Senior Financial and Reporting Accountant
Duration: 18 months (Maternity Cover) Location: Liverpool (Hybrid working – Tuesday-Thursday in the office) The role is part of the Account to Report team and is responsible for Financial Accounting for one or more entities to deliver accurate and timely execution of Financial Accounting activities. This role will perform complex transactions and statutory reporting across the set of entity codes. It also includes support for projects and continuous improvement and liaising with Finance Business Partners for escalations. Main Responsibilities: Prepare and post recurring and standard manual journals, including intercompany entries and topside FinanceCore journals. Prepare and post accruals and reclassification entries that do not require discussion or interaction with cost center owners (e.g., utility journals, insurance expense, payroll corrections, workers compensation & property taxes). Perform reconciliations, including IC/IG sales and COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) confirmations and reconciliations. Identify reconciliation issues between SAP and FinanceCore and resolve any issues that are due to system/transactional gaps, including reaching out to business partners to help resolve any issues that require discussion. Process allocations (incl. R&D cost allocation), incl. payroll costs and WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) elements based on monthly timesheets, wages & salaries accounting, share-based calculations & reconciliation with HR (Human Resources) incl. superannuation & benefit queries, including monthly PTO (Paid Time Off) Journal Entries. Maintain and report on prepaid balance amounts. Support preparation of entity budgets and forecasts including Profit & Loss, Balance sheet, and cashflow statement. Prepare and load data from the budgeting & planning tool to the consolidation system for all legal entities. Analyse and report on variances between actuals, budget, and forecasts for balance sheets and cash flow. Prepare preliminary local statutory report (for major locations) including Trade Creditors reporting, including commentary for operating cashflow preparation and calculation and entry of statutory adjustments. Process manual settlements in SAP (outside of RPA process). Complete IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) adjustment calculations and share with Controlling & Reporting for review. Support for internal and external audit requests. Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline; MBA or other advanced degree in related field or professional certification (ACA/ACCA/CPA/CMA) required. Experience Requirements: 6+ years’ experience in accounting and finance. Experience in global scientific/pharmaceutical industry highly desirable. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Contract Job function
Accounting/Auditing and Finance Industries
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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Duration: 18 months (Maternity Cover) Location: Liverpool (Hybrid working – Tuesday-Thursday in the office) The role is part of the Account to Report team and is responsible for Financial Accounting for one or more entities to deliver accurate and timely execution of Financial Accounting activities. This role will perform complex transactions and statutory reporting across the set of entity codes. It also includes support for projects and continuous improvement and liaising with Finance Business Partners for escalations. Main Responsibilities: Prepare and post recurring and standard manual journals, including intercompany entries and topside FinanceCore journals. Prepare and post accruals and reclassification entries that do not require discussion or interaction with cost center owners (e.g., utility journals, insurance expense, payroll corrections, workers compensation & property taxes). Perform reconciliations, including IC/IG sales and COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) confirmations and reconciliations. Identify reconciliation issues between SAP and FinanceCore and resolve any issues that are due to system/transactional gaps, including reaching out to business partners to help resolve any issues that require discussion. Process allocations (incl. R&D cost allocation), incl. payroll costs and WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) elements based on monthly timesheets, wages & salaries accounting, share-based calculations & reconciliation with HR (Human Resources) incl. superannuation & benefit queries, including monthly PTO (Paid Time Off) Journal Entries. Maintain and report on prepaid balance amounts. Support preparation of entity budgets and forecasts including Profit & Loss, Balance sheet, and cashflow statement. Prepare and load data from the budgeting & planning tool to the consolidation system for all legal entities. Analyse and report on variances between actuals, budget, and forecasts for balance sheets and cash flow. Prepare preliminary local statutory report (for major locations) including Trade Creditors reporting, including commentary for operating cashflow preparation and calculation and entry of statutory adjustments. Process manual settlements in SAP (outside of RPA process). Complete IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) adjustment calculations and share with Controlling & Reporting for review. Support for internal and external audit requests. Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline; MBA or other advanced degree in related field or professional certification (ACA/ACCA/CPA/CMA) required. Experience Requirements: 6+ years’ experience in accounting and finance. Experience in global scientific/pharmaceutical industry highly desirable. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Contract Job function
Accounting/Auditing and Finance Industries
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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