Job Description

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people's lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.
Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.
As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.
Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for an Accounting Specialist role, within the European Accounting and Shared Services Team.
This role is full-time (36.25 hours per week) and offered on a 9 month fixed-term contract, with a hybrid work arrangment.
The successful applicant will work closely with the Manager - European Accounting on the accounting, reporting and compliance for allocated businesses. You will support the existing finance team in; delivering accurate and timely monthly results, clean internal and external audits, build on relationships with business finance and site leaders in addition to seeking out ways to continually improve.
The key to this role is the ability to collaborate as part of a strong team in addition to working cross functionally with leaders in different countries.
The following are minimum requirements related to the position:-
Part/Qualified accountant or Experienced
Experience in a complex, rapidly growing organization
Experience of statutory audits
Knowledge of US GAAP
Experience within a multi-location international environment
Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with key business leaders

• An understanding of internal control processes, previous exposure to SoX would be advantageous

• Excellent communication skills

• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Awareness of large ERP systems

The closing date for this role is Friday, 05 December 2025.
Due to high volume of applications we are receiving if you have not heard anything from Charles River Laboratories Edinburgh regarding the next steps of our recruitment process within 3 weeks of the closing date then please conclude you have been unsuccessful.
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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