Accounts Payable Assistant

**Description**

**About Norstella**:
At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.
Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.
Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:

- Citeline - accelerate the drug development cycle
- Evaluate - bring the right drugs to market
- MMIT - identify barrier to patient access
- Panalgo - turn data into insight faster
- The Dedham Group - think strategically for specialty therapeutics

By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics.
As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.
- ** Accounts Payable Specialist**
**Primary Responsibilities**
- Responsible for timely processing of AP transactions ensuring accuracy of general ledger coding and associated taxes
- Obtain supplier invoices, verify accuracy, and enter them into an Automated Accounting System
- Obtain and reconcile vendor statements, following up on discrepancies
- Process Employee Expense Reports and reconcile corporate card statements
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures
- Maintain effective relationships with business partners/vendors through timely accurate payment and responding promptly to inquiries
- Identify and escalate priority issues timely to management
- Assist with internal and external audit preparation and requests as required
- Participate in ERP and or other software and system implementations as required
- Support AP month-end closing process with the preparation of accrual lists and posting of journals
- Assist with bank accounts reconciliation on a monthly basis
- Prepare and execute multi-currency payment runs and ad-hoc manual payments
- Update training manuals as required
- Provide training to new staff as directed
- Provide support for special ad-hoc projects as directed

**Experience**:

- Clear communicator, with ability to work with finance and non-finance associates
- Must have multi-currency accounting experience
- Good understanding of UK vat practices is preferred
- Capable of prioritising workload and meeting deadlines
- Self-motivated with ability to pick things up quickly, great use of initiative and eagerness to learn more
- Must be detailed-oriented and able to handle a fast-changing environment
- Support the development of processing to drive continuous improvement in controls, accuracy and efficiency
- Proficient with Excel
- At least 2-4 years Accounts Payable experience is preferred
- Bachelor or associate degree in accounting is preferred
- Experience in processing employee expense reports is preferred
- Experience with NetSuite is a plus

**Our guiding principles for success at Norstella**:
**01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First**
We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.
**02: Integrity, Truth, Reality**
We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.
**03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace**
We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.
**04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance**
We will persevere - even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.
**05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning**
We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.

**Benefits**:

- Health Insurance
- Provident Fund
- Reimbursement of Certification Expenses
- Gratuity
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