Senior Accounting & Reporting Accountant

Bio-Rad supports 40+ legal entities across the EMEA region, and the Controllership organization ensures financial performance is captured accurately, timely, and efficiently.
As a Senior Accounting & Reporting Accountant, you will own monthly accounting and internal reporting under US GAAP, support annual local GAAP requirements, and help deliver tax/statutory and other local reporting for a portfolio of West EMEA entities.

You will partner closely with regional finance teams and Corporate HQ stakeholders, and you will serve as a key contact point for external auditors across the entities in scope.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• You will lead timely and accurate monthly close activities, ensuring alignment with group reporting deadlines, accounting policies, and internal guidelines.
• You will complete US GAAP quarter-end and year-end reporting requirements and support delivery of group timelines.
• You will prepare robust, audit-ready balance sheet reconciliations with clear support and ownership of open items.
• You will perform high-quality trial balance reviews and produce meaningful variance analysis by building strong financial, operational, and commercial understanding.
• You will support US GAAP tax provisioning activities, including forecasting inputs, journal entries, reporting outputs, and return-to-provision preparation.
• You will produce GAAP-to-statutory bridge files, help prepare local statutory accounts, and maintain high-quality supporting documentation to internal deadlines.
• You will coordinate and manage statutory audits, acting as the primary contact for external auditors and service providers and responding to queries promptly.
• You will draft and/or review qualitative sections of financial statements and management reports, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• You will help ensure statutory compliance and accurate ledger maintenance in SAP, keeping records up to date and audit-ready
• You will maintain compliance calendars and deliver monthly/quarterly/annual filings, tax payments, and statistical submissions with strong documentation and recordkeeping.
• You will monitor and resolve ServiceNow tickets, providing timely and supportive service to EMEA stakeholders.
• You will collaborate with cross-functional finance teams (e.g., Revenue Accounting, Payroll, Fixed Assets, PTP, OTC, FP&A, Treasury, Intercompany, Internal Audit, and Tax) to standardize documentation, streamline processes, and drive efficiencies.
• You will proactively propose improvements and participate in ad hoc projects, including support for corporate income tax audits when required.

What You’ll Bring:

• You are an enthusiastic team player who can work flexibly in a fast-changing environment and build strong relationships across Finance and business stakeholders.
• You have an accounting/control background with a good understanding of US GAAP and at least one statutory GAAP used in EMEA environments.
• You bring a proven track record of identifying issues, solving problems, and improving processes, ideally with a Lean/6-Sigma mindset.
• You are comfortable working with finance systems and tools such as SAP, and ideally Power BI, BlackLine, OneSource, or similar platforms.
• You communicate clearly and confidently in English (written and verbal), and an additional European language is a plus.
• You have strong time management, analytical skills, and a risk-based approach, and you can collaborate effectively across different levels and functions.
• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in economics or business administration (or equivalent) and bring 5–7 years of accounting experience in an international multinational and/or Big 4 (or a combination).
• You are comfortable coordinating multiple stakeholders across countries and time zones, and you can confidently manage external auditor interactions

Who We Are: For 70 years, Bio-Rad has focused on advancing the discovery process and transforming the fields of science and healthcare. As one of the top five life science companies, we are a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of high-quality research and clinical diagnostic products. We help people everywhere live longer, healthier lives. Recently voted a Best Place to Work, Bio-Rad offers a unique employee experience with collaborative teams that span the globe. Here, you are supported by leadership to build your career and are empowered to drive change that makes an impact you can see.   

Benefits: Bio-Rad's biggest asset is its people, and the reason why our Total Rewards deliver programs that provide value, quality, and inclusivity while satisfying the diverse needs of our evolving workforce. Our robust offerings serve to enrich the overall health, wealth, and wellbeing of our employees and their families through the various stages of an employee’s work and life cycle. We’re proud to offer a variety of options, including: 

• Life and accident insurance,
• Private Health Care Services – unlimited examinations, checkups in numerous specialties free of charge
• Competitive salary and cafeteria
• 100% commuting allowance for non Budapest residents
• Annual bonus
• Annual salary review
• Marriage and childbirth allowance
• School start allowance
• Loyalty award
• Employee Referral Program with remarkable referral bonus
• All You Can Move contract possibility/gym facility usage for free of charge
• Hybrid working model (3 days onsite and 2 days home office. Our office is located in Budapest, Futó u. 47, 1082)