Accounting Specialist

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen for an Accounting Specialist role within the European Accounting and Shared Services Team.

This role is full-time (36.25 hours per week) and offered on a 9 month fixed-term contract with a hybrid work arrangement.

The successful applicant will work closely with the Manager - European Accounting on the accounting reporting and compliance for allocated businesses. You will support the existing finance team in delivering accurate and timely monthly results, clean internal and external audits, build on relationships with business finance and site leaders in addition to seeking out ways to continually improve.

The key to this role is the ability to collaborate as part of a strong team in addition to working cross-functionally with leaders in different countries.

• Part / Qualified accountant or Experienced
• Experience in a complex rapidly growing organization
• Experience of statutory audits
• Knowledge of US GAAP
• Experience with in a multi-location international environment
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with key business leaders
• An understanding of internal control processes, previous exposure to SoX would be advantageous
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Awareness of large ERP systems

• Account Payable
• Invoicing
• Journal Entry
• Data Entry
• Accounting & Finance
• Tax Returns
• Quick Books
• General Ledger Accounting
• Microsoft Excel
• Reporting
• Payroll
• Financial statement
• Account Receivable
• ACCA
• CPA

The closing date for this role is Friday 05 December 2025.

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.

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 20000 employees within 110 facilities in 20 countries around the globe we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our clients' unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies, hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of peoples 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 supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

At Charles River Laboratories we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.