The Senior Accounting Manager is a strategic, hands-on leader overseeing end-to-end accounting operations, internal controls, and regulatory financial compliance. Owns the integrity of accounting systems and critical integrations across the business, ensuring accurate, timely financial data flow. Leads the financial close process, drives financial audit performance, and designs, implements, and continuously improves robust internal control frameworks. Partners cross-functionally to optimize processes, strengthen compliance (GAAP/J-SOX), and enable scalable growth, while mentoring the accounting team and elevating reporting quality and operational efficiency.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together!

Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

What You’ll Do

• Develops, and scale a high-performing accounting team, setting clear goals, coaching, and performance and professional development
• Provides strategic oversight of end-to-end accounting operations, including AP, AR, and fixed assets, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance
• Owns revenue accounting and customer invoicing governance; validate contract terms, oversee invoice reviews, and ensure timely, accurate
  revenue recognition under GAAP
• Directs and optimizes the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, driving continuous improvement to shorten close timelines, enhance controls, and improve reporting quality
• Reviews and delivers comprehensive financial reporting packages (balance sheet, P&L, cash flow/forecast, KPI dashboards, and variance analyses)
• Approves journal entries and account reconciliations; establish reconciliation standards and monitor compliance through periodic quality reviews
• Ensures full compliance with government grant reporting and filing requirements; implement controls and documentation standards to support
  eligibility and audit readiness
• Serves as primary liaison to internal and external auditors; lead audit planning, coordination, issue resolution, and remediation of control gaps
• Partners with FP&A and business leaders on annual budget and rolling forecasts; provide insights on drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Leads the development, documentation, and governance of accounting policies and procedures; ensure alignment with GAAP, J-SOX, and company policies and procedures
• Oversees tax compliance support and audit readiness; coordinate with external advisors and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate filings and
  timely responses
• Owns the financial and accounting modules within the ERP; drive system enhancements, integrations, data integrity, and automation of key
  processes (e.g., close, reconciliations)
• Maintains rigorous audit-ready documentation standards; implement retention policies, version control, and evidence of key controls
• Establishes standardized, scalable processes across accounting; lead continuous improvement initiatives leveraging automation and best practices
• Designs, implement, and monitor the internal control framework; perform risk assessments, key control testing, and remediation to strengthen
  control effectiveness
• Responds to and prioritize ad hoc executive and cross-functional requests; translate strategic needs into actionable analyses and deliverables
• Performs additional leadership responsibilities as needed to support business growth, transformation, and special projects (e.g., system
  implementations, M&A integration)
• Performs other duties, as assigned

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong communication skills and ability to present information to stakeholders, vendors and authorities
• Ability to solve complex problems and support team in driving resolutions of complex problems; reach out externally to regulatory/global
  teams/sites for alignment
• Broad knowledge of operations, quality systems, directives, and accountability for self and immediate work team through delivery of appointed
  deliverables
• Advanced ability to work independently in a high-paced team environment, meet deadlines, and prioritize work for team from multiple projects
• Leadership competencies including follow up, decision making, communication, collaboration, and innovation skills
• Ability to work effectively, independently, and within a team framework, across all business areas and levels of the organization
• Ability to coach, lead, and develop individual contributors
• Must be flexible to support 24/7 manufacturing facility

Basic Requirement / Certifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or related field with 8+ years of experience OR
• Master’s degree in in finance, Accounting or related field with 6+ years of experience.
• Experience working in a regulated GMP environment
• 6+ years' experience managing, leading and developing a team
• Demonstrated success managing financial close, audit readiness and internal controls
• Experience owning ERP accounting modules and driving cross-system integrations
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required; CPA candidate actively pursuing certification considered

Preferred Requirements / Certifications 

• Prior experience working with Pharmaceutical, Bio-tech or Manufacturing industry
• Strong influencing, collaboration, oral and written communications skills
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable, moving and managing projects with different objectives, milestones, and deliverables

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time.  Yes 60 frequency/minutes
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.  Yes 60 frequency/minutes 
• Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include wrists, hands and/or fingers.  Yes
• Ability to operate machinery and/or power tools.  Yes
• Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to X pounds.  Yes 10 lbs.

Benefits

Our programs are designed to focus on maintaining and enhancing all pillars of health with a robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage with the option of a Health Savings Account with company contributions. In addition, we offer an industry leading 401(k) savings plan, insurance coverage, employee assistance programs and various wellness incentives. We support life-work balance with paid vacation time, sick time, and company holidays. Explore a supportive environment that enriches both your personal and professional growth! 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department (FDBN_PNC@fujifilm.com).