Accountant

Job Title: Accountant I

Location: Chattanooga, TN 37419

Duration: Contract till Dec 2025 with possibility to extend

Shift: 1st Work Schedule: Mon- Fri 8-5 EST

Job Description:

CI2C Receivable & Revenue Senior Accountant, manages GTN accrual sufficiency and variance reporting for provisions established (via CCCM contracts) to compensate deductions taken by our customers. CI2C Receivable & Revenue Senior Accountant reports to Ci2C Receivables & Revenue Accountants Team Lead, Americas, working closely with Customer Service, Finance, Treasury, Account to Report, Trade and the CI2C team.

The purpose of this role is to:

• Provide D-1 GTM accrual sufficiency versus actual deductions from remittance gating to determine whether provision adjustments are required.

• Troubleshoot variances to determine root cause linking in transversal associates to fully understand and deploy corrective actions.

• Perform AD-HOC analysis and reporting to fully support all of the functions associated with the CI2C group.

• Lead group in reviewing GTN MJE and FI requests for entries made by the department. Ensure accuracy and timeliness in all transactional activities.

• Secure invoice booking & revenue recognition, perform AR monthly closing and reporting services to GBS.

• Contribute to revenue recognition (Trade & non-Trade) and related accounting.

• Analyze AR ageing reports, recommend bad debts reserves and post entries.

• Participate in month end closure activities: reconcile AR postings with GL, analyze & resolve discrepancies, post adjustment entries.

• Prepare month end and ad-hoc reports for revenue and AR analysis.

• Contribute to periodic reviews and definition of revenue recognition accounting scheme.

• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner.

• Deliver operational KPIs and comply with Sanofi policies and guidelines.

• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.

• Supervise the team of Accounts Receivable and Revenue Analysts.

• Work transversally with other streams to drive resolution or escalation of identified issues or periodic processes that require the involvement of CI2C Receivable and Revenue Accounting group.

Key Results/Accountabilities

Operations

• Secure invoice booking & revenue recognition, perform AR monthly closing and reporting services to GBS

• Monitor SD/FI interface and correct all anomalies to ensure correct revenue recognition (Trade & non-Trade)

• Analyze AR ageing reports and recommend bad debts reserves based on Sanofi guidelines and post entries after approval

• Participate in month end closure activities: reconcile AR postings with GL, analyze & resolve discrepancies, post adjustment entries

• Reconcile AR postings with GL, analyze & resolve discrepancies, post adjustment entries as per month end closure timetable

• Prepare month end and ad-hoc reports for revenue and AR analysis

• Contribute to periodic reviews and definition of revenue recognition accounting scheme

• Contribute to business reviews

• Execute in compliance with Sanofi policies and guidelines

• Complete all activities as per the global Core Model and operational KPIs

• Develop expert level knowledge of the activities in scope as well as local knowledge of entities in scope and become a super-user

• Pro-actively anticipate operational issues and coach junior analysts

• Build, document, and transfer CI2C Core Model process knowledge (Level 6/7) relating to invoicing, AR monthly closing & reporting activities

• Supervise and coach AR closing & reporting analysts and cash application analysts

• Manage departmental personnel time off to ensure sufficient resources are available to execute month end and periodic reporting requirements are met.

• Provide expertise and coaching

• Anticipate workload and allocate resources for effective and efficient delivery

• Assist manager to evaluate employee performance, determine training needs, develop talent

• Address performance issues and make recommendations for personnel actions

• Perform reviews and approvals of month-end closing tasks

Continuous improvement

• Identify process improvement opportunities through elimination of redundant activities

• Participate in process automation initiatives and ensure seamless adoption and transition.