Financial Accountant II

Financial Accountant II (Finance transformation)- Chennai

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

The Financial Accountant II will work with the wider finance team and finance leadership team in driving the Group’s integration and transformation objectives.

This role will be key to working within the finance transformation team in identifying and supporting continuous improvement in policies and procedures across the accounting/financial reporting/business partnering group processes. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Finance Accountant to join ICON’s experienced and highly motivated finance team at an exciting time for the organization. The individual will play a key role in leading change across the finance organization and delivering key strategic alignment transformation projects.

What you will be doing:

• Supporting finance leadership in the development, implementation and continuous improvement of systems, initiatives and processes. 
• Collaboration within the wider finance organization in the integration of acquisition targets into the group finance structure.
• Working with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement group strategy and projects (finance, IT, legal, tax, treasury, HR).
• Supporting project management of significant change projects across all key finance disciplines.
• Supporting effective communication across finance in respect of key change projects.
• Preferably proficient in operating in and leading a strong SOX control environment and providing guidance and direction to the wider group finance team for continuous improvement.

Your Profile:

• Should be qualified or semi- qualified CA or CMA
• Strong communication and project management skills
• Aptitude or experience in finance process optimization, automation and systems integrations an advantage.
• Experience in a range of finance disciplines including e.g. systems change, best practice reporting, P2P, order to cash and treasury processes.
• An aptitude to identify and lead development, implementation and continuous improvement of projects systems, initiatives and processes.
• A confident, decisive person with strong interpersonal skills
• An accomplished professional who is tenacious and determined
• An experienced high performing ACA, ACCA with minimum 2-4 years PQE
• Experience in PowerBI and other Business Intelligence tools would be an advantage.

What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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