Associate Director, Accounting

Location: Remote, Hungary

Company

Precision for Medicine is a clinical research organisation supporting precision medicine through clinical trial design, operational and medical expertise, biomarker and data analytics solutions, and research in rare diseases, oncology, and other therapeutic areas.

What you will do

• Own general ledger accounting processes for P&L and balance sheet accounts across multiple business units and legal entities.
• Oversee treasury and accounts payable activities, including invoice approvals, cash-flow forecasting, and cash management.
• Review reconciliations, journal entries, budgets, forecasts, vendor spend, customer aging, and financial results.
• Establish internal controls to reduce payment errors, duplicate payments, and fraud risks.
• Manage audit support, statutory reporting, accounting memos, PBC requests, and relationships with local accounting and tax partners.
• Support system implementations, integrations, acquisitions, GAAP adoption, process improvements, and team development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; CPA or another accounting designation is preferred.
• At least 12 years of relevant experience, including experience managing multiple legal entities within EMEA.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial regulations, financial reporting, and accounting best practices, including US and international standards.
• Proficient English is required for communication with local teams, auditors, and regulatory authorities.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including mentoring staff and developing teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with computerised ledger systems such as Infor.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel and strong MS Office skills.
• Experience in a pharmaceutical services or clinical research organisation.
• Experience partnering with executive leadership and supporting complex, fast-paced environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Focus on work-life balance and team development.
• Opportunity to contribute to research supporting groundbreaking cancer therapies.
• People-focused organisation that recognises employee contributions.