Principal Accountant, General Ledger / Fixed Assets

Principal Accountant

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide.

Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission : to help people live better, healthier lives.

Catalent’s Bloomington location provides drug substance manufacturing, drug product manufacturing, and related pharmaceutical services.

This award-winning facility helps customers accelerate biologic drug development programs and bring better treatments to patients.

The Principal Accountant’s primary duty is to support the accounting / finance function by performing general day-to-day accounting and financial duties.

Responsibilities include maintaining integrity and accuracy of the general ledger accounting records, reconciliations, and documentation, performing monthly financial closing procedures to ensure accurate and timely preparation, presentation and analysis of financial statements.

This is a fulltime role working days; Monday Friday.

This role offers a sign on of $7,500

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer and Catalent employee.

The Role

• Closely work with project owners to track, compile, and record CIP costs in GL accounts; close out CIP accounts at the completion of the projects to Fixed Assets.
• Responsible for full cycle of fixed asset transactions including but not limited to capitalizations, retirements, depreciation and prepare PPE roll-forward.
• Ensure compliance to the standard for lease accounting and related journal entries and reconciliations
• Responsible for the general accounting function including but not limited to accruals, prepaid and amortizations. Complete assigned month-end journal entries and account reconciliations
• Investigate and resolve problems associated with the processing of site invoices, GRNV and purchase orders with Financial Shared Services and Supply Chain
• Ensures accuracy of accounting records in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), company policies and procedures.
• Assist in monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages
• Assist in month-end reporting and ad hoc analysis.
• Provides support for internal and external audits and other accounting projects assigned by corporate or site finance management

The Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree required, (degree in Accounting, preferred)
• 8+ years relatable experience, preferably a SOX compliant company
• Strong understanding of GAAP accounting concepts
• Prior experience with ERP system, preferred
• Advanced ability to gather, monitor, analyze and document data
• Advanced PC skills, including advanced spreadsheet functions (e.g. Pivot Tables, Lookups, Formulas)
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
• Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Competitive medical benefits and 401K
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world.

Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market.

Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety.

The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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