Senior Accountant (m/f/d) France and UK

at  Azenta Life Sciences Germany GmbH

Job DescriptionCompany Overview
At Azenta Life Sciences, a global leader in the life sciences arena headquartered in Burlington, MA, and operating offices worldwide, the trajectory of our future is shaped by fresh ideas, cutting-edge technologies, and innovative perspectives. Every day our employees support us fulfilling our mission to bring breakthroughs to the market faster. Our organizational culture, firmly grounded in our core values, places the utmost importance on putting people first. Open communication is not just encouraged but embedded in our DNA, fostering an environment where ideas freely flow, and collaboration thrives. Authenticity is not just a principle but a guiding light, encouraging our diverse workforce to bring their true selves to work.  
This culture empowers our employees to champion innovation and question conventional norms through creative thinking and collaborative work dynamics. Diversity is not just a concept but a cornerstone of our ethos, recognizing that a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enhances our collective creativity and success. Leveraging our unmatched expertise, we offer comprehensive services spanning lab analysis, sample management and storage, informatics software, and consumables. Notably, our extensive installed base oversees the management of over 1 billion samples on a global scale.  
GENEWIZ, an Azenta Life Sciences company, is a leader in providing superior data quality with unparalleled technical support to enable researchers around the world to advance their scientific discoveries faster than ever before. Our clients, ranging from leading pharmaceutical, biotech and academic institutions, as well as innovative start-ups, rely on our proprietary technologies to deliver consistent, reliable, and high-quality data, even for the most challenging projects. As a full-service provider, we offer Sanger DNA sequencing, gene synthesis, molecular biology, high-throughput/next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, and GLP-compliant services.   

ABOUT US

Azenta Life Sciences is a global life sciences leader headquartered in Burlington, MA, with offices and operation sites around the world. We are the market leader in automated biospecimen management solutions and genomic services in areas such as drug development, clinical and novel cell therapies for the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions. Our laboratory analysis, sample management and storage, informatics software and consumables services offer unparalleled capabilities and have the largest installed base managing over one billion samples worldwide.
For more information: https://careers.azenta.com
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Work Location: In perso

WHAT YOU’LL DO…

• Collaborate with other members of the Finance Team to prepare and deliver timely and accurate financial results, along with insightful analysis. This includes the preparation and review of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and monthly intercompany tie outs, review of monthly consolidated results, the oversight of any unusual transactions, as well as reporting provided to help senior management understand the underlying business drivers.
• Own the monthly cash reconciliation, Payroll and leases in accordance with ASC 842.
• Prepare and file quarterly VAT returns.
• Coordinate with the lab manager on the monthly inventory counts and perform related inventory account reconciliations.
• Participate in regional statutory audit processes to ensure compliance with local, regional and country-specific requirements.
• Ensures adherence to accounting policies and procedures in compliance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Collaborate with the Global Finance Team to standardize and streamline recurring processes and data collection activities, establishing best practices that improve efficiency, and optimize the use of technology.
• Assist in the setup and/ or maintenance of processes, procedures and controls that properly capture, track and report financial results, in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley, U.S. GAAP and company policies.
• Assist with projects in various capacities from the execution of tasks on larger cross functional projects to project management activities on smaller projects.
• Provide support for footnotes disclosure for financial reporting purposes related to applicable general ledger accounts.