Senior Accountant, AtR - Budget Management

About the role

This role supports the company's monthly financial close and accounting process, including extracting actuals data, preparing and posting journal entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts and supporting close certification, so that accounting information is complete, accurate and timely. It also provides administrative support for Risk Management, including insurance renewals, policy and claims administration, and seeks to improve, standardize and automate these processes.

Key responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly and annual financial close and close certification, ensuring accuracy, completeness, timeliness and proper supporting documentation.
• Execute month-end close activities: extract and organize actuals, prepare adjustments, and prepare and post journal entries with approver sign-off.
• Coordinate the distribution of month-end close activities among team members.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts to the general ledger, keep supporting detail, and maintain detailed profit and loss statements and balance sheets.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulatory requirements such as SOX, and implement and maintain internal controls in line with company policies and best practice.
• Work with stakeholders on pre-close alignment, provide finalized actuals, identify variance drivers and share accurate, timely information with internal partners.
• Liaise with external accounting partners and internal Global Business Services teams on regulatory compliance and accounting services.
• Provide administrative support to Risk Management for insurance renewals, invoice processing, policy and certificate administration, and support claims, surety bonds and clinical trial insurance administration.
• Identify and implement improvements to process standardization, consistency, efficiency and automation, and handle other duties as assigned.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Intermediate to advanced English proficiency (80%+).
• Experience working with global and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to mentor and support the development of junior accountants.
• Preferred: experience in a shared services environment, FP&A activities, and knowledge of SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA and Cadency.

Required skills

• General accounting principles, financial close processes, account reconciliations and internal controls.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft 365.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, organization, attention to detail and independence.