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.
Senior Financial Accountant
Location : Chennai
The role is responsible for leading the end‑to‑end reporting function, including building scalable data models, KPIs, and Power BI dashboards that meet business needs. You will partner with IT and cross‑functional teams to deliver tailored reporting solutions and support advanced analytics such as scenario and trend analysis.
You will ensure the accuracy, quality, and timely delivery of all recurring and ad‑hoc reports, implementing strong controls and proactively resolving data issues.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Prepare and distribute monthly reports to the wider finance organization in a timely and accurate manner.
- Own the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of all reports within the reporting function.
- Ensure all recurring and ad‑hoc reports are delivered on time with no compromise on data quality or integrity.
- Implement robust validation checks, controls, and review processes to maintain high reporting standards.
- Proactively identify data issues, gaps, or inconsistencies and lead corrective action initiatives.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and excellence in reporting.
- Design and develop scalable data models, KPIs, visualizations, and reporting frameworks aligned with evolving business needs.
- Collaborate closely with IT teams to design, develop, and implement customized reporting and analytics solutions that meet business requirements.
- Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders to understand reporting needs and translate them into effective data solutions.
- Support scenario analysis, trend analysis, and predictive insights to enable informed business decision‑making.
- Drive continuous improvement of dashboards and reporting solutions to enhance usability, performance, and insight quality
- Deliver clear, impactful data presentations to senior leadership and C‑suite executives.
- Translate complex data and analyses into compelling, business‑focused narratives that drive strategic decision‑making.
Your Profile:
- Qualified or Semi‑Qualified Accounting Professional, such as CPA, CWA, CA, or CMA.
- 5+ years of overall experience, including 3+ years of hands‑on experience in developing end‑to‑end dashboards and analytical reports.
- Strong technical expertise in Power BI, Alteryx, and related reporting/analytics tools.
- Proven experience in presenting insights to senior leadership and C‑suite executives.
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
- Qualified or semi-qualified accounting professional, such as CPA, CWA, CA, or CMA
- 5+ years of overall professional experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience developing end-to-end dashboards and analytical reports
- Strong technical expertise in Power BI, Alteryx, and related reporting or analytics tools
- Experience presenting insights to senior leadership and C-suite executives
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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.
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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.
