ICON plc India | Accounts Payable Associate - Chennai

Responsibilities

• Employment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.
• Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate processing, payment and reconciliation of creditor invoices, investigator payment requests and employee expense claims.
• Timely and accurate processing of AP vouchers.
• Timely and accurate payment of AP vouchers.
• Management of all documentation in line with statutory requirements.
• Participation in AP re-engineering projects as needed.
• Assist in month end close process

Your profile

• Minimum 1.5+ years experience in a multi-national Accounts Payable function.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• Good accounting systems knowledge (Oracle an advantage).

ICON plc

ICON was founded in Ireland in 1990 by John Climax and Ronan Lambe and is headquartered in Dublin. Its shares trade on Nasdaq. The company is a contract research organisation that runs clinical trials and provides drug development services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, and it has added regulatory consulting, staffing, late-phase and device research services through acquisitions. In India, ICON has offices in Chennai, Bengaluru and Trivandrum, and some staff work remotely from other states.

Finance postings are all in Chennai. They include internal audit, accounts receivable, accounts payable, financial analysts, a financial accountant, investigator payments (for clinical research sites) and tax. Roles are mostly at associate, analyst and senior levels, with one to four years of experience asked in most cases. The senior internal auditor role asks for ACA, ACCA, CIA or equivalent, the financial accountant role says CMA, CA or CPA is a must, the senior tax accountant role prefers CPA, ACCA or CTA, and one analyst role accepts CMA semi-qualified candidates.

• Industry: Clinical research: contract research and drug development services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies
• Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland (listed on Nasdaq as ICLR)
• In India: Offices in Chennai, Bengaluru and Trivandrum, plus remote staff across several states