Senior Accountant

Position Summary
The Senior Accountant is a key contributor within the U.S. Accounting & Reporting team and will play a critical role in the successful integration of the Alastin business into the Oracle ERP environment. This position is responsible for leading financial master data cleansing, validation, and mapping activities including General Ledger accounts, cost centers, strategic customers, and building appropriate reporting to ensure a seamless transition into Oracle with no disruption to business operations at go-live. In addition to integration-related responsibilities, the Senior Accountant executes core Record-to-Report (R2R) activities including inventory & cost accounting and supports the preparation of accurate, timely, and technically compliant financial reporting in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) requirements. The role serves as a key business partner across Finance, Operations, Commercial, and IT teams to ensure financial data integrity, reporting accuracy, and sustainable processes during and after the integration.

Essential Functions

• Lead financial master data cleansing, validation, and mapping activities required for the successful integration of Alastin into Oracle, including General Ledger accounts, cost centers, strategic customers, reporting, and other financial dimensions to ensure business continuity at go-live.
• Design, build, test, and validate Oracle financial and management reporting structures; perform data reconciliations and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), cutover activities, and post-go-live stabilization efforts.
• Tracking the inventory standard costs, cost & receipt accounting as part of the sub-ledger review on a weekly basis.
• Support and execute monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities and reporting processes in alignment with the global accounting calendar and close schedule.
• Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting with a focus on Inventory Balance Sheet accounts, including preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• For assigned areas, ensure the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of all submitted financial data, in compliance with IFRS, and statutory requirements. Confirm proper classification of financial reporting lines for both IFRS (FCCS) and core performance (PBCS) books.
• Research and apply IFRS accounting guidance for issues related to assigned areas, ensuring alignment with GAM and corporate policies.
• Prepare high quality documentation for assigned areas, including manual journal entry support and Balance Sheet account reconciliations.
• Assist the Associate Director of Accounting & Reporting with Balance Sheet reviews and perform analytical reviews of account fluctuations to validate accuracy, completeness and integrity of financial results.
• Use reporting tools and system data to identify discrepancies, investigate root causes, and validate appropriate accounting treatment across relevant ledgers in accordance with IFRS and GAM.
• Support global/local finance projects, ERP enhancements, process improvements, and accounting policy implementations impacting the U.S. operation.

Minimum Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (Master’s or CPA is a plus)
• Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within pharmaceutical, consumer goods, or similarly complex, public company multinational environments
• Prior ERP implementation, integration, system conversion, acquisition integration, or master data governance experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to identify process gaps and contribute to process improvement initiatives, including proposing practical, scalable solutions
• Big 4 or public accounting experience strongly preferred
• Solid understanding of IFRS and U.S. GAAP, with the ability to research and apply accounting guidance to moderately complex transactions
• Strong ERP system knowledge Oracle, NetSuite and advanced Excel skills
• Highly analytical and detail-oriented, with a consistent track record of delivering accurate work under tight deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions in a multicultural, matrixed organization
• Contributes to a culture of collaboration, respect, empathy, and partnership, and supports our client''s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• The work environment characteristics and physical requirements described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Standard office setting, Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing duties of this job, the employee may or may not be frequently/or occasionally required to:
• Stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• Climb stairs or ride elevators.
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Use close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Manipulate keyboard or otherwise access computer, telephone and hand-held devices.
• Be exposed to outside weather conditions while going in and out of office buildings.
• Be exposed to moderate noise level.
• Be exposed to moving equipment, mechanical parts, and/or high places; or moving between air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned environments.
• Travel requirements are minimal (<10%)