Lead Assets Accountant

Lead Assets Accountant Location Raleigh, NC : For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors: Please log onto your Internal Career Site to apply for this job. At Gilead, we're creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we've tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer - working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world's biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. We empower our leaders to step up, share ideas, listen, learn, and lead. We're welcoming bright, diverse, and imaginative minds; we're nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment, and to focus on creating inclusion, developing talent, and enabling teams. Every member of Gilead's team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we're looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North, South and Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Gilead makes it a priority to increase access to its medicines for people who can benefit from them, regardless of where they live or their economic status. Position Overview: The Senior Accountant [Assets Lead], Global Financial Solutions, is primarily responsible for asset accounting (Lease and Fixed Assets), including collection and review of data, subledger processes, month-end closing and related account reconciliations. The person in this role will partner across the organization with finance, accounting, and facility colleagues to ensure asset transactions are recorded accurately and timely. This role is also expected to supervise the work of others, ensuring SOX compliance and interact with internal and external auditors for scope of remit. Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Conduct periodic reviews with facility and FP&A teams to ensure modification to existing contracts and/or impairment to existing property are duly reflected in financial reports.
• Partner with Corporate and Technical accounting teams to review contracts, apply GAAP and execute appropriate accounting.
• Prepare and review periodic financial recording of asset transactions.
• Perform GL account analysis and account reconciliations for the respective functional areas and resolve reconciliation items on balance sheet accounts in a timely manner.
• Prepare and review asset accounting roll forward and footnote support for SEC filings.
• Maintain a control environment in which the processes are consistent with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and company policies.
• Recommend process improvements and participate in or lead cross-functional initiatives to implement best practices.
• Interact with internal and external auditors to ensure the quarterly review and audit activities are executed in a timely manner.
• Work with other financial analysts and serve as team lead to ensure successful accomplishments of individual and team goals and objectives.
• Support ERP and reporting enhancements as needed.
• Gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations or providing technical information concerning specific projects.
Basic Qualifications:
• Associate's Degree and Seven Years Experience OR Bachelor's Degree and Five Years Experience OR Masters Degree and Three Years Experience
• Must be able to apply accounting knowledge to day-to-day operations and assigned projects
• Strong technical expertise in area of responsibility
• Supervisory skills and experience successfully reviewing the work of others
• Ability to identify trends through analysis of various data
• Proficiency with Microsoft tools (Excel, Outlook, and Word)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment, meeting deadlines in an accurate and timely manner
• Experience in process development and process improvement
Preferred Qualifications:
• CPA certification
• Working experience in Lease or Fixed Asset accounting
• Working knowledge of SAP (FxRE)
The salary range for this position is: $97,495.00 - $126,170.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*. For additional benefits information, visit:
• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
For jobs in the United States: As an equal opportunity employer, Gilead Sciences Inc. is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the 'Know Your Rights' poster. NOTICE: EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION Our environment respects individual differences and recognizes each employee as an integral member of our company. Our workforce reflects these values and celebrates the individuals who make up our growing team. Gilead provides a work environment free of harassment and prohibited conduct. We promote and support individual differences and diversity of thoughts and opinion. For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors: Please log onto your Internal Career Site to apply for this job.