Senior Accountant Nordics

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits.

This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

• Eligible for participation in the company’s annual bonus plan
• Family cover healthcare
• Attractive contributory pension scheme
• Hybrid working, 50% home / 50% office, giving you flexibility and balance
• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays, plus festive shutdown
• Career and qualifications support, we invest in your growth
• Modern office with a range of on-site benefits, including on-site parking

What if your next accounting role actually felt significant? Not just technically challenging but genuinely significant. The kind of role where you can see, in real terms, how the work you do every day connects to something far bigger than a balance sheet. That's what this is.

We're looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Global Market Controllership team, based at our Chester office and if you're a finance professional who's built serious expertise over a decade or more and you're ready to step into a role with real scope, real influence, and real impact, this is worth your full attention.

You’ll oversee month-end, quarter-end and year-end financial closes - reviewing P&L and balance sheet analysis across UK and Nordic markets, working alongside our Legal Entity COE, Statutory COE and Hyderabad Capability Centre. This isn't just ticking boxes. When the financials are accurate and complete, leaders at every level of the organisation make better decisions - decisions that ultimately affect how BMS delivers life‑changing medicines to patients.

That starts with you getting this right.

You’ll be the key liaison for both internal and external audits, as well as tax audits - managing relationships with auditors, tax authorities, and advisors with confidence and professionalism. There's a real career benefit here too: audit exposure at this level, across multiple markets and regulatory environments, is the kind of experience that genuinely sets you apart - and you'll build it here.

You’ll collaborate with the Tax COE and Corporate Transfer Pricing team to stay aligned on critical tax and TP positions and oversee Legal Entity profitability budgeting and quarterly profitability adjustment processes. If you've always wanted to broaden your technical expertise beyond core accounting into the more complex, commercially nuanced world of transfer pricing and international tax - this role gives you a front‑row seat.

This role isn't just about maintaining what exists — it's about making it better. You’ll identify and drive process improvement opportunities within Finance, and lead ad‑hoc projects initiated by the Country and Regional Controllers. Your ideas will be heard here. When you spot a smarter way of doing things, you'll have the platform and the relationships to make it happen and you'll see the results.

You’ll work across a genuinely broad network - the Controllers Team, Corporate Treasury, Legal Entity and Statutory COEs, Capability Centres, and cross‑functional partners throughout the organisation. This is the kind of cross‑functional exposure that builds…