Financial Accountant

Position: Financial Accountant

Salary: GBP55,000

Location: Milton Keynes/ Hybrid model - 3 days from home

Due to significant growth, an exciting position has arisen for a Financial Accountant to work for one of the fastest-growing UK-owned Healthcare firms. This is an award-winning organisation that provides excellent training and development and values its employees.

The Financial Accountant will be heavily involved in the day-to-day running of the multiple global entity accounts and ensuring compliance with IFRS and local GAAP requirements. This is a broad role with a mix of traditional reporting responsibilities, tax and assisting with projects to build the finance infrastructure for the next phase of its growth plans.

• Prepare month-end reporting activities including balance sheet reconciliation and analysis
• Assist with the preparation of year-end accounts, activities and statutory accounts including global tax and AFS/IFRS preparation
• Assist the Financial Controller with the yearend audit process and relationship with external auditors.
• Design, implement and maintain financial global controls and risk environment by ensuring policies and procedures are being compliant across the company.
• Management of the accounting system, Chart of Accounts and cost centre structure
• Assist on ad-hoc financial projects plus involvement of group projects to manage the financial impact of group-wide projects. IFRS conversion and ERP system replacement are planned for 2022 along with an expansion into new countries.
• Manage the headcount and bonus calculations for financial reporting
• Assist Financial Controller on the management of global tax and transfer pricing

Experience Required:

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA) with recent and relevant PQE experience
• You will be someone who has had experience of ensuring financial control (Process, People, System) and helping the company drive its performance targets
• Demonstrate success in delivering accurate and timely outputs
• Experience working in multi-country and currency environment
• Proven track record of working with group and stand-alone companies as well as control environments
• Excellent technical accounting knowledge (IFRS, FRS101 FRS102, UKGAAP, VAT / TAX)
• Strong excel skills including pivots and formulas to enable manipulation of data Previous experience in IFRS conversion, system change projects, M&A activity is an advantage.
• Previous industry experience, Pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, and life science is preferred but not essential

Key Competencies:

• Strong technical accounting skills to handle technical issues
• Demonstrates initiative and ability to adapt
• Committed to being part of a high performing team and helping to transform the finance function into a robust and controlled environment
• Strong attention to detail and organised approach to managing multiple deliverables and requirements

Benefits include: Company bonus, 25 days paid annual leave per year (plus 8 days bank holiday), 1 day paid annual leave for the employees Birthday, Pension scheme, Private Medical scheme, PerkBox , Immediate Life Insurance cover and flexible home working.