Senior Accountant
We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Senior Accountant to join our finance team. This role is a critical intersection of technical accounting, operational efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration. You will be responsible for the integrity of our revenue cycle—from complex Gross-to-Net (GTN) calculations to managing global time-tracking systems and intercompany R&D Transfer Pricing.
The ideal candidate thrives in a high-compliance environment (SOX/SEC) and enjoys "connecting the dots" between third-party logistics data, internal R&D efforts, and final financial statements.
Key Responsibilities
Revenue & Financial Reporting
- GTN Management: Calculate Revenue and Gross-to-Net accounting, ensuring all deductions, rebates, and returns are accurately captured.
- Month-End Close: Lead reconciliation efforts for Revenue, GTN accounts, Deferred Revenue, and Accounts Receivable to ensure a timely and accurate close.
- Compliance: Maintain strict adherence to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls, FASB, and SEC pronouncements to ensure audit-ready financial reporting.
- Audit Support: Serve as a primary point of contact for external audit inquiries, providing necessary documentation and explanations for revenue-related queries.
Operational Analysis & Logistics
- 3PL Oversight: Frequently monitor Third-Party Logistics (3PL) data and activities to ensure data integrity and operational accuracy.
- Returns & Free Goods: Analyze and process product returns based on pricing eligibility; research and reject unauthorized units issued as "Free Goods."
- Trade Team Support: Partner with the Trade Team to resolve customer matters, specifically focusing on Customer Accounts Receivable health.
Strategic & Global Projects
- Intercompany R&D: Calculate monthly and quarterly intercompany transfer pricing revenue related to Pipeline Research and Development.
- Budgeting: Provide clean, actionable data to the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team for inclusion in the annual budget and rolling forecasts.
- Systems Management: Maintain and continuously update the Global Time and Labor System, ensuring company-wide project time tracking is accurate for internal reporting and capitalization.
Qualifications
- Experience: 3–5+ years of experience in accounting, specifically within revenue recognition or GTN accounting for a Life Sciences company.
- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of GAAP, SOX compliance, and SEC reporting requirements.
- System Savvy: Proficiency in ERP systems and time-tracking software; advanced Excel skills are a must.
- Analytical Mindset: Ability to reconcile complex data sets from multiple sources (3PL, R&D, and Sales).
- Communication: Comfortable collaborating across departments, from the Trade Team to FP&A and external auditors.
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $89,000 to $100,000. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual performance pay bonus. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, training, knowledge, and experience. Alkermes offers a competitive benefits package. Additional details can be found on our careers website: www.alkermes.com/careers#working-here
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About UsWhy join Team Alkermes?
Alkermes applies its decades of deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we seek to make a meaningful difference in the way people manage their diseases. We have a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and narcolepsy, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various psychiatric and neurological disorders.
We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations. In 2024 and 2025, we were certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. and named one of Massachusetts’ Top Places to Work by the Boston Globe, a Best Place to Work in Greater Cincinnati by the Cincinnati Business Courier and recognized as a Best Place to Work in BioPharma by Fortune Magazine.
Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.
Skills Required
- 3-5+ years accounting experience with revenue recognition or GTN accounting in a Life Sciences company
- Strong understanding of GAAP, SOX compliance, and SEC reporting requirements
- Proficiency with ERP systems
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience maintaining global time and labor / time-tracking systems
- Ability to reconcile complex datasets from 3PL, R&D, and Sales
- Experience supporting external audits and preparing audit-ready documentation
What We Do
Alkermes focuses on the development of innovative medicines that seek to address unmet needs of people living with serious mental illness, addiction, and cancer. As a fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, we apply our scientific expertise and proprietary technologies to develop products that are designed to make a meaningful difference in the way patients manage their disease. We are inspired by some of the most pressing public health challenges of our time to help advance innovation with the potential to improve treatment options and outcomes for patients. Beyond our important mission of developing medicines, we believe it is our responsibility to take a holistic approach as we seek to support patients, caregivers, and broader impacted communities. In this context we also work to help support and enhance the systems through which these complex diseases are treated. We are committed to patient engagement, disease education and awareness, and advocacy for important policies that support equitable access to quality treatment. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, we have an R&D center in Waltham, Massachusetts; a research and manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland; and a manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Ohio. See our Community Guidelines: https://www.alkermes.com/social-community-guidelines
