Director, Accounting (Maternity Cover)

Corporate        ·      Dublin, Ireland   ·       Full time

• Locations: Dublin, Ireland
•  Categories: Corporate
•  Req ID: 10403

Job Description

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is a global biopharmaceutical company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases – often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines and novel product candidates, from early- to late-stage development, in neuroscience and oncology. We actively explore new options for patients including novel compounds, small molecules and biologics, and through cannabinoid science and innovative delivery technologies. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has employees around the globe, serving patients in nearly 75 countries. For more information, please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com and follow @JazzPharma on Twitter.

This position is a maternity cover contract.

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Essential Functions 

• Manage all day to day finance activities, General ledger and reporting for all legal entities supported by the Dublin based accounting team 
• Review of monthly management accounts (including Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash flow statement and analysis) to tight deadlines 
• Liaise with Accounts Payable, Payroll and Accounts receivable teams as necessary for completion of month end process 
• Provide key management information to a high standard and perform financial analysis with meaningful insights as required. 
• Review and disposition of reconciling items arising from account reconciliations. 
• Interpret and provide clear explanation of financial and operational information in a timely manner to support business  
• Lead in driving process improvements to align to overall Finance transformation program 
• Educate the business on new financial policy initiatives and new accounting policies or procedures 
• Primary contact for external and internal auditors, responsible for managing the annual statutory audit and interim reviews and preparation of statutory financial statements 
• Maintain appropriate SOX process and control documentation, ensuring the proper design and execution of internal controls and assisting in the coordination of SOX control 
• Manage and mentor junior members of the team 
• Develop talent within the accounting team through rotation of tasks and provision of constructive feedback  
• Participate in a wide variety of special projects 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities  

• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS.  
• Demonstrate a broad knowledge of finance and accounting concepts and strong interpersonal and communication skills 
• Big 4 Experience and Biotech and/or Pharmaceutical experience an advantage. 
• Experience of and competence in using MS Office, in particular Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint 
• Experience of accounting software packages, in particular SAP S4 / Hana an advantage 
• Excellent presentation, communication, facilitation and influencing skills. 
• Results orientated with strong attention to detail. 
• Able to work in a fast paced environment and comply with tight deadlines 
• Fluency in additional European languages an advantage 

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting, and ACA/ACCA qualification a must, with minimum 8 years post qualification experience, preferably in dynamic international organisations. 

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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