Assistant Reporting & Tax Accountant - Maternity Cover

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies U.S.A., Inc.; Billingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biotechnology company in Billingham is seeking an Assistant Reporting and Tax Accountant to join its finance team. You will assist with month-end closing, management reporting, and audits while focusing on streamlining reporting processes using SAP. Candidates should be part qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar role. This role offers competitive salary, company bonuses, and generous holiday provisions.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus company bonus scheme

35 days of holiday plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice scheme for healthcare and bikes

Generous pension scheme

Free parking and electric charging points

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance-related role for a minimum of 3 years.
• Part qualified accountant status is essential.
• Excellent working knowledge of SAP is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist with month-end accounting processes, ensuring timely close.
• Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly reporting packages.
• Support monthly management reporting and audits.

Skills

SAP HANA

Accounting principles

Analytical skills

Education

Part qualified - ACA, ACCA, CIMA

A-levels or equivalent - 3 x A-C

Tools

SAP

Job description

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

Trusted for generations, we are a CDMO partner for life. Here at FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, passion – what we call Genki – lives inside everything we do. This is your opportunity to push the boundaries of your potential to impact where we know it matters most: human lives.

Whilst working as an Assistant Reporting and Tax Accountant in the Finance team, we want you to embrace your individuality, discover your purpose, and follow what energizes, fulfills, and inspires you every day.

About Us

We are a dynamic global company and our focus is to combine technical leadership in cell culture, microbial fermentation and gene therapies with world class cGMP manufacturing facilities to advance tomorrow’s medicines.

With sites in Billingham & Wilton UK, Hillerod Denmark, North Carolina and Texas USA, the size and breadth of our business will open up huge opportunities for you, whether you want to move to a different role in the UK, relocate, or progress and take on more responsibility.

Our teams are proud to partner with innovative companies reimagining what’s possible in biopharmaceuticals. Every day at FDB is a day for improvement, each challenge is an opportunity for growth, and every moment is a chance to evolve together.

Role & Responsibilities

• Assist with the execution of the month end accounting processes, ensuring a timely and accurate close
• Preparation and submission, with support, of the monthly and quarterly reporting packages to Group
• Support monthly management reporting
• Focus on streamlining reporting processes, making use of SAP HANA and analytical tools
• Support finance projects and objectives
• Support the Senior Financial Accounting Manager with statutory reporting obligations
• Provide support with internal and external audits

Qualifications and Experience

• Part qualified - ACA, ACCA, CIMA (Essential)
• A-levels or equivalent - 3 x A-C (Essential)
• Professional accounting qualification- ACA, ACCA, CIMA (Desirable)
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in similar finance role/s (Essential)
• Excellent working knowledge of SAP (Essential)

Why work with us?

At FDB, your passion – your Genki – is your power and we empower you to define what Genki means to you.

When you join us, we will train, develop and support you to become the best you can possibly be. We offer a structured new starter induction programme as well as on-going development training. In addition to this, we offer:

• Competitive salary plus company bonus scheme
• 35 days of holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Salary Sacrifice scheme offering, healthcare, bikes, dental etc.
• Generous pension scheme
• Free parking and electric charging points

Closing date- 26th September 2025

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