Accounting Assistant

IPS-Integrated Project Services - Penllyn, PA

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - Penllyn, PA

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Accounting Assistant will support the Financial Reporting team at IPS, a leader in innovative solutions for the life sciences industry. This role involves assisting with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closes, reconciling daily cash transactions, and providing administrative support to the financial reporting department. The position is based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and offers a hybrid work schedule with flexible business hours.

Responsibilities

• Support the Financial Reporting team in monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closes.
• Reconcile daily cash transactions to ensure completeness and resolve discrepancies.
• Review and record daily bank sweep activity in accounting software (Timberline/Sage and transitioning to Oracle).
• Assist with the preparation of monthly work papers and other account analyses.
• Gather support documentation for monthly or quarterly tax returns within foreign operations.
• Assist with internal/external auditor information requests.
• Provide administrative support to the financial reporting department as needed.
• Perform special projects, analyses, and additional duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Associate degree in accounting.
• 5+ years of experience in general accounting roles.
• Mandatory experience working in a large organization with $500M+ in annual revenue or equivalent scale.
• Cash reconciliation experience required.
• Strong bookkeeping skills with attention to detail.
• Strong time management and organizational skills, with the ability to handle numerous documents and information reliably and meet deadlines consistently.
• US GAAP knowledge.
• Comfortable using Excel.