Title:  Sr Accountant, GFS

Job Summary

• To position itself to meet the requirements of continuing rapid business growth and future market development, West Pharmaceutical Services have developed a transformation strategy of standardization, simplification and centralization of global accounting operations. In accordance with that strategy, we are migrating our financial reporting systems onto one main SAP ERP.
• Reporting to, and working closely with, the Finance Manager, in this role, you will support the migration of finance activities into GFS Dublin as part of Record to Report.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the migration of the record to report accounting function from other company locations
• Analyze current balance sheet reconciliations and clear any unreconciled items prior to migration
• Complete UAT testing
• Work with D&T to resolve any system issues identified
• 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
• Preparation, analysis and review of balance sheet reconciliations at month end
• Calculation, posting and review of monthly accruals and prepayments, ensuring that all items are accurately captured
• Review and reconciliation of inter-company accounts
• Preparation of multi-currency bank reconciliations
• Preparation of variance analysis
• Statutory reporting
• Processing of transactional taxes e.g. VAT
• Support annual corporation tax compliance
• Liaise with internal and external auditors
• Process, technology and service:
• Other duties as assigned

Education

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance required or equivalent experience 
• Senior Accountant - minimum 5 years of Post Qualifications Experience

Work Experience

• Minimum 5 years experience in the private industry experience in multinational manufacturing companies preferred 
• Experience in consolidation role preferred

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Big 4 an advantage
• Previous Shared Service Centre with multinational publicly quoted company experience
• Working knowledge of US GAAP
• Proficient in SAP or similar ERP
• Proficient in MS Office applications
• Experience of BI tools an advantage
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Able to multi task
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all times

License and Certifications

• Qualified accountant i.e. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA

Travel Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. May need to stand or sit for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger and reach with hands and arms
• Use written and oral communication skills
• Read and interpret data, information and documents
• Must maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, tight deadlines, problem solve, and prioritize
• Ability to make work independently and sound decision making
• Observe and interpret situations, analyze and solve problems
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description

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