The Role
Maintain accounts receivable and payable, billing, collections, payment controls, reconciliations, general ledger integrity, month-end close, payroll accounting, VAT records, audit schedules, and financial reporting. The role also supports accounting systems, finance transitions, process improvements, and compliance with Irish and UK requirements. This is a full-time remote position based in the Philippines supporting Ireland and UK finance operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
PSC Biotech provides the life sciences with essential services to ensure that health care products are developed, manufactured, and distributed to the highest standards, in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.
Our goal is to skyrocket our clients’ success, and you can be a part of our team’s achievements. Employing a global team of skilled professionals and experts that span across strategically located offices in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, we are proud of the roles we have fulfilled to help our clients achieve success.
The Experience
With operations spanning the globe and featuring a multi-cultural team, PSC Biotech® is passionate about bringing the best and brightest together in an effort to form something truly special. When you make the decision to join our team, you will be offered the ability to feel inspired in your career, explore your professional passions, and work alongside a group of people who will value and nurture your talents.
We are firm believers in coaching and developing the next generation of industry leaders and influencers. As such, you will not only be offered compensation and benefits structure that rewards you, but also be provided with the tools that will help you grow and learn.
At PSC Biotech®, it’s about more than just a job—it’s about your career and your future.
Your Role
We are hiring a detail oriented Staff Accountant to support Ireland/UK Finance and Accounts functions. The Staff Accountant will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, supporting timely financial reporting, and ensuring effective financial controls. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, and highly organized, with strong accounting knowledge, excellent problem-solving skills, a commitment to accuracy, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
This is a full-time remote role, based in the Philippines, with standard working hours of 3PM - 12 AM (PHT) or 8AM - 5 PM (IST).
Accounts Receivable, Billing and Revenue Control
- Raise and issue accurate client invoices (e.g., T&M, fixed price, milestone-based)
- Validate contractor timesheets (e.g., Clockify/Zoho integration)
- Ensure correct PO numbers and billing references
- Maintain billing schedules for ongoing projects
- Prepare and process approved credit notes and maintain appropriate supporting documentation
- Maintain aged debtor’s ledger
- Perform weekly debtor reconciliations
- Proactively chase overdue invoices (email + phone)
- Escalate long-outstanding debt to Commercial Director / CFO
- Maintain the billing dispute log and track items through resolution
- Prepare weekly AR status report
- Provide aged debtor analysis (30/60/90+ days)
- Support cashflow forecasting
- Reconcile the AR ledger to the general ledger and investigate reconciling items
- Ensure VAT treatment accuracy (ROI/UK/EU cross-border services)
- Maintain supporting documentation for audit trail
- Coordinate schedules and support documentation for year-end audit queries
Accounts Payable and Payment Controls
- Process supplier invoices (contractors, vendors, utilities, travel)
- Match invoices to PO and approvals
- Validate rates against contract terms
- Review and ensure correct coding to general ledger accounts, departments and projects
- Prepare weekly/monthly payment runs
- Reconcile supplier statements
- Ensure timely payments in line with agreed terms
- Manage approved multi-currency payments, including EUR, GBP and USD, where applicable
- Prepare contractor payment schedules and related accounting support where outside the payroll function
- Validate approved timesheets prior to payment
- Apply relevant tax and VAT treatment and escalate uncertain items for review
- Maintain aged creditor listing
- Monitor duplicate payments
General Ledger, Month-End Close and Reconciliations
- Prepare and review weekly and monthly bank reconciliations and clear reconciling items promptly
- Prepare intercompany reconciliations and resolve differences across group entities
- Prepare VAT control account reconciliations and supporting schedules
- Prepare payroll control account reconciliations, where applicable
- Prepare and post approved journals for revenue accruals, expense accruals, prepayments and other month-end adjustments
- Maintain general ledger integrity and review balance sheet accounts for completeness and accuracy
- Prepare monthly trial balance and selected management reporting schedules for review
- Investigate material variances and unusual transactions and provide documented explanations
- Maintain fixed assets, accrual, prepayment and intercompany schedules, where applicable
Payroll Accounting Support
- Prepare and review monthly payroll journal
- Reconcile payroll expense account to payroll report
- Reconcile payroll-related accounts, e.g.,
- Payroll liabilities
- Taxes and statutory deductions
- Employee benefits
- Pension-related liabilities
- Employee expenses and reimbursement account
Financial Reporting, Systems and Process Improvement
- Maintain accurate accounting records in the Company accounting system, including QuickBooks, Zoho Books or successor systems
- Support and monitor data integration with:
- Timesheet systems (Clockify/TSheets)
- HRIS (HR Support Manual / or Software etc.)
- Maintain structured digital filing
- Identify and implement approved process improvements, standard operating procedures and control enhancements
- Support finance transition projects, including system implementation, migration, testing and data validation
Tax, Compliance, Audit and Governance
- Maintain VAT records and support compliance with Irish Revenue and UK HMRC requirements, as applicable
- Prepare or review supporting schedules for:
- VAT returns and related reconciliations for review and filing by the authorized internal or external adviser
- Coordinate with external accountants and provide accurate schedules and records for statutory accounts, tax and regulatory filings
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality, document retention and GDPR-compliant handling of financial information
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in accounting or finance
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in accounting or equivalent role
- Knowledge of debits and credits
- Knowledge of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Collections
- Knowledge of GAAP and Journal entries
- Positive and upbeat temperament strongly desired
- Experience with MS Office and QuickBooks desired
- Ability to work in a fast paced, multicultural team with the standard working hours of 3PM - 12 PM (PHT)
Benefits
Equal Opportunity Employment Statement
PSC Biotech is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity with respect to all employees, interns, and applicants for employment. Consistent with this commitment, our policy is to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws concerning employment discrimination. Accordingly, the Company prohibits discrimination against qualified employees, interns and applicants in all aspects of employment including, but not limited to: recruitment, interviewing, hiring (or failure or refusal to hire), evaluation, compensation, promotion, job assignment, transfer, demotion, training, leaves of absence, layoff, benefits, use of facilities, working conditions, termination and employer-sponsored activities and programs, including wellness, social and recreational programs. Employment decisions will be made without regard to an applicant’s, employee’s, or intern’s actual or perceived: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- Minimum of 3 years of accounting experience or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of debits and credits
- Knowledge of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and collections
- Knowledge of GAAP and journal entries
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural team
- Ability to work 3 PM to 12 AM PHT
- Experience with Microsoft Office and QuickBooks
- Positive and upbeat temperament
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The Company
What We Do
Founded in 1996, PSC Biotech Corporation was created with the vision of providing life science companies unmatched support. To date, PSC Biotech Corporation now serves 1000 clients in more than 35 countries worldwide through professional services consulting, cloud-based software solutions, pharmaceuticals contract manufacturing, life science investment consulting, and metrology services. PSC Biotech Corporation has six unique divisions within the parent company – each representing one of our areas of expertise: PSC Biotech, PSC Software, BioTechnique™, PSC Partners, PSC Metrology and PSC Investments. Additionally, PSC Asia and PSC Biotech Ltd represent PSC Biotech Corporation in Asia and Europe, respectively. Together, these divisions enable us to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients with a commitment to excellence and superior quality.
