Accountant
On-site · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Science 37 seeks a Staff Accountant to manage financial operations for our clinical research site. Responsibilities include recording monthly journal entries, completing monthly close procedures, maintaining accurate financial records, preparing monthly financial reports, ensuring GAAP compliance, supporting business with financial data and analysis, performing reconciliations, supporting accrual accounting, assisting with preparation of monthly financial statements and supporting schedules, aiding audits and internal controls, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and automation within accounting, and partnering cross-functionally to resolve accounting and reporting matters; ideal candidate has accounting fundamentals with experience in clinical trials/healthcare, 1-3 years of experience, US GAAP knowledge, NetSuite and advanced Excel skills, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or progress toward CPA preferred)
- 1-3 years of accounting experience; public accounting experience a plus
- Strong understanding of US GAAP
- Proficiency in NetSuite preferred but not required
- Advanced Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, data analysis)
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Expertise in accounting - Demonstrated ability to perform account reconciliations, review journal entries and flux explanations
- Knowledge of field organizational strategies - Proven ability to adapt to a rapidly changing work environment. Successful decentralized team management and situational responsive decision making
- Strong communication and presentation skills - Demonstrates strong written and verbal communications skills. Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships. Ability to create and present reports
- Computer skills - Working knowledge of MS Office suite, Google applications and NetSuite. Able to generate business correspondence, create forms and generate reports as required. Knowledge of innovative AI tools and applications and how they can streamline accounting processes is a plus
- Practices professionalism and integrity in all actions - Demonstrated ability to foster concepts of teamwork, cooperation, self-control, and flexibility
- Capabilities
- Ability to communicate in English (both verbal and written)
- Science 37 is an equal opportunity employer.
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