Accountant

Desired Skills: Accounting,Financial Reporting,Journal Entries,Balance Sheets,SAP,Oracle,MS Excel

As a Financial Accountant, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the integrity of our financial reporting with timely and accurate financial information.

You’ll have strong analytical skills and a solid grounding in accounting principles, eager to gain exposure to a multinational organization within the rapidly expanding pharmaceutical industry.

Organisation Description

We are a premier provider of biologics services (from discovery to commercialisation) with global customers in the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries. We´re one of the world’s top three contract development and manufacturing companies for biopharmaceuticals, we provide our clients with a world-leading open access technology platform. We enable our clients to research, develop and manufacture drugs from the concept phase to commercial manufacturing.

Our mission is to accelerate and transform discovery, development, and manufacturing in the rapidly growing field of biologics to benefit patients worldwide. We have sites/offices in China, the US, the EU, and Asia. We currently employ over 10,000 people and provide services to more than 600 customers worldwide, including the top 20 biopharmaceutical companies.

Department Description

As a Financial Accountant, you’ll be joining an organisation where people of all backgrounds and experiences are respected, and where we work together focused on changing lives. 

In this role you’ll be reporting to the Associate Director Financial Reporting & Controlling.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Fixed Assets controlling
  • Maintaining the Fixed Asset register- additions / disposals.
  • Physical asset verification.
  • Monthly reporting.

• Month End Controlling and Reporting
  • Preparation of monthly SAP journal entries including accruals and prepayments.
  • Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Assist on Monthly/Quarterly reporting package preparation.
  • Inventory general ledger controlling.

• Reporting
  • Insurance cost analysis and policy monitoring and controlling.
  • Assist in timely and accurate data collation in support of cashflow management process.
  • Assistance with internal and external audit queries.
  • Work with finance team and other departments for the submission of the CSO and other statutory reporting requirements.
  • Timely and accurate execution of intercompany recharges to other group companies.
  • VAT / Intrastat / VIES reporting

• Finance process and system improvement
  • Support the “Lean Finance” approach and contribute continuous improvement recommendations on process improvements.

• General
  • Will be flexible to take on additional tasks and responsibilities at the discretion of the Associate Director Financial Reporting & Controlling.
  • Will act as a role model for the Finance function and also the wider organisation in adherence to our corporate core values and PROUD culture.

Knowledge and Experience

• 3+ years general accounting experience within a Finance function is essential
• Experience working in a multinational manufacturing environment is preferable.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP FICO or Oracle (or other large ERP systems) is essential.
• Excellent MS Excel skills are essential.
• General accounting experience.
• Strong numeracy skills and attention to detail.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Fluent in MS Office suite.

Qualifications

• A degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance (or other relevant/equivalent qualification) is essential.
• Recently qualified or part qualified ACA/ACCA/CPA/CIMA and working towards full qualification is essential.

Behavioural Competencies

• Ability to collate and analyse large amounts of data in a methodical and structured manner.
• Ability to adapt and change quickly in a fast-paced learning environment.
• Dynamic team player that can work proactively on cross-functional teams.
• Excellent oral communications, business writing skills, inter-personal and presentation skills.

Please click the link below to apply or alternatively send an up-to-date CV to howie.leahy@peglobal.net

***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland***