Staff Accountant

## Staff Accountant Apply:
Philadelphia, PA:
Full time:
Posted 11 Days Ago:
End Date:
September 30, 2026 (18 days left to apply):
0096133

About Site Catalent’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania site serves as the company’s North American Center of Excellence for clinical supply packaging, delivering comprehensive, end‐to‐end support for global clinical trials across multiple therapeutic modalities. The site provides integrated services including direct comparator sourcing, blinding and manufacturing, primary and secondary packaging, storage and distribution, and clinical returns management, enabling efficient and compliant trial execution. It also plays a growing role in supporting biologic as well as cell and gene therapy programs, with enhanced cold‐chain and cryogenic handling capabilities designed to meet the complex requirements of advanced therapies.

As a critical hub within Catalent’s global clinical supply network, the Philadelphia site helps sponsors accelerate development timelines while maintaining the highest standards of quality, flexibility, and regulatory compliance.

Our Philadelphia site is located in the Bensalem/Northeast Philadelphia area.

Position Summary We have an opportunity for a Staff Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will prepare journal entries, reconcile accounts, and manage balance sheet general ledger accounts. You will assist with audits and tax returns, prepare financial statements, and ensure compliance with technical accounting standards. You will also support month-end and year-end closing processes, analyze budget variances, and handle billing and invoice processes.

Location:

Philadelphia, PA  100% Onsite

The Role
* Prepare journal entries and reconcile accounts
* Manage and reconcile balance sheet general ledger accounts
* Assist with external and internal audit teams and tax returns
* Prepare financial statements and financial reports
* Research technical accounting issues for compliance
* Support month-end and year-end closing processes by ensuring account accuracy (3 days)
* Analyze and report budget variances
* Assist and generate billing of invoices, review and maintain work file process
* Perform other duties as assigned

The Candidate

Minimum Requirements
* High School diploma
* Ability to interpret financial data
* Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
* Advanced computer skills in Excel functions (e.g., Pivot Tables, Lookups, Formulas)
Preferred Skills & Background
* Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
* Minimum one year of relevant experience
* Advanced proficiency with various Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Sage or JD Edwards (JDE)
Why You Should Join Catalent
* Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
* Diverse, inclusive culture
* Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
* Competitive paid time off plus 8 paid holidays
* Community engagement and green initiatives
* Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment
* Tuition reimbursement
** Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!
** Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us.

Join us in making a difference.personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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