Role Description
The Manager, Revenue Accounting and Financial Operations is a hands-on finance leader who brings strong technical accounting expertise and broad financial operations experience to Valerisโs complex customer programs. Reporting to the Director, Commercial Finance, this role leads the accuracy and execution of revenue accounting, month-end close, billing, prefunding, customer reconciliations, and other critical order-to-cash activities. The manager guides and develops a team, investigates complex issues across financial and operational systems, and turns findings into practical improvements. This is an opportunity to shape more reliable, efficient, and scalable processes while partnering across a growing life sciences organization.
Key Responsibilities
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Revenue Accounting, Accruals & Financial Close
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Own the timely execution and review of assigned monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue accounting and close deliverables, coordinating dependencies and resolving blockers proactively.
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Oversee and perform revenue reviews, accrual and deferral analyses, reserves, estimates, account reconciliations, and other revenue-related accounting activities.
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Prepare or review journal entries, revenue-related balance sheet accounts, and supporting schedules; confirm completeness, appropriate classification, and clear audit trails.
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Investigate and resolve financial statement variances, historical accounting discrepancies, and aged reconciling items; quantify exposure and document conclusions.
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Apply strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, ASC 606, and relevant policies; identify complex accounting questions and coordinate conclusions and approvals with Controllership.
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Review relevant customer contract provisions and amendments for billing, funding, and accounting impacts; partner with Legal, Client Services, and Controllership where interpretation is required.
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Billing, Prefunding & Order-to-Cash Operations
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Lead accurate and timely billing for assigned client programs, including administrative fees, contracted services, claims- and reimbursement-related invoices, credits, and adjustments.
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Oversee controls that confirm the completeness of billable programs, contractual rates, billing schedules, source data, and supporting approvals.
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Manage financial oversight of client prefunds, funding utilization, replenishments, outstanding checks, reimbursements, refunds, and program closeouts.
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Oversee reconciliations across customer billing, claims, payment/disbursement activity, bank and cash records, operational reports, and general ledger balances.
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Partner with Treasury and other teams to resolve unapplied cash, open receivables, aged items, credit balances, and collection-related exceptions.
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Support financial readiness for program launches, contract amendments, operational transitions, and program terminations.
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Financial Analysis, Controls & Process Improvement
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Analyze large, complex datasets to explain revenue fluctuations, billing discrepancies, cash and prefund activity, and unusual program results; recommend corrective actions.
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Build accurate, decision-useful reporting on invoicing timeliness, unbilled revenue, receivables, reconciliation aging, funding balances, and close status.
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Strengthen reconciliations, segregation of duties, review evidence, approval workflows, and financial controls; maintain audit-ready support.
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Document and standardize procedures, ownership, and handoffs across order-to-cash; identify and remove recurring manual work.
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Partner with Technology, Transformation, and Finance teams on NetSuite, financial reporting, data quality, and automation initiatives.
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People Leadership & Business Partnership
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Lead, coach, cross-train, and review the work of assigned accounting and finance professionals, setting clear expectations and ensuring dependable coverage.
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Serve as an accountable financial partner to Controllership, Client Services, Operations, Treasury, FP&A, and Technology on assigned client programs.
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Communicate financial risks, root causes, corrective actions, and progress to the Director, Commercial Finance; escalate material issues promptly.
Qualifications
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Bachelorโs degree in Accounting or a closely related field with substantial accounting coursework.
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6+ years of progressive, hands-on accounting experience, including revenue accounting and financial operations, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or team leadership role.
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Demonstrated expertise in accrual accounting, journal entries, general ledger and balance sheet reconciliations, monthly close, and revenue review.
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Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and ASC 606; proven ability to independently analyze accounting discrepancies and explain appropriate treatment.
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Practical experience across billing, receivables, cash activity, reconciliations, and order-to-cash in a complex, high-volume environment.
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Advanced Excel and analytical skills; proven ability to reconcile high-volume information across an ERP and multiple operational/reporting systems.
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Experience developing staff, prioritizing critical deadlines, strengthening controls, and partnering across functions.
Preferred Experience
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CPA or CPA eligibility.
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NetSuite experience and familiarity with business intelligence or data/reporting tools.
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Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical services, patient support, copay assistance, specialty pharmacy, or other contract-driven services.
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Experience with client prefunding, reimbursement processing, complex revenue arrangements, or program-level financial reconciliations.
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Experience improving controls, automating recurring work, and supporting financial transformation.
Benefits
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Medical, dental, and vision plans, including HSA- and FSA-eligible options, with Valeris contributing toward premium costs.
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Additional health support, including telehealth and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services.
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Company match on Health Savings Account contributions.
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Free Basic Life and AD&D coverage equal to your annual earnings, with a minimum of $50,000 and a maximum of $300,000.
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Company-paid Short-Term Disability coverage, with the option to purchase Long-Term Disability.
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401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 100% match on the first 5% you contribute, with immediate vesting.
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Paid Time Off (PTO) and Sick Leave to support work-life balance.
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Team members receive nine paid holidays plus two floating holidays.
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Opportunities for advancement in a company that supports personal and professional growth.
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A challenging, stimulating work environment that encourages new ideas.
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Work for a company that values diversity and makes deliberate efforts to create an inclusive workplace.
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A mission-driven, inclusive culture where your work makes a meaningful impact.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for long periods of time, use hands to type, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Prefer candidates who can type at least 35 words per minute with 97% accuracy.
Although very minimal, flexibility to travel as needed is preferred.
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, etc.
Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity
At Valeris, we donโt just accept difference โ we celebrate it, support it and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. Valeris is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.