Senior Accountant, Atlanta, GA
Apply NowCompany: UCB
Location: Atlanta, GA 30349
Description:
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Are you a detail-driven accounting professional ready to elevate your career in a dynamic, fast-paced environment?
Join the UCB Finance team as a Senior Accountant, where you'll play a critical role in shaping the financial integrity of a forward-thinking organization. This isn't just about crunching numbers - it's about influencing strategic decisions, optimizing gross-to-net deductions, and ensuring compliance at every level. As a key finance team member, your insights and precision will help drive our business forward, support cross-functional initiatives, and maintain the accuracy that fuels our long-term success. If you're looking to grow your career in a collaborative, high-impact role, this is your opportunity.
This position is based in our Atlanta, GA headquarters.
About the Role
As a Senior Accountant and key member of the finance team, this role is responsible for supporting financial operations and ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and regulations. The position encompasses accounting, financial reporting, and review of financial data to support the company's financial health and strategic decision-making processes, including Gross to Net revenue adjustments support. It requires detailed analysis and reconciliation of financial data to ensure the integrity of the company's reporting and compliance framework.
What You'll Do
Manage monthly and annual close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, and gross-to-net revenue adjustments.
Prepare and analyze financial statements and regulatory filings, ensuring compliance with IFRS, GAAP, and company policies.
Abide by the internal controls policy of the company to ensure accurate reporting and safeguarding of assets.
Collaborate cross-functionally to collect and validate data, provide financial insights, and ensure timely reporting.
Perform detailed reconciliations of accounts and propose necessary adjustments
Partner with external outsourcing providers to support close cycles, audit readiness, and process improvements.
Drive system enhancements and process efficiencies while staying informed of evolving accounting standards and compliance requirements.
Who You'll Work With
You will collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders, including:
Internal Finance teams and local business partners
Outsourcing providers
Global Internal Audit
External auditors
Interested? Here's What We're Looking For
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
Minimum 2 years of experience with IFRS, GAAP, and financial reporting standards
Preferred Qualifications
CPA certification and SAP proficiency are strong advantages
3 years in a senior finance role within a multinational organization (pharma experience considered a plus)
Deep understanding of internal controls, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting
High attention to detail and strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities
Effective communicator with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority
Experience working in shared services and outsourced environments
Advanced data analysis skills and comfort handling large or incomplete data sets
Proven ability to link operational events to financial outcomes and manage audit relationships independently
Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative, self-motivated mindset
Internal applicants should be in their current job for at least 12 months, must meet performance standards and are not on formal corrective/disciplinary process (PIP), warning, final warning, or compliance warning letters within the last 12 months. Please inform your Manager or your Talent Partner before applying to any internal job opportunities.
UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
Requisition ID: 90194
Recruiter: Kelly Dickinson
Hiring Manager: Gayathri Parthasarathy
Talent Partner: Julie Luypaert
Job Level: SA III
Please consult HRAnswers for more information on job levels.
Are you a detail-driven accounting professional ready to elevate your career in a dynamic, fast-paced environment?
Join the UCB Finance team as a Senior Accountant, where you'll play a critical role in shaping the financial integrity of a forward-thinking organization. This isn't just about crunching numbers - it's about influencing strategic decisions, optimizing gross-to-net deductions, and ensuring compliance at every level. As a key finance team member, your insights and precision will help drive our business forward, support cross-functional initiatives, and maintain the accuracy that fuels our long-term success. If you're looking to grow your career in a collaborative, high-impact role, this is your opportunity.
This position is based in our Atlanta, GA headquarters.
About the Role
As a Senior Accountant and key member of the finance team, this role is responsible for supporting financial operations and ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and regulations. The position encompasses accounting, financial reporting, and review of financial data to support the company's financial health and strategic decision-making processes, including Gross to Net revenue adjustments support. It requires detailed analysis and reconciliation of financial data to ensure the integrity of the company's reporting and compliance framework.
What You'll Do
Manage monthly and annual close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, and gross-to-net revenue adjustments.
Prepare and analyze financial statements and regulatory filings, ensuring compliance with IFRS, GAAP, and company policies.
Abide by the internal controls policy of the company to ensure accurate reporting and safeguarding of assets.
Collaborate cross-functionally to collect and validate data, provide financial insights, and ensure timely reporting.
Perform detailed reconciliations of accounts and propose necessary adjustments
Partner with external outsourcing providers to support close cycles, audit readiness, and process improvements.
Drive system enhancements and process efficiencies while staying informed of evolving accounting standards and compliance requirements.
Who You'll Work With
You will collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders, including:
Internal Finance teams and local business partners
Outsourcing providers
Global Internal Audit
External auditors
Interested? Here's What We're Looking For
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
Minimum 2 years of experience with IFRS, GAAP, and financial reporting standards
Preferred Qualifications
CPA certification and SAP proficiency are strong advantages
3 years in a senior finance role within a multinational organization (pharma experience considered a plus)
Deep understanding of internal controls, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting
High attention to detail and strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities
Effective communicator with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority
Experience working in shared services and outsourced environments
Advanced data analysis skills and comfort handling large or incomplete data sets
Proven ability to link operational events to financial outcomes and manage audit relationships independently
Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative, self-motivated mindset
Internal applicants should be in their current job for at least 12 months, must meet performance standards and are not on formal corrective/disciplinary process (PIP), warning, final warning, or compliance warning letters within the last 12 months. Please inform your Manager or your Talent Partner before applying to any internal job opportunities.
UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
Requisition ID: 90194
Recruiter: Kelly Dickinson
Hiring Manager: Gayathri Parthasarathy
Talent Partner: Julie Luypaert
Job Level: SA III
Please consult HRAnswers for more information on job levels.