West Pharma Manager Financial Reporting 

United States, Pennsylvania, West Whiteland Township 

341199435

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation of documents filed with the SEC, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and other documents, as necessary. The candidate is expected to oversee the benefit plan financial statements/audit, as well as other 11K filings;
• Evaluate and analyze the company’s disclosures in our periodic SEC filings as compared to the required disclosures as prescribed under U.S. GAAP;
• Lead the effort on new accounting standard adoption;
• Monitor, research and interpret new U.S. GAAP pronouncements and SEC reporting requirements, and assess and document the impact on the Company’s financial statements and disclosures;
• Owner of process improvement of certain control processes, including those within external reporting and other assigned areas such as Stock-based compensation, Pension, and Goodwill/Intangibles, and ability to offer enhancements/efficiencies to the existing processes;
• Interact with cross-functional teams that include controllership, financial planning and analysis, operations, treasury, tax, investor relations, legal, human resources, internal and external audit, and others, as necessary, ensuring accuracy and consistency of information exchange including investor relations press releases, proxy statements, audit committee presentations, and other materials, as necessary;
• Perform special projects and other duties assigned by Controllership team, as necessary, inclusive of working with the Technical Accounting Senior Manager on any potential M&A activity;
• Provide continuous coaching and review the work executed by the Senior Accountant – Financial Reporting, who will be reporting directly to you;
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

• Education : Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required or equivalent experience
• Certifications : active CPA license required
• Experience : 8+ years experience in Public Accounting; candidate may be direct from public accounting or a mix of experience, including public accounting and private industry experience in multinational manufacturing companies.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong understanding of US GAAP, SEC reporting requirements and Sarbanes-Oxley 404.
• Experience with SAP and HFM preferred
• Ability to work effectively with teams and manage multiple tasks in order to meet tight deadlines
• Effective functional and technical knowledge
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong team player
• Ability to work on multiple complex projects and bring those projects to successful conclusion
• Demonstrated success in working across multiple levels of the organization including senior leadership
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all times
• Able to comply with the company’s quality policy at all times

Travel Requirements:

• Limited travel expected – 5-10%

Physical & Mental Requirements:

• Position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. May need to stand or sit for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger and reach with hands and arms
• Use written and oral communication skills
• Read and interpret data, information and documents
• Must maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, tight deadlines, problem solve, and prioritize
• Ability to make work independently and sound decision making
• Observe and interpret situations, analyze and solve problems
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description