Senior Manager, External Reporting (REMOTE)

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Overview

Lead the preparation and filing of all external financial reporting in compliance with SEC regulations and U.S. GAAP for a publicly traded company. This role partners cross-functionally with Corporate Accounting, Investor Relations, Tax, Legal, FP&A, Treasury, and business unit leaders to ensure accurate, timely, and high-quality financial reporting.

• Position requires a CPA
• This position will work remote from home office located in the US.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the preparation and review of all SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Proxy, S-3, and S-8, ensuring compliance with SEC regulations, U.S. GAAP, and company policies.
• Manage the quarterly and annual reporting process, including coordination of internal stakeholders, external auditors, and legal counsel, while adhering to strict reporting deadlines.
• Oversee EDGAR filings and iXBRL tagging to ensure accuracy and completeness of submissions.
• Maintain and manage the external reporting calendar and coordinate all deliverables across functions.
• Partner with Investor Relations on earnings releases, non-GAAP reconciliations, and investor presentations.
• Manage and administer financial reporting system (Workiva/WDesk) and ensure efficient document control and review workflows.
• Oversee preparation and review of the statement of cash flows (direct and indirect), ensuring accuracy for both internal forecasting and external reporting purposes.
• Ensure compliance with new and existing accounting standards (FASB) and maintain the company's financial statement disclosure checklist.
• Serve as key liaison to external auditors on external financial statements and technical accounting transactions to ensure auditor agreement with company decisions on disclosures and reporting issues.
• Oversee internal controls related to external reporting, including SOX compliance, and identify opportunities to strengthen controls and processes.
• Present financial results, disclosure considerations, and peer benchmarking analyses to senior leadership and executive management.
• Lead and develop team members, including mentoring, performance management, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement scalable, efficient reporting practices.

Job Qualifications

• Education : Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field required; Master's degree, such as Accounting or Business Administration preferred.
• Experience:
  • 7 to 10 years related experience with at least 5 of the required years with a national or regional CPA firm
  • Public company external reporting experience required
  • Experience with multinational operations and consolidations preferred
• Certification/Licensure: CPA required.
• Technical Skill s:
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements
  • Experience with Workiva/WDesk, EDGAR, and IXBRL preferred

Compensation Data

The pay range for this position in the USA is $155K - $175K USD. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, location and any collective agreements, if applicable. Remote candidates located outside the USA should be aware that the relevant pay range varies based on country and location.

About Corporate Functions The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.


At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to View email address on click.appcast.io. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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