European Accounting Manager

Job title - European Accounting Manager - 18 Month FTC - Micromeritics
Location - Malvern UK- Hybrid
Role benefits - Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits + 25 holidays (plus Bank holidays) + Pension Scheme, and more!

Partners in Discovery. Together, we achieve more.

About the role

Are you passionate about optimizing finance processes and systems to drive business success? Do you thrive in an international, yet personal work environment where collaboration and innovation are key? If you have strong analytical, problem-solving, and business partnering skills, this could be your next big opportunity!

What you will bring to the role:

• Accounting and reporting for the European selling subsidiaries (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Netherlands).
• Support and guide the European admin & accounting team, consisting of 5 individuals, across multiple countries.
• Completion of management accounts and reporting to Spectris in accordance with strict deadlines.
• Manage journal entries, intercompany recharges and reconcile accounts for the monthly or annual closing.
• Maintaining balance sheet reconciliations.
• Calculation of commissions.
• Liaise with operations and ensure customers are invoiced correctly.
• Liaise with payroll offices to ensure correct monthly employee compensation payments.
• Support Spectris Group Tax or local tax consultants for local tax and VAT filings.
• Supporting in variance analysis for senior finance management and business partners.
• Point of contact during local audit processes.
• Supporting the annual stock takes by operations.
• Interact with Global Finance team and align with standard global processes.
• Support European General Manager.
• Other ad-hoc duties.

About you:

• A degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Pro-active, self-starter with the desire to work hands on as well as manage people.
• Experience managing people with different skill sets across multiple countries.
• Experience with Business Central desirable but not required.
• Knowledge of business processes and transactions.
• Strong Excel skills and business system understanding.
• Business Central or SAP experience is advantageous.
• A desire to improve processes, learn new skills and information, and grow in an expanding role.

Why you should join us:

• Be a part of an ambitious, fast-growing, international company with a friendly and inclusive culture.
• Drive growth within a leading global organisation whose purpose is to work with our customers, to make the world a better place.
• Flexi-time (core hours 10.00am - 12.00pm and 2.00pm - 3.00pm) to help you to achieve a good work-life balance.
• Be a key member of our team in our amazing Malvern offices, with a hybrid working model.
• Access to an onsite restaurant.
• Gym discounts.
• Volunteering days and much more.

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About us - Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps.

Together we are a powerful and highly complementary combination of market leading technologies.

We are the toolmakers for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories. We are their partners in discovery.

Malvern Panalytical instruments analyze the chemical, physical and structural nature of materials, from proteins to polymers and semiconductors to minerals. Our leading technologies measure particle size, shape, concentration and zeta potential, biomolecular interactions and stability, elemental concentrations and crystallographic structure.

Micromeritics manufactures systems for the characterization of particles, powders, and porous materials for a wide- range of end markets including catalysts, chemicals, building materials, clean-tech and battery. Our leading technologies measure surface area, porosity, density, adsorption and particle activity.

SciAps specializes in portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF), laser-based (LIBS) and near-infrared (NIR) analyzers to measure any element in any environment. SciAps is the Center of Excellence for our handheld instruments.

We have a global footprint with R&D and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and Asia. We are more than 2,500 employees in a customer-focused organization with sales and service offices in 20 countries, all committed to delivering expert and responsive customer support.

Part of Spectris plc, a publicly traded FTSE 250 company, Spectris combines precision with purpose, delivering progress for a more sustainable world. Precision is at the heart of what we do - our leading, high-tech instruments and software equip our customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive.

Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics & SciAps
Your Partners in Discovery

Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps, part of the Spectris Group, are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and achieve a fulfilling career. Changing the world isn't something you can do on your own, or with a single way of thinking; it takes a wide collection of experiences, stories, knowledge, and expertise. We encourage applications from underrepresented individuals and people with diverse backgrounds. We are an inclusive organization and we prize diversity. Your unique perspective is important to us.