Finance Director - Biotech

Archangel Accounting; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A remote accountancy practice in the UK is seeking a proactive Portfolio Finance Director. The role involves leading finance services for biotech clients and ensuring high-quality delivery of financial support. Candidates should possess ACA or ACCA qualifications, significant experience in the Pharma/Biotech sector, and strong Excel skills. This is a full-time remote position with flexible arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career progression opportunities

Training and development incentives

Qualifications

• Several years experience managing client work in finance.
• Significant experience at Finance Director level in the Pharma/Biotech sector.
• Deep understanding of UK tax compliance and FRS102.

Responsibilities

• Provide Finance Director support to clients.
• Manage client relationships and understand businesses.
• Ensure timely delivery of client management accounts.

Skills

Accounting qualifications (ACA or ACCA)

Experience in practice

Industry experience in Pharma/Biotech

Strong Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (2:1 or higher)

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

A proactive and dedicated Portfolio Finance Director who will beresponsible for ensuring the highest quality of finance services are delivered to all our clients. This role would report to the CFO and lead a small team that delivers finance services to biotech clients.

COMPANY SUMMARY

Archangel Accounting is a chartered accountancy practice registered with the ICAEW providing clients with a range of services including fully outsourced finance functions through to CFO level support. We support clients in both Europe and the US. The company is virtual, and working is remote so employees can be based anywhere. Our clients are predominately in the pharmaceutical start up sector with strong relationship with key VCs in the biotech space.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for Finance Director level support to clients.

• To develop key relationships with our clients and a good understanding of their businesses potentially including board support and attending board meetings for some of our clients.

• To provide day to day management of clients requests and queries, delegating these where appropriate to members of the Archangel team

• To ensure the Archangel team deliver to all agreed timelines according to a monthly delivery schedule including clients management accounts and all statutory filing deadlines

• To take an active lead in all client budget setting exercises, working with our clients to ensure a quality budget model is implemented and agreed

• To assist with international clients including group consolidations and liasing with overseas tax advisors and auditors.

• To take the lead in client year end audits, working with audit firms to ensure the delivery of smooth and efficient audits including organising and leading clients audit committee meetings and minutes.

• Support the CFO with client’s investment rounds and transactions as they arise

• To manage statutory books and records and Companies House for our clients

• To mange share option schemes for our clients including HMRC compliance, employee communications, maintaining records and producing share calculations where required

• Proactively improve and develop Archangel processes, software and client reporting

• To assist in developing and training the Archangel team where appropriate and acting as a mentor to aid their development

• Assist the CFO in all other ad hoc accounting areas.

SPECIFIC SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• ACA or ACCA Accounting qualification

• Bachelor's degree (at least 2:1) from a good university

• Several years experience in practice and managing client work

• Significant industry experience working at Finance Director level with the Pharma/Biotech sector

• Strong skills and experience with limited company statutory accounts, corporation tax returns and self assessment returns, including a deep understanding of FRS102 and UK tax compliance.

• Experience of the biotech sector R&D tax credits and equity and share based payment accounting would be desirable.

• Strong excel skills including modelling and professional reporting.

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Hands-on grafter: with a practical mindset who likes to get-things-done

Flexible problem-solver: with trouble-shooting mind-set and a desire to overcome challenges

Focussed executor: who delivers work on time, is pro-active and driven

Straightforward communicator: with a willingness to be open, honest, admit mistakes and listens to others

Motivational team member: keen to work with others and foster a great company culture

WHO YOU ARE

You are a positive and pro-active person who wants to move into a new role in a small and growing company. You have a specialist skill set combining accounting capabilities and attention to detail with strong interpersonal skills. You are well organised and technically fluent with accountancy software and other IT platforms. You think critically to solve problems across a range of topics. You are looking for a company which will provide interesting project work and hands-on training. The purpose of the work must be clear with a company mission you can believe in.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Challenge: Early stage biotech is an exciting and agile environment to work in, we have a lot to get done and it will be all-hands-on-deck.

Exposure: You’ll be working directly alongside an experienced CFO who acts as CFO to many of the businesses in an exciting business sector.

Culture: As part of a small team, you will play a major role in setting team dynamics and company culture.

Purpose: You’ll be helping in the mission to develop a dynamic accountancy practice who prides themselves on their quality of work and efficiency of work delivery.

Incentives: All team members are incentivised with good salaries, training and career progression.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND LOCATION

This is a small and growing owner managed company with a strong client base The desire and ability to be productive and successful in a virtual and remote working environment are critical. This would be a full-time, permanent position with flexible working arrangements.