Actavis is one of the world leaders in development, manufacture and sale of first class generic, pharmaceuticals, founded in 1956, the Company has lead an assertive programme of expansion, making more than 20 acquisitions in the past seven years while maintaining strong organic growth. The Group has approximately 11,000 employees operating in about 40 countries around the globe. Actavis' headquarters are in iceland.

Actavis established its presence in India in 2002 and has its operations in Chennai and Bangalore, encompassing CRO, API development and manfacture of APIs and finished dosage forms in USFDA approved facilities. Actavis currently employs around 750 people in India.

Actavis is looking for the following professionals to work at their manufacturing facilities located at Alathur, near Chennai.

Manager - Cost & Management Accounts
ICWA with 6-8 years of relevant experience in a reputed Pharma company. The position reports to GM-Finance and is responsible for cost accounting & cost control, maintenance of cost records, standard costing of products, financial analysis & MIS, preparation of budgets, forecasts & strategy, etc. The job involves communication with Actavis foreign partners and hence the candidate should be proficient in oral & written English communication. The incumbent should possess strong analytical & problem solving skills; ability to manage multiple tasks; leadership qualities, ability to work independently; and proficiency in use of computers (Excel & Word). Exposure to ERP will be added advantage.

Assistant Manager - Finance
CA with 3 to 5 years experience of A with 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing set-up. The candidates should be proficient in oral and written English communication, must have handled GL, AP, AR, FA, cash & bank and balance sheet, should be proficient in use of computers (Excel & Word), have working knowledge of direct and indirect taxes. ERP exposure will be an added advantage.

Officer/ Executive - Costing
Inter ICWA with 2 to 3 years of experience or a Commerce Graduate with 5 to 6 years experience in maintaining of cost records, costing sytem, preparation of MIS, budgets and forecasts in a reputed pharma company. The position reports to Manager - Costing. The candidate should be proficient in use of computers.

Officer/Executive - IT Administrations
BCA/BE or BTech with minimum 5 years experience in System administration, managing servers, network infrastructure, maintenance of software running in labs, validation of computer systems and software, preparation and implementation of departmental SOPs. The candidate should be a Microsoft Certified Professional with experience in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange server 2003, eCentral, Mediaview, VPN, Qmas, Trend Micro Antivirus, Veritas Backup.

Please mail your resume mentioning relevant position in the subject on or before 25th October, 2008.

More information: Visit our website: www.actavis.com

Actavis aims at hiring people that:

• are ambitious
• care about their customers
• are flexible
• work well as a a part of team
• are pro-active
• are efficient