Record to Report (R2R) Manager
San José, Costa Rica
Every day, our teams across the world work together to turn scientific breakthroughs into life-changing medicines that reach up to 100 million patients a year. Lonza is a place where people can make a unique impact, grow their careers and belong.
Based in San José, Costa Rica, this leadership role offers the opportunity to drive high-quality financial accounting and reporting services across a global organization. As an R2R Manager, you will lead a talented team, strengthen financial controls, and help shape process improvements and transformation initiatives that support business success worldwide.
What you will get:
- An agile career and dynamic working culture in a growing global finance organization.
- The opportunity to lead and develop a high-performing accounting team.
- Exposure to global stakeholders across Finance, Treasury, Corporate Accounting, and Internal Controls.
- Opportunities to contribute to finance transformation, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
- A comprehensive benefits package aligned with local market practices.
- An inclusive and ethical workplace where your contributions make a difference.
What you will do:
- Lead Record to Report operations for assigned entities, ensuring accurate and timely accounting, reporting, and general ledger management.
- Manage month-end close activities in line with Lonza’s global reporting calendar, ensuring all milestones are achieved.
- Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and drive timely resolution of accounting discrepancies and aged reconciling items.
- Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and accounting professionals, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Ensure compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements while supporting internal and external audits.
- Partner with global finance stakeholders to resolve complex accounting issues and improve service delivery performance against KPI targets.
- Drive process standardization, automation, and finance transformation initiatives while maintaining operational excellence.
What we are looking for:
- Extensive experience in accounting, financial reporting, or Record to Report operations within a global organization.
- Proven leadership experience managing and developing accounting or shared services teams.
- Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, financial controls, and compliance requirements.
- Experience working in a Shared Services environment and driving process improvement or automation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of ERP systems, preferably SAP, and financial reporting processes.
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, CIMA, required with business-fluent English communication skills.
You will feel at home at Lonza if you:
- Take ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility
- Love solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast-moving environment
- Are curious, always looking to learn and improve
- Work collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself
- Are motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients
Why Lonza:
We are a place of unique opportunity, where your ideas, expertise and ambition can make a real difference. Here, you will have the freedom to grow, the support to succeed and the chance to contribute to work that matters.
We are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us. Be you. Apply now