For 70 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
IMPORTANT: In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process. Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.
Job Summary
We are currently recruiting for Finance Administrator. The role is to be based at our established Finance Centre in Riccarton, Edinburgh. The role is equally suited to someone with experience of a similar role or alternatively somebody wishing to join our team at entry level to develop a long-term career. As a highly acquisitive business, this a very exciting time to join the business.
Known internally as EASST (European Accounting & Shared Services Team), EASST supports a number of key regions across Europe including UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France. EASST offers a platform to join a dynamic and fast paced organisation with the opportunity for professional growth and development.
Treasury Operations is a key component in our operational model that administers CRL cash for all European Companies in Charles River and will sit alongside several specialist subject matter experts; Accounting, VAT, Corporation Tax, Controls, Treasury and Projects. EASST continues to grow and develop as a valued partner to the business as the strategic plan is implemented.
The Finance Administrator will be part of a small team within the European Banking Centre of Excellence, delivering banking processes for all CRL companies throughout Europe. As part of the role you will interact with internal and external customers on day-to-day banking queries and various business and finance stakeholders, to ensure process delivery expectations are met.
The following are duties and responsibilities related to the Finance Administrator position:
• Perform bank reconciliations in line with entities requirements for sterling and currency accounts
• Review daily bank balances and prepare weekly cashflow forecasts
• Ownership to ensure all entities have funding when required
• Facilitate multi-currency banking payments including transfer of funds between entities, to ensure all payments are made in time
• Work with US Treasury team on Cash Repatriations
• Manage Bank Tracker
• Process bank transactions to meet and manage month end deadlines
• Support European Banking Reporting
• Support European Treasury Manage with Project Work
• Interact with CRL bank and business stakeholders on day to day queries
• Manage the maintenance of the CRL travel and expenditure system, including reconciliation, audits, and accounting entries
• Manage CRL Company credit card general admin and cardholder support
• Ongoing audit of all tasks completed to ensure fully complaint, adhering to company procedures and Sox controls.
Minimum requirements:
• Previous experience in a similar position is preferred but not essential
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to work within a fast paced, deadline driven and evolving environment
• Language skills would be beneficial but not essential
The salary for this role is dependent on skills and experience.
Closing date is 03 June 2025.
IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV.
About Corporate Functions
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.
About Charles River
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 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s 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 ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
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