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Lonza is a place where people can make a unique impact, grow their careers and belong.\nBased 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.\nWhat you will get:\nAn agile career and dynamic working culture in a growing global finance organization.\nThe opportunity to lead and develop a high-performing accounting team.\nExposure to global stakeholders across Finance, Treasury, Corporate Accounting, and Internal Controls.\nOpportunities to contribute to finance transformation, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nCompensation programs that recognize high performance.\nA comprehensive benefits package aligned with local market practices.\nAn inclusive and ethical workplace where your contributions make a difference.\nWhat you will do:\nLead Record to Report operations for assigned entities, ensuring accurate and timely accounting, reporting, and general ledger management.\nManage month-end close activities in line with Lonza’s global reporting calendar, ensuring all milestones are achieved.\nOversee balance sheet reconciliations and drive timely resolution of accounting discrepancies and aged reconciling items.\nLead, coach, and develop supervisors and accounting professionals, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.\nEnsure compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements while supporting internal and external audits.\nPartner with global finance stakeholders to resolve complex accounting issues and improve service delivery performance against KPI targets.\nDrive process standardization, automation, and finance transformation initiatives while maintaining operational excellence.\nWhat we are looking for:\nExtensive experience in accounting, financial reporting, or Record to Report operations within a global organization.\nProven leadership experience managing and developing accounting or shared services teams.\nStrong knowledge of general ledger accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, financial controls, and compliance requirements.\nExperience working in a Shared Services environment and driving process improvement or automation initiatives.\nStrong understanding of ERP systems, preferably SAP, and financial reporting processes.\nDegree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.\nProfessional accounting qualification such as CPA, CIMA, required with business-fluent English communication skills.\nYou will feel at home at Lonza if you:\nTake ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility\nLove solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast-moving environment\nAre curious, always looking to learn and improve\nWork collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself\nAre motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients\nWhy Lonza:\nWe 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.\nWe are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow.\nJoin us. Be you. 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