Accountant – Multinational, Multi-Entity

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in South Africa.

📋 Description

• Take charge of daily accounting support within a multinational biotech organization (with entities in Canada, the US, and the UK), ensuring precision across all financial records.

• Develop and sustain dependable intercompany transaction tracking (including billing, recharges, loans, and eliminations) to ensure balances reconcile accurately each period.

• Assist in preparing consolidation-ready accounting and facilitate coordination across entities, helping to establish a clear pathway to consolidated reporting.

• Collaborate closely with CFO-level stakeholders to provide clear financial insights, explanations, and updates on progress (beyond just spreadsheets).

• Ensure that accounting practices are consistent across various regulatory and reporting environments, identifying risks early and proposing actionable solutions.

• Enhance or create essential closing processes (including checklists, timelines, and reconciliations) in an environment with changing systems and structures.

• Effectively coordinate with distributed teams across different regions, consistently communicating status, obstacles, and next steps.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of entity structures, intercompany assumptions, and accounting decisions to minimize future uncertainties.

⛳️ Requirements

• Practical experience in supporting multinational, multi-entity accounting with subsidiaries under a parent organization.

• Demonstrated multi-jurisdiction accounting experience in both the UK and Canada.

• Strong background in intercompany accounting, including eliminations/reconciliations and consolidation support.

• Confident working knowledge of IFRS and the capability to apply it to real-world situations.

• Experience collaborating with CFOs or finance leadership in a support or advisory role.

• Excellent remote communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across regions with regular progress updates.

• Availability to work Monday–Friday with daily overlap with an Eastern Time (EST) team (flexible hours, but overlap is necessary).

• Experience supporting US entities and/or bridging the gap between US GAAP and IFRS reporting requirements (considered a plus).

• CPA certification (or equivalent) and experience in controlled or regulated industries (considered a plus).

• Exposure to biotech or life sciences, particularly in multi-entity, venture-backed settings (considered a plus).

• Familiarity with QuickBooks (or similar SMB accounting tools) along with strong Excel/Sheets skills (considered a plus).

• Experience establishing intercompany frameworks, charts of accounts, or closing infrastructure from the ground up (considered a plus).

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to a $200k+ perk marketplace with immediate discounts on over 150 services.

• Ability to access up to 50% of approved earnings before payday (no credit checks or fees).