Accounting Sr Manager

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Support and/or lead all aspects of project management including scope, timelines, budget, vendor resources and internal collaborators, communication, requirements, risks, and post-launch maintenance
• Lead and schedule necessary project-related meetings such as kick-offs, weekly status meetings, work sessions, deliverable reviews, and functional testing
• Develop and maintain project roadmaps that clearly outline the planned objectives and enhancements, timelines, and achievements
• Identify and manage risks associated with the systems, including technological risks, financial control impact, and user acceptance
• Collaborate with geographically dispersed teams, including those in the US and other international locations
• Responsible for the Change Management of Projects (RPA, System Implementations & Process Optimizations, Integrations, etc). Works with Global teams to ensure effective requirement gathering and leads communication and training at relevant levels in the organization
• Crafting project documentation including process flow, business case analysis, requirement specifications, testing, and presentations to leadership
• Establish roles & responsibilities for project teams
• Provide guidance and training for project team and impacted collaborators
• Manage collaborators proactively by serving as a focal point to drive integrated project messaging and project management activities including reporting of existing automation in production
• Use judgment and decision making to establish priorities, resolve differences, make business trade-offs, and sequence initiatives to achieve automation and process improvement goals
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills by establishing clear goals, objectives and priorities that communicate the accounting automation and continuous improvement program priorities/status
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the Teams by leading retrospectives, encouraging innovation, promoting Agile and work with teams to plan and implement
• Enhance and develop playbooks, templates, tracking and reporting mechanisms that will provide consistency and transparency to action, status, risks and metrics
• Support annual International Internal Control Certification and/or quarterly SOX process including assessment of projects (like RPA) on existing control framework.
• Oversight and coordination of activities with third-party service providers (including risk management documentation) and cross functionally to ensure appropriate service is provided and any issues are resolved
• Support accurate, complete and timely monthly and quarterly accounting close.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master's degree and 2 years of finance experience OR
• Bachelors degree and 4 years of finance experience OR
• Associates degree and 10 years of finance experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of finance experience
• Project management experience or certification
• Experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP), RPA or other technologies supporting the accounting function
• Proficient in Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical users

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling complex challenges with data
• Detailed oriented and highly motivated
• Strong project management skills
• Able to take the initiative and work under a minimum supervision
• Collaborative spirit and effective communication skills to work seamlessly in a cross-functional team
• Work experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• An ongoing commitment to learning and staying at the forefront of AI/ML advancements.
• Good understanding of DevOps and Test Automation Processes in software delivery

Professional Certifications:

• NSE (mandatory)
• CCNA (mandatory)
• CISSP (preferred)
• AWS SAA-C03 / Azure AZ-305 / GCP-PCA (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
• Strong ability to inspire and lead teams, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Proactive approach to identifying challenges and implementing data-driven solutions effectively.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional and multicultural teams to deliver on shared goals.
• Flexibility to manage evolving priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment