Senior Accountant

Overview

Certara accelerates the potential of bringing medicines to market and to patients using biosimulation software, technology, and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development. Our clients include more than 2,400 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and regulatory agencies across 70 countries.

Our goal is to enable the life sciences industry’s use of data, modeling, and analytics to make better decisions across the various phases of discovery and drug development. Our software and scientists incorporate modern advances in scientific understanding, drug development experience, data analysis, and AI resulting in significant opportunities to decrease the cost and increase the probability of success for new drug approval and commercialization.

The Senior Accountant plays a critical role in supporting commercial performance and sales incentive process and strategy. The role will report to the Director of Commercial Finance. This position leads key analytical processes, partners closely with Finance and Commercial leadership, and provides insights that directly influence revenue growth, sales effectiveness, and strategic decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and calculation of monthly Sales Commissions, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and timely delivery to stakeholders.
• Provide analytical insights on sales incentive performance, including trend analysis, effectiveness assessments, and recommendations to optimize compensation structures.
• Support the sales quota‑setting process.
• Contribute to sales plan design, evaluating incentive mechanics, modeling payout scenarios, and ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to improve financial processes, enhance reporting tools, and strengthen data‑driven decision‑making across the organization.
• Provide high‑quality financial support to senior leaders, maintaining strong relationships with Finance and Commercial leadership teams.
• Build ad-hoc financial frameworks to assist with strategic decision making within the commercial organization
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
• 3-4 years of professional relevant experience in accounting, corporate finance, or strategic finance business partnership
• Corporate Finance experience is a plus.
• High proficiency in excel/PowerPoint and other MS products
• Experience with Netsuite and Salesforce is a plus