Accounting Manager

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Manager, Revenue Accounting to lead revenue accounting activities for the Distributor Markets. This role partners closely with Finance, Commercial, Global Accounting, and third-party distributors to support accurate, timely, and compliant revenue reporting.

The Manager, Revenue Accounting is responsible for revenue accounting across Distributor Markets, including month-end close, gross-to-net accounting, revenue recognition, reconciliations, reporting and compliance activities. Reporting to the Revenue Accounting Senior Manager, Northern Europe, Australia and Distributors, this role is supported by a dedicated Distributor Markets Revenue Accounting Senior Accountant II for Distributor Markets. The Manager provides day-to-day direction, prioritisation and review of work to support accurate, timely and compliant revenue accounting activities.

This role will translate complex commercial and contractual arrangements into clear accounting conclusions. The successful candidate will bring strong US GAAP and ASC 606 expertise, sound business judgment, and a continuous-improvement mindset. This is an exciting and dynamic role which offers excellent opportunity for personal development and continuous improvement. This is a hybrid role; 3 days in the office.

• Build trusted relationships and maintain effective communication with the Revenue Accounting Senior Manager, International and Global Revenue Accounting teams, and key international and US corporate stakeholders.
• Lead month-end close activities for Distributor Markets, including the review of revenue accruals and timing revenue reporting.
• Oversee the timely and accurate preparation, review, and posting of revenue recognition and gross-to-net journal entries.
• Analyse discounts, rebates, distributor margins, pharma fees, and other customer-related revenue adjustments.
• Investigate and resolve revenue-accounting variances, distributor and stakeholder queries.
• Reconcile gross-to-net revenue accounts, distributor balances, pricing updates, distributor margins, and pharma fee calculations.
• Partner with Finance, Commercial, Market Access, Order to Cash, and distributor teams to support accurate accounting and contract execution.
• Assess the revenue-accounting impact of product launches, reimbursement arrangements, distribution agreements, customer contracts, and contract extensions.
• Monitor reimbursement agreements and contractual terms to support appropriate revenue recognition and ongoing compliance.
• Prepare regional group reporting and provide support for SEC quarterly and annual reporting.
• Maintain strong financial controls, including SOX compliance and general ledger reconciliations.
• Support internal, external, statutory, group, and SOX audit requests.
• Lead revenue-accounting alignment and key-estimate meetings for Distributor Markets.
• Drive process simplification, automation, reporting improvements, and data-analytics initiatives.
• Train and coach junior team members and contribute to cross-functional projects, system implementations and other Accounting and Finance initiatives.
• Use AI-enabled tools, where appropriate, to support data analysis, identify trends or anomalies, improve reporting efficiency, and streamline routine accounting processes.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.

• Experience in an accounting environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong knowledge and proficiency of US GAAP, including ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
• Experience evaluating complex commercial contracts, customer…