Senior Management Accountant

Senior Accountant

At Argenta, we're more than a company — we're a global team, dedicated to healthier animals. We believe that when their lives are made better, we're all the better for it.

Founded in 2006, we support companies big and small to develop and manufacture health products for pets and livestock. Our trusted, innovative solutions and services cover every stage of the process, from molecule to market.

We're in a unique position. We are the world's only combined contract research and contract development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) dedicated to animal health.

Our uniqueness means:

• We are team players;
• We are doers;
• We are customer-centric;
• We are innovators.

We value diversity, as a global company, we get the richness of working with different people in different places whether it be location, stages of their career, their development, their role. We believe that when everyone works together and puts their best "paw" forward we will make the lives of the animals we care for, better.

With bases in New Zealand, the US, the UK and Europe, our 900+ colleagues are driven by our partnership approach and purpose: Healthy Animals. Let's Make It Happen, Together.

TEAM PLAYERS who want to DO great work and find INNOVATIVE ways to make animals lives better through our CUSTOMER CENTRIC efforts should apply.

Argenta is currently looking to fill the role of Senior Accountant at our Shawnee, KS location.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparing monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations of all CMO Americas business units
• Provide forecast and review trends to highlight potential overspends or errors to ensure the integrity of month end reports.
• Ensure overall management of the Fixed Assets and Asset WIP.
• Maintain and reconcile the accounting and tax fixed asset register to ensure integrity of the financial statements and support the completion of the tax return.
• Ensure the prompt analysis of P&L results and report to Business Units in a timely manner.
• Accountable for maintaining costings and quarterly standard cost reviews.
• Responsible for providing accurate and timely updates to project sponsors to monitor spend against budget, including providing prompt warning of potential overspends.
• Ensure cash flows are updated accurately and on a consistent basis.
• Responsible for performing detailed variance analysis of the Raw Material Usage Variance (RMUV) and Purchase Price Variance (PPV) accounts.

About You:

• Minimum 4-5 years' experience within an accounts team within a commercial business
• Strong customer service skills
• Develops and maintains effective professional relationships with internal and external key relationships.
• Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail.
• Understanding of tax obligations within US environment.
• Demonstrated financial acumen skills.
• Possess a high degree of personal accountability.
• Strong organizational ability and proficient at planning.
• Demonstrated capability to collaborate effectively on a team as well as work autonomously.
• Maintain a high degree of flexibility and is adaptable to change.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change.

Argenta has strongly embedded company values which is key to who we are and how we deliver. We offer an opportunity to work for a successful and rapidly expanding global business where your input will be valued. At Argenta we are a hard-working group who really enjoy the people we work with each day. That is why we support our people through a strong culture, great benefits, and growth opportunities.

Argenta is an equal-opportunity employer