Oxoid Remel Microbiology (Acquired from Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Finance & Accounting Manager
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Highlights
Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Start Date: Immediately
Work Location: On-Site Work Only
Skills
- Chart Of Accounts
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Statutory Accounts Preparation
- Continuous Improvement Finance Processes Systems Controls Reporting
- Finance And Accounting Set-Up
Description
Finance & Account Manager
About The Company
Joining our team, you’ll play an active part in helping to deliver meaningful impact. At Oxoid Remel Microbiology, acquired from Thermo Fisher Scientific, we play a crucial role in accurate identification and targeted treatment for diseases, ensuring food and beverage safety, and supporting pharmaceutical manufacturing integrity. Our products and services are designed to meet the highest standards of quality and performance, helping our customers achieve their objectives efficiently and effectively.
About The Role
As the business continues to evolve, we are seeking a Finance & Accounting Manager to support the set-up and accounting of newly established entities to stability, and then pivot to lead the integration of Commercial entities into the organisation, and provide ongoing management and review of their financials, reporting, local statutory requirements and audit support. The role will also contribute to the continued development of the Finance organisation overall.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance & Accounting, you will have a hands-on management role supporting the establishment of new legal entities end to end financial activity and then pivoting to the integration of Commercial entities into the organisation, with responsibility for the ongoing oversight, review and quality of their accounting and financial reporting.
You will oversee monthly, quarterly and annual close and reporting activities, ensuring financial information is accurate, complete, reconciled and appropriately supported. You will coordinate local statutory reporting, statutory accounts, year-end audits and financial reviews, and drive timely resolution of accounting and control matters.
Working closely with the wider Finance team, Commercial Finance, Tax, Treasury, Shared Services, local teams, external providers and auditors, you will support the transition and integration of finance activities into the new organisation and help establish effective, scalable and sustainable finance processes and controls.
What You'll Do
- Support the finance and accounting set-up of newly established entities, including chart of accounts, accounting processes, reporting requirements, controls, AP, AR, R2R, opening balances and coordination with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage and review end-to-end monthly, quarterly and annual close and reporting activities for assigned entities, ensuring completeness, accuracy and delivery in line with Group deadlines.
- Review journals, accruals, prepayments and other accounting entries, ensuring appropriate accounting treatment, supporting documentation and approval.
- Review balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations, challenge aged or unusual items, and ensure differences and reconciling items are resolved on a timely basis.
- Lead the finance integration of Commercial entities into the organisation, including transition of accounting activities, alignment to Group policies and processes, data validation, reporting requirements and financial controls.
- Manage and review financial reporting submissions, supporting schedules, variance analysis and commentary, providing clear insight into entity financial performance and key balance sheet movements.
- Coordinate local statutory accounting and reporting requirements, including preparation and review of statutory financial statements, local filings, audit schedules and responses to external auditor information requests.
- Partner with Commercial Finance, Tax, Treasury, Shared Services, local finance teams and external providers to ensure entity accounting, reporting, tax, treasury and compliance requirements are appropriately supported and delivered.
- Own and review assigned financial controls, ensuring appropriate evidence, documentation and audit trails are maintained and that control issues are identified, escalated and remediated.
- Support the Finance transition, separation and integration programme, including knowledge transfer, process documentation, data migration and validation, testing, cutover activities and post-transition stabilisation.
- Drive continuous improvement of finance processes, systems, controls and reporting as the new organisation is established, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise and strengthen ways of working.
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What We're Looking For
- Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or a strong Accounting, Finance or Business background with equivalent relevant experience.
- Relevant progressive experience in accounting, financial reporting, audit or controllership, with the ability to manage and review entity-level finance activities.
- Strong experience with general ledger accounting, journals, reconciliations and end-to-end financial close processes, including review and issue resolution.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial controls and the requirements of a robust financial reporting environment.
- Experience supporting statutory financial statements, local statutory reporting and external audits; experience coordinating audit deliverables and responding to auditor requests is preferred.
- Experience in a multinational, shared services, carve-out, integration or changing business environment would be highly beneficial.
- Good working knowledge of ERP systems; SAP experience would be advantageous. Experience supporting entity set-up, migrations or finance-system transitions would be beneficial.
- Strong Excel skills and confidence analysing, reviewing and explaining financial data.
- Experience working cross-functionally with Finance, Tax, Treasury, Shared Services, Commercial teams and external providers across multiple jurisdictions would be advantageous.
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Knowledge, Skills & Competencies
- Strong attention to detail, with a high level of ownership for the accuracy and integrity of financial information.
- Strong accounting, analytical, review and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks, challenge outputs and drive issues to resolution.
- Well organised and able to manage multiple entities, priorities, stakeholders and reporting deadlines.
- Hands-on approach, comfortable moving between detailed accounting matters and higher-level review of financial results and reporting.
- Able to investigate complex accounting or process issues, coordinate stakeholders and follow actions through to resolution.
- Comfortable working in a changing and evolving environment, including entity set-up, integration and transition activity.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the confidence to work effectively across functions, geographies and with external auditors and service providers.
- Proactive, accountable and improvement-focused, with the ability to work independently and provide effective oversight and review.
Why Join Us
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Finance team of a standalone international business at an important stage of its development. The role offers broad exposure across Finance, with responsibility for supporting the establishment of new entities, integrating Commercial entities into the organisation, and providing ongoing oversight of accounting, reporting, statutory and audit requirements. You will play an important role in building effective finance processes and controls as the new Finance organisation continues to evolve.
- Competitive salary
- Performance-related bonus (where eligible)
- Annual merit-based pay increases
- Medical benefits
- Paid annual leave
- Employee referral bonus
- Career development and advancement opportunities
More About Us…
This is an exciting time to join us as we continue to build on more than 100 years of microbiology excellence. With a broad portfolio of instruments, services, and global resources, we’re steadfast in our commitment to helping you succeed. Together, we can cultivate a thriving microbiology culture that supports you today, tomorrow, and for life.
Come and be part of what’s next for our company.
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