Accountant

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. 

Job Responsibilities

Job responsibilities:

• Contributes to the accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year end close by meeting deadlines.
• Prepares detailed journal entries, performs account reconciliations, and supporting schedules to the general ledger accounts as well as other controls required to comply.
• Ensures financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted global policies and procedures as well as in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (US GAAP) and local GAAP (as applicable).
• Ensures compliance with your process control narratives to meet Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls objectives and maintains appropriate process documentation. Alerts management to any discrepancies between written processes and current procedures.
• Investigates root causes of fundamental issues/ problems and recommends solutions. Gathers information for investigation of more complex issues and shares with management for resolution.
• Fosters positive relationships with international accounting personnel as well as other departments. Participates in cross functional teams as needed.
• Obtains and maintains a thorough understanding of the general ledger structure and assists in maintaining financial systems to manage the general ledger and sub ledgers as requested.
• Prepares audit deliverables and inquiries.
• Participate in ensuring that statutory requirements are met, as applicable and requested.
• Other duties as assigned: Issuance of invoices to client, billing, cash collection from client, preparing data for creating PT invoices to client, AR/Unbilled/Defferd Revenue/Revenue Management, manage interaction with clients, handle their queries, escalations.

Requirements:

• BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, Finance with a minimum of 4/5 years of experience working in an internationally oriented organization. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Certified Public Accountant or qualified membership of a professional accountancy body equivalent a plus.
• Japanese Level: Native.
• English Level: Business.
• Experience working with large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Oracle Financial experience is preferred.
• Ability to perform several tasks simultaneously, organize and prioritize those tasks to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective documentation and interpersonal skills with a team-oriented approach.
• Able to work cooperatively and collaboratively to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving, and results.
• Able to resolve issues diplomatically. Strong work ethics, professional attitude and reliable.
• Strong problem-solving skills, research, and resolution skills and data analysis.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), email and voice mail.

Disclaimer:

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities.

Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
 

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Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.