Description:
Position Summary:
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals is looking for a highly motivated Senior Accountant to join its team and support the accounting management operations within its International Financial Shared Service Centre ("IFSSC") based in London, United Kingdom.
- Located in the (“IFSSC”) Accounting team, the role is a key part of the end-to-end Record-To-Report (“RTR”) function for 20+ countries.
- This position will partner not only with other members of the accounting department as well as with teams across other departments, including Treasury (US), Accounts Payables, Revenue, Finance and Business Partners in the regions.
- The successful candidate will have exposure to key accounting and reporting areas throughout the Company, which offer development opportunities that can lead to advanced roles within the accounting organization or within other departments.
- Leveraging their analytical skills and accounting expertise they will have the opportunity to make suggestions and implement improvements to ensure continuous enhancement of the international organisation.
Key Responsibilities
MONTHLY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Period end accounting activities for all Vertex’s International region entities, including active participation in the completion of month-end close journals.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with SOX 404 requirements.
- Support the Financial Accounting Management team with completion and review and analyse financial statement accounts, including monthly and quarterly BS and PL Flux analysis.
- Ensure internal policies and SOX procedures are always adhered to.
- Assist with internal and SOX audit queries relating to general ledgers as and when required.
- Liaison with various stakeholders (e.g.: Cash Accounting Team, Accounts Payable, Revenue Accounting and Finance) to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Ad-hoc financial reporting to group and liaison with US accounting team to assist with Group month-end close.
- Support and provide backup for other GL accountants in team.
Strategic Responsibilities
- Document and manage accounting processes and best practices, ensuring these are adhered across the international regions.
- Build a partnership of trust and open communication between the Group's Corporate Treasury team and other key stakeholders.
- Work with RTR lead to improve and develop processes, controls and systems including creation and maintenance of process notes.
- Assist with internal audit and SOX queries, including any audit questions as required.
- Assist with ad-hoc accounting projects as required.
Education
- Education – Bachelor’s degree
- Looking for someone recently qualified or working towards an Accounting Qualification (ACCA/CIMA/AAT)
Skills And Experience
- Good technical knowledge of accounting and finance processes.
- Experience of preparing high quality Balance Sheet reconciliations and an aptitude for using them to identify potential accounting issues that need further investigation.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills allowing to collaborate across all levels of the business.
- Proven communication, negotiation and influencing skills in working with multiple stakeholders across multiple departments.
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills including advanced Excel expertise.
- Oracle R12, OBIEE, HFM and SMART View (Essbase data sources) experience an advantage.
- Experience of working in an International Shared Service centre and within a SOX compliant environment would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry is a plus.