.Work ScheduleStandard (Mon-Fri)Environmental ConditionsOfficeJob DescriptionWe are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it.
We are the people of PPD — thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health.
You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.
Our global Clinical department consists of colleagues with institutional knowledge, in-depth therapeutic experience, and robust operational tools.
Together, we help clients define and develop clinical programs, minimize delays, and execute high-quality, cost-efficient clinical studies.
At PPD we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team.
We offer continued career advancement opportunities, award winning training and benefits focused on the health and wellbeing of our employees.
As an Accountant, you will perform advanced and specialized accounting activities to ensure that the organization complies with relevant regulations, laws, and reporting requirements, and presents a complete and accurate statement of its financial position.Essential Functions:Responsible for monitoring and reconciling our unbilled and contract liability balances and all aspects of project accounting.Processes and reconciles the revenue events through the various systems and reconciles for completeness.Performs close activities and preparation of month-end, quarterly, and year-end financial statements as needed.Pivot to priority projects such as validation of our cross-BU balance verifications while reconciling intercompany balances and enhancing our unbilled and contract liability processes.Revenue and unbilled reporting to service statutory and group reporting schedules and applicable reconciliations.Identifies risk exposure and recommends corrective action to management.Monitors process controls to ensure compliance with SOX including internal controls.Prepares consolidated project unbilled/deferred balances impacting balance sheet and ensures they reconcile.Prepare and process revenue for final project review to inform revenue load processes.Completes special projects as directed and monitors any balance sheet accruals needed.Demonstrates the ability to prepare journal entries; maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts that are adequately supported and documented.
Consistently perform these tasks timely and within a specified closing schedule.Education and Experience:Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years)