Job Title: Corporate Finance and Accounting Lead
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
Location: Barbados
Employment Type: Contractor for Services
About Us: A New Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Gateway for the Caribbean
Across the Caribbean, access to essential medicines still depends on distant and often vulnerable supply chains. When those systems are disrupted, the consequences are immediate, affecting health systems, economies, and communities alike.
Barbados Pharmaceutical Inc. (BPI) was established to help change that trajectory.
As a pharmaceuticalsector accelerator and investment facilitator, BPI is building manufacturing capacity and supply chain resilience across the Caribbean while creating a gateway that connects regional demand with global pharmaceutical expertise, investment, and technology.
This is not simply about developing an industry. It is about strengthening health security, enabling economic diversification, and positioning the Caribbean within global pharmaceutical value chains. Through partnerships with manufacturers, investors, governments, and research institutions, BPI is creating opportunities to build, invest, and scale pharmaceutical production for the region and beyond.
Job Summary
The Finance and Accounting Lead is responsible for overseeing BPI’s financial operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining proper accounting records, and ensuring compliance with audit requirements and relevant business regulations. Supports BPI’s broader organizational build-out by establishing finance and operations infrastructure, embedding internal controls, and providing strategic financial input to the CEO and, where required, the Board. This role provides leadership in managing day-to-day financial transactions, strengthening internal controls, and supporting sound financial decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Transactions Oversight and Management
- Manage treasury operations including cash flow forecasting, banking relationships, FX exposure tracking, and liquidity optimization.
- Lead procurement processes and contract negotiation in line with company policies.
- Supervise and manage all financial transactions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger activities.
- Review, approve, and facilitate payments, invoices, expense claims, and reconciliations in accordance with company policies.
- Monitor cash flow, banking transactions, and financial commitments.
- Ensure timely and accurate recording of all financial activities.
- Develop and implement internal controls and SOPs to safeguard company assets.
- Financial Record Preparation and Filing
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and management reports.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and up-to-date accounting records and supporting documentation.
- Ensure timely filing of statutory returns, tax submissions, and other required financial documents.
- Coordinate budget preparation, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Maintain organized filing systems for financial records, both physical and electronic.
- Audit and Regulatory Compliance
- Lead internal and external audit, risk or compliance processes, including preparation of schedules and supporting documentation.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax laws, and applicable business regulations.
- Monitor changes in financial regulations and recommend updates to policies and procedures.
- Address audit findings and implement corrective actions where necessary.
- Liaise with auditors, tax authorities, regulators, and external stakeholders as required.
- Leadership and Continuous Improvement
- Lead selection, implementation, and integration of ERP and finance systems (e.g. SAP, LeafPoint, or equivalent).
- Recruit, train, and upskill staff to embed knowledge transfer and a culture of accountability.
- Drives adoption of compliant financial processes through structured onboarding, training, and ongoing staff support.
- Provide advice and limited leadership to support the onboarding of similar roles within companies that BPI may partner with and/or invest in.
- Establish and strengthen Finance, Procurement, and Internal Controls Identify opportunities to improve financial systems, processes, and controls.
- Support senior management with financial analysis and strategic recommendations.
- Promote a culture of accountability, accuracy, and ethical financial management.
- Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
- Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent) is preferred
- Minimum of 7+ years’ experience in accounting or Internal Controls functions from the ground up is a strong asset.
- Experience in multinational, regional, or cross-borderfinance roles is strongly
- Demonstrated experience setting up Finance, Procurement, or Internal Controls functions from the ground up is a strong asset.
- Hands-on ERP implementation experience (SAP, or equivalent) is preferred.
- Experience serving on a board of directors or audit/risk/compliance committee is an asset.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, and compliance requirements
- Experience managing audits and regulatory reporting.
- Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
Key Competencies
- Establishing ERP implementation and systems
- Procurement and contract negotiation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Leadership and team management
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Integrity and confidentiality
All applications should be sent to hr_bpi@investbarbados.org, with a copy to NMason@investbarbados.org by June 22, 2026.