Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant

Position Summary

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

This 206,878 square-foot facility, located in the Philadelphia area is Catalent’s global Center of Excellence for Clinical Supply Packaging.  Catalent offers GMP secondary packaging and clinical labeling services throughout our global network. Packaging can be configured to hold a single product, or multiple products as determined by study requirements. We offer manual patient kit assembly along with semi-automated and automated wallet sealing and high-speed automated carding to meet the needs of studies of all sizes. For temperature sensitive products and those with minimal to zero allowable time out of environment, we can perform secondary packaging in refrigerated and frozen packaging rooms or over dry ice depending upon your project needs.  Using our Clinicopia global labeling system with its multi-lingual label phrase library we can design single panel, booklet labels or our unique Peel-ID™ safe storage labels for your studies. Single panel and Peel-ID™ safe storage labels can be conveniently reviewed and approved online via our Fusion portal before being printed and inspected at our facilities.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Philadelphia is hiring a Staff Accountant. The Staff Accountant is responsible for maintaining the accuracy and integrity of an organization’s general ledger and financial records. This role involves managing account reconciliations, supporting invoice billing processes for Depot. Distribution, Storage, and other areas, and ensuring compliance with internal controls and accounting standards.

A solid understanding of GAAP, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate with other departments to ensure accuracy and compliance.

This is a full-time role position: Monday-Friday -8:30am-5:00pm. Hourly, Onsite

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role  

• Prepare journal entries and reconcile accounts. Manage and reconcile balance sheet general ledger accounts. Assist with Audit teams- external/internal and Tax returns.
• Prepare financial statements and financial reports. Research technical accounting issues for compliance
• Provide support for month-end and year-end closing processes by ensuring the accuracy of accounts (3-days)
• Analyze and report budget variances. Assist and generate billing of invoices, review and maintain work file process. Work with Contracts Administration to resolve contract inquiries
• Send invoices to clients
• Provide support for distribution, freight, credit memo, IOR
• Collaborating with other departments to ensure financial data is accurate, complete, and in compliance with GAAP
• All other duties as assigned; 

The Candidate 

• Required a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field with Strong Knowledge of GAAP.
• One+ year of  relevant work preferred
• Ability to interpret financial data highly desired
• Advanced proficiency with various ERP systems, Sage or JDE preferred
• Advanced Computer skills in Excel functions (e.g. Pivot Tables, Lookups, Formulas)
• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds.

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 
• Diverse, inclusive culture 
• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives 
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays
• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Community engagement and green initiatives 
• Generous 401K match 
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement - Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree!
• WellHub- program to promote overall physical wellness 
• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to [email protected]. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

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