Senior Staff Accountant

About Site

The ~70,000‑square‑foot Manassas facility operates within Catalent’s Consumer Health portfolio, supporting programs from early development through commercial manufacturing and packaging. It is designed for dietary supplement and food‑safety cGMP operations, making it distinct from Catalent’s traditional pharmaceutical and biologics manufacturing sites.

Position Summary

We have an opportunity for a Senior Staff Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will handle key accounting activities, including preparing and reviewing close processes and financial statements. You will work on complex journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis. This position also supports audits and external reporting requirements, ensuring accuracy and compliance in all financial operations.

Location: Manassas, VA
100% Onsite

The Role

• Own complex journal entries, accruals, and reclassifications

• Perform and review balance sheet account reconciliations

• Analyze variances versus budget, forecast, and prior periods

• Assist with preparation of internal financial statements and management reports

• Support external financial reporting requirements

• Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for audits

• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum five years of relevant accounting experience in a manufacturing environment

Preferred Skills & Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Master of Business Administration or Certified Public Accountant

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications: Excel and Word

• Enterprise Resource Planning proficiency – bonus if experience with Sage

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic

• Competitive Paid Time Off plus 8 paid holidays

• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment

• Tuition Reimbursement – support to finish your degree or earn a new one

• Site-based Employee Engagement activities such as Employee Potlucks, Company Cookouts, Monthly Birthday Recognitions and more

• Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion

• Environmentally friendly, community engagement green initiatives

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process with potential for career growth

• WellHub program to promote overall physical and mental wellness

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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