Mgr, Accounting

Mgr, Accounting

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. 

Job Responsibilities

• Prepares and reviews Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive claims in collaboration with the operational teams.
• Leads the preparation and execution of income, indirect, and transaction tax audits.
• Supports income tax compliance and reporting as needed.
• Assists with ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
• Assists with ensuring financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted global policies and procedures as well as in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (US GAAP) and Canadian GAAP (as applicable).
• Assists with ensuring compliance with process control narratives to meet Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls objectives and maintains appropriate process documentation. Alert management to any discrepancies between written processes and current procedures, so that written procedures can be updated.
• Reviews, maintains, and prepares detailed journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules to the general ledger accounts as well as other controls required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Prepares indirect tax (GST/QST) returns for monthly, quarterly and annual filings.
• Assists with the reconciliation of tax general ledger accounts.
• Performs appropriate analysis of expenses ensuring accurate coding, adequacy of accruals, and resolves accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
• Facilitates positive relationships with General Ledger (GL) team members including international accounting personnel as well as other departments.  Participate in cross functional teams as needed.
• Integrates new accounting requirements into company policy and participate in implementation efforts for new accounting standards.
• Obtains and maintains a thorough understanding of the general ledger structure and assists in maintaining Oracle Fusion systems to manage the general ledger and sub ledgers.
• Ensures a timely year end audit by assisting with all aspects of audit deliverables and inquiries.
• Participates in ensuring that statutory requirements are met, as applicable and requested.

Skills and Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent education and experience
• Must be moderately knowledgeable in US and Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Must have experience working with large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.  Oracle Fusion Financial experience is preferred.
• Experience in Canadian and Quebec taxation preferred. 
• Fluency in written and spoken English and French Canadian.
• Intermediate/Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is essential. 
• An Ability to work with confidential and sensitive data is required.
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.  Excellent financial, communication, and interpersonal skills are as well as a high level of personal motivation to achieve.
• An ability to prioritize activities and perform several tasks simultaneously.
• Initiative and a proactive approach to learning and management of various deliverables.
• Adaptability to changes in processes and procedures and requirements of the role.
• Prepares and reviews Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive claims in collaboration with the operational teams.
• Leads the preparation and execution of income, indirect, and transaction tax audits.
• Supports income tax compliance and reporting as needed.
• Assists with ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
• Assists with ensuring financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted global policies and procedures as well as in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (US GAAP) and Canadian GAAP (as applicable).
• Assists with ensuring compliance with process control narratives to meet Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls objectives and maintains appropriate process documentation. Alert management to any discrepancies between written processes and current procedures, so that written procedures can be updated.
• Reviews, maintains, and prepares detailed journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules to the general ledger accounts as well as other controls required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Prepares indirect tax (GST/QST) returns for monthly, quarterly and annual filings.
• Assists with the reconciliation of tax general ledger accounts.
• Performs appropriate analysis of expenses ensuring accurate coding, adequacy of accruals, and resolves accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
• Facilitates positive relationships with General Ledger (GL) team members including international accounting personnel as well as other departments.  Participate in cross functional teams as needed.
• Integrates new accounting requirements into company policy and participate in implementation efforts for new accounting standards.
• Obtains and maintains a thorough understanding of the general ledger structure and assists in maintaining Oracle Fusion systems to manage the general ledger and sub ledgers.
• Ensures a timely year end audit by assisting with all aspects of audit deliverables and inquiries.
• Participates in ensuring that statutory requirements are met, as applicable and requested.

• Skills and Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent education and experience
• Must be moderately knowledgeable in US and Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Must have experience working with large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.  Oracle Fusion Financial experience is preferred.
• Experience in Canadian and Quebec taxation preferred. 
• Fluency in written and spoken English and French Canadian.
• Intermediate/Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is essential. 
• An Ability to work with confidential and sensitive data is required.
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.  Excellent financial, communication, and interpersonal skills are as well as a high level of personal motivation to achieve.
• An ability to prioritize activities and perform several tasks simultaneously.
• Initiative and a proactive approach to learning and management of various deliverables.
• Adaptability to changes in processes and procedures and requirements of the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

Oversees Canadian SR&ED tax claim, tax compliance and assists in month end close.