when it comes to pre-planning, feedback and lessons learned
• Prepares the internal audit status report of findings to the management on a regular basis, including the internal audit KPI
• Other ad-hoc tasks that may be assigned within the scope of Governance and Compliance Team.

• Monitors the timely and accurate completion of general ledger activities within the team
• Ensures the timely submission of reporting package (Balance Sheet, Inventory, Disclosures to Financial Statements, Master package) to Group Accounting in monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
• Performs the FTE calculation and planning in preparation for expected process migration
• Responsible for the attainment of agreed team and individual performance metrics
• Identify and addresses process and knowledge gaps
• Involves in business continuity planning
• Supports the internal and external audit, liaising between the team and stakeholders
• Ownership of the entire General Ledger process
• Drives and motivates the team to initiate process automation.

• Handles and performs GL operations task of the assigned entity on a daily basis including month-end close (MEC) activities, to ensure realization if service objectives within the set guidelines/policies
• Manage processes and tasks to provide internal customers with financial data/reports
• Manage accounting processes, posting to the general ledger, handle payroll and benefits, maintain master data and reconcile and maintain accounts
• Responsible for the preparation of reports as required by the local finance and Group Accounting
• Performs financial analysis and (pre-) audit tasks
• Handle escalations, performs advance processing for specific GL activities of a more complex/sensitive nature and provide support on user testing on ERP/GL related tasks
• Leveraging expertise to constantly seek out better ways in performing processes
• Contributes to process excellence initiatives
• Support operational performance reporting activities
• Works and collaborate well with local finance in resolving issues pertaining to processes
• Serves as Deputy Team Lead and mentors junior and senior team members when it comes to complex processes.

• Prepares journal entries, reconcile accounts, and maintain financial reports
• Performs general ledger activities and financial account review and reporting
• Performs Inventory reporting activities which include stock reconciliation, inventory devaluation and other inventory related activities
• Prepares and develops reports according to internal control procedures
• Analyzes and maintains financial records and ensures the accuracy and compliance of financial documents according to established accounting standards and procedures
• Prepares and submits financial and accounting reports to finance managers, accounting business partner and local finance
• Liaises with Accounting Business Partner, Controllers, Finance team and other workstreams regarding financial transaction
• Performs control check and reconciliation in IFRS16 and IFRS9
• Serves as Point of Contact for internal and external audit requirements
• Serves as SAP Quattro Key User for APAC entities
• Key User for Runbook Smartclose tool (PRECISE).

Monthly closing of GL books (Latin America, Poland & Slovakia)
• Manages routine accruals and the release of prepayments, making journal entries as required.
Processes the upload of large or complex journals.
• Preparation of Intercompany Invoices and distribution of such invoices to LatAm entities and recording
the IC expenses to local books.
• Preparation of Balance Sheet to Balance Sheet Reclasses (AP reclass toPrepaid, Investigator Reclass,
VAT Reclass, etc)
• Posting of monthly payroll.
• Preparation of Profit and Loss Analysis under US GAAP.
Investigate AP invoices not posted to its proper account and subsequently requesting AP team to
correct the misposting.
Identify the cost that drives the variance from current months to prior month.
Identify the items posted in P&L accounts that are above the threshold and report that to AP team for
them to reclassify it to Asset account.
Close coordination with hub accountants/clients for additional entries that needs to be posted within
the month.
Maintenance of Balance Sheet Reconciliation File.
Balance Sheet Accounts Reconciliation through Blackline System
Identify float and long outstanding items in all BS accounts and giving recommendation to Hub
accountants/clients for corrective actions.
Preparation of Global Bonus Accrual (Global task)
Calculating monthly companywide bonus accrual of all employees usingTM1.
Ad-hoc reports and Process Improvements.
Preparation of ad-hoc reports requested by clients/hub accountants and managers.􀀀
Automation of some processes to give efficiency to the team and reporting such improvements to line
managers for approval.

• Prepares the recording and posting of daily and monthly transactions (routine accruals, prepayments, booking of loans, petty cash, etc)
• Take charge in the recording of adjustments and closing entries during month-end close
• Prepare Financial Statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement)
• Perform monthly Bank Reconciliation Statements
• Assist the external auditors on their yearly audit
• Prepares ad-hoc reports requested by management.

• Responsible for the daily recording and posting of transactions relative to loans (e.g
• Loan release, payment, restructuring)
• Prepares monthly reports such as Aging of Loans Receivable, Aging of AR and AP, Loan Loss Provisioning, etc
• Prepares clientsʼ Statement of Accounts (SOA)
• Calculates interest and penalties of delinquent accounts
• Computes interest repricing
• Prepares ad-hoc reports requested by the management.