Senior Accountant, General Ledger
US
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Accountant (Compensation and Corporate Accounting), located in either our Corporate headquarters in Wilmington, MA or remotely. This role presents a great opportunity to join our North America General Ledger team, with this role specializing in the accounting of compensation & benefits as well as corporate based transactions. The role will require working closely with our Payroll & Human Resources and Corporate & Business FP&A teams. Primary focus areas include the following: general ledger accounting of compensation and benefits plans as well as corporate based transactions, various reporting & analysis activities, stream-lining processes, and enhancing accounting & reporting support provided to business partners in our rapidly growing global organization.
The following are responsibilities related to the Senior Accountant position:
• Prepare journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and other accounting and reporting schedules, primarily relating to payroll, benefits, other compensation, and corporate based transactions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Assist with review of general ledger detail and expense run-rates to identify and record required adjustments and reclassifications.
• Assist with reporting as well as analysis to be used by North America business finance leaders for forecasting purposes.
• Understand and comply with Sarbanes-Oxley controls.
• Assist with creation, documentation and monitoring of systems controls, procedures, and forms.
• Provide internal and external auditors with requested information.
• Communicate effectively with other departments to ensure transactions are recorded appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Assist with identification and implementation of process improvement initiatives.
• Support integration activities and ERP conversions of newly acquired companies.
• Perform other related and ad hoc duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications
The following are minimum qualifications related to the Senior Accountant position:
• Bachelor's degree (B.A. /B.S.) or equivalent in Accounting/Finance or related discipline.
• Five years accounting experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific experience.
• Experience with Accounting Software.
• Intermediate to advanced excel skills
• Strong written and verbal communications skills required.
The following are preferred qualifications related to the Senior Accountant position:
• CPA or CPA candidate.
• Degree in Accounting.
• SAP, Blackline, and BPC Experience.
Comments:
⦁ This position may require occasional domestic / international travel.
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $90,000 to $95,000. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and location.
Competencies
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected] This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
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