Senior Accountant

About this role

Position: Sr. Accountant

Salary Range: $80,000-$95,000

Location: Germantown, MD (On-site)

About Pharmaron

Pharmaron is a global CRO (Contract Research Organization) helping pharma and biotech companies bring new therapies to life. With over 21,000 employees worldwide across 23 locations in the US, UK and China, we support drug discovery through to manufacturing with fully integrated, high-quality services.

We're proud of the impact we make and just last year, we supported over 780 discovery projects, 1,000+ CMC programs, and 1,000+ clinical trials across all phases. Our teams are involved in everything from small molecules, ADC's, biologics, and gene therapies and we work with more than 3,000 global customers. To learn more, visit www.pharmaron.com.

Job Overview:

The Senior Accountant will be responsible for overseeing all project-related transactions, including revenue recognition, billable costs and billing schedules. This role will also provide accounting support for accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, as well as month-end close, including journal entries, account reconciliations and reporting. The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, be extremely organized and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with project managers to ensure project-related transactions are recorded timely and accurately. This includes maintaining detailed reports for all contracts, tracking billable costs, overseeing revenue recognition, tracking billing milestones, and preparing final contract reconciliations once work is completed.
• Prepare customer invoices.
• Assist with review of vendor bills and credit card transactions to ensure proper coding is used and approval and documentation is maintained.
• Assist with fixed asset schedules and ensure asset additions and disposals are properly recorded and documented.
• Review monthly inventory schedules.
• Assist with mont...