Grants Specialist

Grants Specialist

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.

As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

As a Grants Specialist at ICON, you will contribute to our accounting and financial operations function, working collaboratively to deliver high-quality outcomes across our clinical programmes.

What You Will Do:

You will contribute to scientific operations activities, taking responsibility for your deliverables and working collaboratively.

Key responsibilities include:

• Prepare, review or reconcile financial transactions and accounts.
• Support accurate period end close and financial reporting.
• Maintain evidence for controls, audit and compliance requirements.
• Investigate variances and resolve accounting issues.
• Partner with finance and business stakeholders on accurate financial information.

Required qualifications and experience

• Accounting or finance qualification, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and experience applying financial controls.
• Experience preparing reconciliations, journals or financial reporting.
• Experience with ERP or financial systems.
• Practical experience with SAP in the context of the assigned role.
• Experience supporting accurate period end close and financial reporting.
• Experience maintaining evidence for controls, audit and compliance requirements.

Preferred qualifications and experience

• Previous experience in grant writing, grant management, or a related field.
• Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, CPA or CIMA.
• Experience in a multinational or regulated organisation.
• Oracle, SAP or comparable ERP experience.

What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.