Growing biotech company seeking a Senior General Ledger Accountant who will be responsible for various support activities such as Fixed Assets, Prepaid, Inter-company, Lease, Accruals and Cash management as needed in the North America region.  This is a 6 month contract for their North Carolina location.  Must be local candidates.

The ideal candidate will be proactive, self-motivated, results-oriented, and possess a “can do” attitude with high attention to detail while still being able to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks simultaneously. The position includes, but is not limited to, the following essential job duties, responsibilities and requirements:

Primary Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the timely and accurate preparation of a high-volume of journal entries (with appropriate supporting documentation) supporting various accounting functions for the month end close
• Support Fixed Assets accounting
• Support inter-company AGIS transactions
• Daily reconciliation of assigned cash accounts
• Provide accounting support to Functional FP&A Analysts for any questions
• Maintains, reconciles and resolves balance sheet ledger accounts

Required Skills:
• Must be able to apply accounting knowledge to day-to-day operations
• Strong technical expertise in area of responsibility is required
• Ability to identify trends through analysis of various data
• Able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment, meeting deadlines in an accurate and timely manner with minor supervision
• Must be detail oriented
• Strong written, presentation and interpersonal skills are required
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills are required
• Ability to build strong working relationships across the organization
* Self Managing
* Take Great Initiatives
* Resourceful

Required Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 6+ years of general ledger experience
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel
• Oracle R12 ERP and SAP system knowledge