Manager, Accounting

Syneos Health • Morrisville, NC

21h • Onsite

About The Position

Syneos Health is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress. Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support. Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know: Why Syneos Health • We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program. • We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. • We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Progressive accounting experience, preferably within the CRO or pharmaceutical industry.
• Certified Public Accountant or qualified membership of a professional accountancy body equivalent.
• Experience in working in an internationally oriented organization and highly knowledgeable in US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Experience working with large Enterprise Resource Planning and cloud-based account reconciliation systems.
• Ability to perform several tasks simultaneously, organize and prioritize those tasks to meet deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills; with direct supervisor/management experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), email and voice mail.
• Effective presentation and documentation skills.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with internal and external parties and resolve issues diplomatically.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Strong work ethics, professional attitude and reliable.
• 3 – 5 years of related experience with at least 1 year of management experience.

Responsibilities

• Performs line management responsibilities for staff including professional development, performance appraisals, and employee counseling.
• Assigns project work and reviews workload for all direct reports.
• Manages staff by establishing goals that will increase knowledge and skill levels, and by delegating tasks commensurate with skill level.
• Supervises the general ledger group to ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year end close.
• Reviews and maintains detailed journal entries.
• Reviews and maintains account reconciliations.
• Reviews and maintains supporting schedules to the general ledger accounts as well as other controls required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Closes the ledger monthly and annually.
• Provides training to new and existing staff.
• Obtains and maintains a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure.
• Assists in developing and maintaining enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to manage the general ledger and sub ledgers.
• Assists in training others in global accounting policies in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (US GAAP) and local GAAP (as applicable).
• Assists with integrating new accounting requirements into company policy and coordinate implementation efforts for new accounting standards with various teams.
• Works with the Associate Director or Director to ensure an accurate and timely year-end audit by assisting with the audit administration and all aspects of audit deliverables and inquiries.
• Assists in implementation of new procedures and technology to streamline workflow and gain efficiencies.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• company car or car allowance
• Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
• Company match 401k
• eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
• flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees