Hybrid Senior Accountant

at West Pharmaceutical Services

• Job title: Senior Accountant
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dublin, Ireland

About the role

• Senior Accountant overseeing financial reporting and general ledger tasks in European region. Contributing to compliance with US GAAP and local standards within a multinational context.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Accountant, Global Finance Services primarily has responsibility for the general ledger and financial reporting tasks in our European region.
• Analyze current balance street reconciliations and clear any unreconciled items in line with policy
• Preparation and review of monthly financial reports, ensuring they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner and in accordance with US GAAP
• Preparation, analysis and review of journal postings
• Calculation, posting and review of monthly accruals and prepayments ensuring that all items are accurately captured
• Preparation of multi-currency bank reconciliations
• Preparation of variance analysis
• Statutory reporting in line with Local GAAP standards
• Processing of transactional taxes, eg VAT
• Support annual corporation tax compliance
• Liaising with country teams to ensure external reporting compliance with local regulations
• Ensure that company financial records are maintained in compliance with companies policies, US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.
• Accountable for ensuring that company policies and procedures (internal controls) are implemented to provide reasonable assurance that the company assets are protected
• Support the Sarbanes Oxley activities relative to internal controls documentation and testing and segregation of duties
• Liaise with internal and external auditors
• Support deployment of SAP S/4 HANA and other systems eg Blackline to garner greater efficiency within the controllership function
• Support implementation of AI to drive further efficiency and effectiveness in our delivery of accounting services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Finance or Accounting
• Minimum 3 years private industry experience in multinational manufacturing companies; experience in US multinational/Shared Services Preferred
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley 404
• Experience with SAP required and HFM preferred
• Strong knowledge of and ability to learn and apply technical accounting concepts in accordance with US GAAP/Local GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting
• Strong analytical skills and ability to summarize conclusions and make recommendations to management
• Unquestioned integrity, moral character, ethics and values - one whom an organization can trust without reservation
• Ability to effectively prioritize and escalate issues
• Qualified Accountant i.e. ACCA; ACA; CPA; CIMA

Benefits

• Global Career Opportunities: With facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, employees have opportunities for international exposure and cross-functional collaboration.
• This is a hybrid position requiring the team member to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week
• West is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
• If you have a special need that requires accommodation in order to apply to West, please send an email to [email protected].
• Where permitted by law, an offer of employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of background screening and/or a pre-employment drug screening.