Financial manager

Servier; Slough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Servier in the United Kingdom seeks a Finance Manager to drive financial integrity and operational excellence across our entities. You will oversee accounting, reporting, and compliance, aligning with regulatory standards and leading a finance team to deliver accurate results.

The role requires IFRS proficiency, UK statutory knowledge, and a track record of improving controls. You will partner with Shared Services and senior leadership to shape budgeting and strategic finance initiatives.

Qualifications

• Qualified finance professional with deep understanding of IFRS and UK statutory requirements.
• Natural leader who mentors others and improves financial controls and processes.
• Experience navigating pharmaceutical industry is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Accounting: Lead IFRS accounting cycle across multiple entities, AP/AR, General Ledger and reconciliations.
• Reporting & Accuracy: Own month-end and year-end closings, ensuring timely, accurate results.
• Shared Services Partnership: Collaborate with SSC for clear task allocation and timely delivery.
• Governance, Audit & Tax: Maintain controls, support external audits, ensure HMRC compliance including CT, VAT and TP docs.
• Team Leadership & Strategic Impact: Manage workloads, develop the team, support budgeting with FP&A insights.
• Industry Compliance & Standards: Adhere to ABPI Code, Bribery Act, GDPR and UK law.

Skills

IFRS knowledge

Leadership

Financial controls

Job description

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As our Finance Manager, you will be the driving force behind our financial integrity and operational excellence. You will oversee the company’s financial accounts, ensuring precision in reporting, optimized working capital, and total alignment with regulatory standards. We are looking for a leader who can inspire a team, challenge the status quo, and implement smarter processes to continuously evolve our finance function.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Operations & Reporting Excellence

• End-to-End Accounting: Lead the full IFRS accounting cycle across multiple entities, managing everything from AP/AR and General Ledger to bank reconciliations.
• Reporting & Accuracy: Own the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring all internal and external financial results are delivered accurately and on time.
• High-Level Complexity: Personally manage sensitive or complex financial entries, including payroll and VPAG.

Shared Services Partnership

• Collaborative Oversight: Partner effectively with the Shared Services Centre (SSC), ensuring clear task allocation, timely delivery, and swift resolution of operational hurdles.
• Process Evolution: Regularly review workflows to drive performance improvements and efficiency gains.

Governance, Audit & Tax

• Internal Controls: Maintain and evolve finance process documentation. You will proactively challenge and strengthen internal controls to ensure they remain robust as the organization grows.
• Audit Leadership: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors, managing timelines and ensuring statutory accounts are reviewed and signed off promptly.
• Tax Compliance: Ensure the business remains fully compliant with HMRC requirements, managing CT and VAT returns, payments, and Transfer Pricing documentation.

Team Leadership & Strategic Impact

• People Management: Lead and develop your team by effectively organizing workloads, delegating projects, and fostering a culture of high performance and professional growth.
• Strategic Support: Work closely with the FP&A Manager and Director of Finance, providing the financial insights and recommendations needed to shape the budgeting process.
• Project Delivery: Lead local and HQ-driven finance projects, contributing your expertise to wider UK initiatives.

Industry Compliance & Standards

• Regulatory Framework: Ensure all activities strictly adhere to the ABPI Code of Practice, Bribery Act, GDPR, and UK Law.
• Safety & Ethics: Maintain a high standard of professional conduct, ensuring any pharmacovigilance information (such as adverse events) is recorded and reported according to company procedures.

What We Are Looking For

You are a qualified finance professional with a deep understanding of IFRS and UK statutory requirements. You are a natural leader who enjoys mentoring others and has a track record of improving financial controls and processes. You are comfortable navigating the complexities of the pharmaceutical industry and hold compliance and professional integrity as top priorities.

Whatever your area of expertise, your work within the Servier Group helps advance therapeutic progress for the benefit of patients. You will be part of teams recognized for their scientific excellence and reach your full potential in a professional environment that encourages you to develop yourself. Tailor-made onboarding journeys, mobility opportunities, quality trainings, responsible management, team spirit... All this and more in a workplace focused on your well-being.

At Servier, we are committed to therapeutic progress to serve patient needs. We put the diversity of our employees as a source of richness for the fulfillment of this vocation.