ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.
As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.
Type of Employment : 1 year Contract
Job Description:
- Minimum 2–3 years of experience in a finance or accounting role.
- Ideally part‑qualified Accounting Technician or equivalent professional qualification.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, data analysis).
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem‑solving abilities.
- Experience in account reconciliations and supporting financial reporting.
- Highly organized, with excellent administrative skills and strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently, taking full ownership and responsibility for assigned tasks.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Positive attitude with a collaborative, team‑oriented approach.
- High emotional intelligence—including empathy, self-awareness, interpersonal skills, and a solution‑oriented mindset.
- Demonstrates agility, adaptability, and comfort working in a fast‑paced environment.
- Strong self‑motivation, eagerness to learn, and ability to apply knowledge effectively.
- Ability to handle internal and external queries, ensuring responses are accurate, appropriate, and provided within defined SLA/TAT timelines.
- Understanding of and adherence to GDPR requirements, ensuring confidentiality and proper handling of personal and financial data.
- Coordinate and ensure timely and accurate processing of Accounts Payable (AP) vouchers.
- Coordinate and ensure timely and accurate payments of AP vouchers.
- Manage, organize, and maintain AP documentation in line with statutory, audit, GDPR, and compliance requirements.
- Respond promptly to internal and external AP-related queries, ensuring clear, complete information within agreed SLA/TAT standards.
- Participate in AP process improvement, optimization, and re‑engineering initiatives as required.
- Maintain accurate knowledge of banking requirements and demonstrate experience using banking portals for payments and approvals.
Employment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.
Rewards & Benefits
ICON offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development.
Benefits may include:
- Competitive base salary and performance related incentives
- Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable
- Retirement and pension plans
- Life assurance and disability coverage
- Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources
- Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways
Benefits may vary depending on role and location.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
Inclusion and Accessibility
ICON is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know or submit a request here.
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Skills Required
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a finance or accounting role
- Part-qualified Accounting Technician or equivalent professional qualification
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and data analysis
- Experience in account reconciliations and supporting financial reporting
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities
- Highly organized with excellent administrative skills and strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned tasks
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to handle internal and external queries within SLA/TAT timelines
- Understanding of and adherence to GDPR requirements
- Experience using banking portals for payments and approvals
- Knowledge of banking requirements
ICON plc Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ICON plc and has not been reviewed or approved by ICON plc.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive, with medical coverage and wellness initiatives highlighted. Larger sites are also associated with added wellness supports such as onsite fitness options and access to an employee assistance program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off and flexibility provisions are positioned as a meaningful part of the total package, including vacation/annual leave and flexible work scheduling. Flexibility is sometimes cited as helping offset long hours in certain roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement and savings support is presented as a core component of the benefits package, including offerings such as pension arrangements in some locations and a U.S. 401(k) plan with company match. Financial planning resources are also emphasized as part of broader security benefits.
ICON plc Insights
What We Do
Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. We do this by delivering best in class information, solutions and performance, with an unyielding focus on quality at all times. We offer a full range of consulting, development and commercialisation services from a global network of offices in 53 countries. We focus our innovation on the factors that are critical to our clients – reducing time to market, reducing cost, and increasing quality – and our global team of experts has extensive experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas.
