Financial Controller

Oxford Medical Products

Witney

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Oxford Medical Products is seeking a Financial Controller to own day-to-day finances as the right hand to the CFO. This hands‑on role offers early ownership in a fast‑growing medtech company.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting, accounts payable, accounts receivable and financial controls, while supporting board and investor reporting. Experience in startups, R&D tax credits and cloud accounting is highly valued.

Qualifications

Qualified accountant with growth startup experience.
Experience with R&D tax credits or grant-funded project accounting desirable.
Strong Excel/financial modelling skills and familiarity with cloud accounting.

Responsibilities

Lead the budgeting process, rolling forecasts and management reporting.
Monitor spend vs. budgets, identify variances and advise CFO/CEO.
Maintain contracts, commitments and cash-flow planning.
Support board and investor reporting with financial analysis and scenarios.
Oversee AP, AR, supplier management and timely payments.
Strengthen financial controls and drive scalable processes.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Excel modelling

Strong communication

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Xero

Sage

Job description

Oxford Medical Products (OMP) is a medtech company developing a gastroretentive dual-polymer hydrogel platform with two applications: Sirona, a treatment for overweight and obesity designed to help patients maintain weight loss and prevent regain — including those coming off GLP-1 therapies such as Ozempic and Mounjaro — and OMP GEL, a gastroretentive drug delivery technology licensed to pharmaceutical and consumer health companies to improve the therapeutic performance of their own products. We are a fast-growing, with our lead asset Sirona entering commercial scale up phase. Our ambitious team operates with start-up speed and rigour, we’re currently scaling manufacturing for launch of our lead asset, whilst also developing our platform technology pipeline.

About Oxford Medical Products

The Role

We're hiring a Financial Controller to own the day-to-day financial operations of the business and act as the right hand to the CFO/Head of Finance. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants real ownership early: you'll run the core day to day financial infrastructure of a growing medtech company needs.

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Management Reporting

Lead the preparation and ongoing management of the Company’s annual budget and rolling financial forecasts.
Prepare regular budget-versus-actual reporting, investigate material variances and provide clear explanations to the CFO, CEO and wider management team.
Monitor committed and forecast spend against approved budgets, identifying potential overspend or cash-flow issues at an early stage.
Maintain a clear and accurate record of contractual commitments, purchase commitments and other future financial obligations.
Support the CFO and senior management with financial analysis, scenario modelling and information required for Board and investor reporting.

Accounts Payable, Purchasing & Supplier Management

Take ownership of the accounts payable process, ensuring supplier invoices and financial commitments are accurately recorded and controlled.
Process and appropriately code supplier invoices within the accounting system.
Raise and track purchase orders, ensuring expenditure is appropriately authorised before commitments are made.
Match invoices against purchase orders and supporting documentation, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly.
Ensure supplier invoices and other bills are paid accurately and on time.
Prepare regular payment runs and ensure payments are made in accordance with the Company’s approval and financial-control procedures.
Manage supplier finance queries and resolve payment or invoicing issues.
Set up new suppliers and maintain accurate and complete supplier records.
Maintain clear oversight of outstanding purchase orders, invoices and committed expenditure.

Accounts Receivable & Banking

Raise customer invoices where required and maintain oversight of accounts receivable and outstanding balances.
Follow up overdue receivables and support effective working‑capital management.
Perform regular bank reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly.
Maintain appropriate banking and payment controls, including segregation of duties and approval processes.
Ensure all cash movements are accurately recorded and reconciled.

Bookkeeping & Financial Controls

Maintain complete, accurate and up-to-date bookkeeping records and ensure transactions are appropriately classified within the accounting system.
Maintain the Company’s chart of accounts and ensure appropriate accounting policies and treatments are consistently applied.
Prepare and maintain appropriate accruals, prepayments and other balance-sheet reconciliations.
Maintain appropriate financial controls and processes as the Company grows, identifying opportunities to strengthen or improve financial systems.
Ensure financial records, supporting documentation and approval trails are maintained in an accurate, organised and audit‑ready manner.
Support the implementation and improvement of finance systems, processes and controls as the Company’s operations increase in scale and complexity.

Payroll, Pensions & Employee Expenses

Oversee and support the monthly payroll process, ensuring information provided to payroll providers is complete and accurate and payments are made on time.
Oversee pension administration, contributions and associated reporting requirements.
Manage employee expense claims and company credit/debit cards, ensuring expenditure is appropriately supported, coded and approved.
Reconcile payroll, pensions, employee expenses and company‑card transactions to the accounting records.

Statutory, Tax & Year-End Compliance

Manage routine VAT and other applicable tax compliance, ensuring accurate and timely submissions and payments.
Coordinate preparation of the Company’s year-end accounts and act as the principal finance contact for external accountants and auditors.
Prepare information and supporting documentation required for the annual audit and respond promptly to audit queries.
Ensure compliance with relevant Companies House and statutory financial reporting requirements.
Maintain appropriate accounting records and documentation in accordance with applicable statutory, accounting and audit requirements.
Work with external accountants, tax advisers and other professional advisers where specialist support is required.

Working Across the Business

Work closely with department and project leads to improve financial understanding, budgeting and cost control across the organisation.
Establish clear processes for purchasing, expenditure approvals, supplier management and financial commitments.
Provide timely, accurate and practical financial information to the CFO, CEO and wider leadership team.
Help build a disciplined, scalable and well‑controlled finance function capable of supporting the Company’s continued growth.

What We're Looking For

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
Experience in a high-growth start-up or scale-up environment; life sciences, medtech, biotech, or pharma experience is a strong plus.
Direct experience with R&D tax credit claims and/or grant‑funded project accounting is highly desirable.
Comfortable operating with a high degree of ambiguity and ownership — this is not a role with a fully built‑out finance team around it yet.
Strong Excel/financial modelling skills; experience with cloud accounting platforms (e.g. Xero, Sage)
Excellent communicator

What We Offer