Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, MA
posted about 2 months ago
Becoming a Co-Op at Vertex will give you a panoramic view of how the industry works, how decisions are made, how pipelines are built and progressed, and how important your professional networks, connections, and collaborations will be in defining your longer-term career experience. Our mission is to tackle serious diseases and to change lives, for the better, for the future. We aim to give you the skills, insights, and career guidance to be an important part of that future. This program is designed to turn your potential into progression, possibilities into reality, and ambition into a clear, defined career path. We will have various positions within our Finance and Accounting functional areas, including but not limited to: - **Accounting**: responsible for accounts payable, payroll, equity, reporting, general ledger, and project accounting. - **Finance**: works collaboratively with Function and Program Finance to prepare projected consolidated financial statements, companywide financial planning and analysis, presentation, and decision support materials. - **Internal Audit**: assists in assessing the reliability of financial reporting, compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies, and the efficiency and effectiveness of business operations. - **Purchasing**: Completes the entire Procure-to-Pay cycle by working closely with the Receiving and Accounts Payable departments to resolve delivery and invoicing issues, including the disposition of returned material to suppliers. - **Strategic Sourcing**: responsible for processing requisitions and purchase orders for the Company. They also negotiate contracts and ensure that Vertex is earning discounts where possible. - **Tax, Treasury, and Insurance**: responsible for filing Vertex's corporate tax returns and engaging in tax and other planning activities. This group also performs cash planning.