Financial Accountant

Job description

Premier Research helps highly innovative biotech and specialty pharma companies transform life-changing ideas into reality, targeting unmet needs in analgesia, neuroscience, oncology, pediatrics, and rare diseases.

We're looking for an exceptional Financial Accountant to bring your passion to our team. You will be encouraged to grow professionally and personally while enjoying cross-functional partnerships with genuinely supportive colleagues, regardless of location or seniority. Most importantly, you will be using your skills to bring tangible hope to critically ill patients around the world.

At Premier Research, we are science-minded and heart-centered. Join us.

You'll be doing:

• A Financial Accountant is responsible for running the accounting and financial activities for Premier Research.
• Producing monthly management accounts according to US GAAP.
• Providing transactional detail to 'in country accountants' to produce their local statutory accounts.
• Taking care of the accounting aspects of several legal entities within Premier Research Group.
• Preparing the monthly profit and loss, and balance sheet reports
• Tax compliance
• Assisting with the preparation of year-end accounts and statutory accounts
• Applies accounting knowledge and techniques to all areas of work, including the production of journals, reconciliations and variance analysis
• Performs financial calculations to support financial transactions relating to cash, pre- payments, accruals, fixed assets, costs and others when needed.
• Responding to financial inquiries by gathering and interpreting data
• Examining financial records to check for accuracy
• Managing and training when necessary
• Supports to Finance Manager for central tasks when applicable
• Participates in corporate initiatives and actions that ensure the continued success of the company

You'll need:

• A degree and experience in the financial field, a recognised professional accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA) would be desirable.
• Prior experience using computerized information systems preferred.
• Works with internal and external customers/vendors to meet project specific goals.
• Experience in dealing with local tax authorities.
• 2-5 years of related experience.