West Pharma Senior Accountant Financial Reporting 

United States, Pennsylvania, West Whiteland Township 

685618151

• • Preparation of documents filed with the SEC, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and other documents, as necessary. Additionally, oversee the benefit plan financial statements/audit, as well as certain statutory financial statements/audit;
  • 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 and documenting, in the form of memos, the Company’s position on our more complex technical accounting areas;
  • 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;
  • Complete and maintain financial surveys required by the US Census Bureau and other governmental bodies;
  • Owner of process improvement of certain control processes, including those within external reporting and other assigned areas such as 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;
  • Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required or equivalent experience required
• Minimum 3 years of 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.

• 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

Active CPA license greatly preferred

• 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