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CRF HealthPosition Summary Site Accountant - Iasi, Romania CRF Health has now set up operations in Iasi. We have moved in to our new offices in the Moldova Center which has seating capacity for 110 personnel. The offices are bright and well lit, newly refurbished and enjoy a terrace on the sixth floor, with some great views across the city. The set up for the finance function was inititated in February with the arrival of an interim Site Accountant, we now move on to the next stage with a permanent position identified. The role initially reports in to the Chief Finance Officer and will then move across, as the function becomes established, to the company's Financial Controller based in the US. The role of Site Accountant is key to the development and establishment of CRF Health's new venture in Romania. The Site Accountant is responsible for a variety of tasks in the Romanian office including building on what we already have in place as well running the daily finance activities (e.g. the month end reporting, managing the Accounts payable process, statutory compliance and adhoc projects and of course quarterly, half yearly and annual accounts). This role is key to ensuring the continued good start we have already had and ensuring our compliance with local issues on finance, tax and running of the office. With some 20 staff already in place, we have capacity for 110 people in the Iasi offices. We will have teams representing R&D, Support Services, Reporting, Localisation and Data Management. Our newly refurbished offices are based on the 6th Floor of the Moldova Center in Iasi. Responsibilities To take full responsibility of of the continued set up of the finance function in Romania including: Ensure all the necessary finance related registrations are in place (e.g. VAT, payroll, income tax etc) Ensure our global chart of accounts in our ERP system is including all necessary Romania related accounts (e.g. for local bank account etc.) Ensure local bank account(s) is opened in effective manner and access for necessary people is granted in agreed way. Establish internal VAT procedures according to local regulations. Training of staff to learn our expense report tool / process. Help setting up Intercompany agreements. Assist in putting together the local budget. Documenting finance procedures for the future use. Inform rest of the global finance team about important finance related facts/dates in Romania. Documenting main differences between IFRS and local accounting standards from the CRF perspective. This would support the preparation of the financial statements in the future. To take care of the daily finance operations during the first month of operation as follows: To complete the monthly accounting for the Romanian LLC including: Booking all required journals to close the ledgers for month-end Preparing balance sheet reconciliations for all material balances and prepare analysis of movements in the month. Regular review of the fixed asset register is carried out to ensure all assets are verifiable and accounted for correctly. To ensure all P&L bookings are correct in terms of the general ledger, streams and projects. This will involve performing analytical review on monthly and year-to-date movements. To manage the Romanian Accounts Payable, expenses and payroll processes including: Ensure all invoices are processed, coded and settled in a timely manner. This includes ensuring sufficient supplier reconciliations performed to know what is outstanding and tracking all invoices. Dealing with any supplier issues directly with the supplier. To ensure proper supplier approval checks are implemented before accepting any new supplier, that the agreed terms are enforced and the list of suppliers are regularly reviewed. To control local petty cash payments. Ensure all expense claims are coded and processed in a timely manner. The role is the point person to support local employees on any queries they have on expenses. Working with HR to control all administration for and sign off the monthly payroll and entering all monthly payroll related journals. Entering journals relating to Bank transactions into the system in continuous manner and ensuring local bank accounts are fully reconciled in ERP system. To review and evaluate capital expenditure requests. To assist in meeting the statutory compliance requirements of the Romanian business including: Ensuring the Romanian Company’s filings with the authorities are completed when required. Preparing and filing the VAT returns and ensuring sufficient back up is prepared. Working with HR to ensure all payroll and benefits related taxes and regulations are complied with. Supporting the group audit relating to possible Romania related matters. Working on a variety of adhoc projects including but not restricted to: Assisting the office manager on the general management of the Romanian office that requires financial input. Business partnering with other streams in the Romanian office to support processes, cost control and general enquiries as required. Working with other finance team members to improve the efficiency of the streams performance and implement matrix management. Investigating opportunities for governmental grants and incentives while preparing and maintaining proper documentation to obtain these grants. Providing input to any enterprise resource planning system upgrades and enhancements. Support the recruitment process of the permanent Site Accountant in Romania. Requirements Must be a qualified accountant either with a recognized qualification or qualified by experience. Must have experience in setting up finance function in newly created company. Must have a number of 10 year’s practical accounting experience in a fast changing environment. Must have excel skills to an intermediate Must have good time management skills and be able to manage their work load in a fast changing environment. Must be fluent in English Must be able to work independently as will be remote from direct line manager. Must have a confident manner and good communication skills for dealing with both finance and non-finance people at different levels of the business. CRF Health aspires to be the market leading provider of patient centred eSource technology and service solutions focused on flexibility and innovation, underpinned by deep regulatory and technical knowledge and high-quality service delivery. We have operations in Romania, Finland, the US and the UK and continue to grow in terms of revenues, customer numbers and employees. CRF Health creates electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) solutions that are simple, scalable, and effective. From our collaborative, agile design approach to our user-friendly reporting tools, we streamline complex processes and deliver reliable results for superior clinical trial outcomes. We improve patient engagement with intuitive design, support study teams with tailored scientific insights, and secure high-quality data with precision. Above all, we ease the path to approval. Our personalized service and unparalleled eCOA expertise helps sponsors bring new medicine to market quickly and cost-effectively, improving lives across the world. More information on CRF Health to be found at www.crfhealth.com If this role isn't quite right for you then click here and search on all our current vacancies. The "Behaviours" we will measure you against - the "how you do it" - includes: Embrace Collaboration Own Your Contribution Drive for Results and Passion for the Customer How do the decisions in the design and analysis of mode equivalence studies affect study outcomes? Learn more
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