General Ledger Assistant Accountant

Evotec; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension on completion of probationary

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private health insurance (BUPA)

Private dental cover

Life assurance

Job summary

Evotec in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, is recruiting for a General Ledger Assistant Accountant on a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract. The role is full-time (40 hours per week) and hybrid, based in Abingdon with some flexible working patterns.

The salary is competitive with excellent company benefits. Key responsibilities include processing payments, cash allocation, fixed asset control, month-end reconciliations, intercompany recharges, VAT returns and year-end support.

Qualifications

• Experience in general ledger accounting and month-end processes.
• Knowledge of VAT returns and intercompany recharges.
• Familiarity with SOX controls and year-end procedures.
• Excellent numeric and reconciliation skills.

Responsibilities

• Processing of local and foreign payments
• Allocation of cash receipts and payments against ledgers; month end reconciliations
• Processing and controlling fixed asset accounting; month end reconcilations
• Monitoring month end accruals and prepayments; ensure complete reconciliation processes
• Examine and track intercompany recharges
• Review and post credit card and travel transactions
• Prepare VAT return
• Journal entries postings
• Assist with year end statutory financial statements
• Assist with R&D tax credits calculations and submission of claim
• Prepare month end balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with cashflow forecasting
• Adhere to SOX controls compliance

Skills

General Ledger

Month-end

Journal entries

Intercompany

VAT

SOX controls

Job description

We are currently recruiting for an experienced General Ledger Assistant Accountant on a Fixed Term Contract, to join our team based in Abingdon (Oxfordshire).

Role: General Ledger Assistant Accountant

Role Type: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: Competitive salary, plus excellent company benefits

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location: Hybrid, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Our Company

Evotec is a leader in the discovery and development of novel small molecule drugs with operational sites in Europe and the US. The Company has built substantial drug discovery expertise and an industrialised platform that can drive new innovative small molecule compounds into the clinic. In addition, Evotec has built a deep internal knowledge base in the treatment of diseases related to neuroscience, pain, oncology, inflammation and metabolic diseases. Leveraging these skills and expertise the Company intends to develop best-in-class differentiated therapeutics and deliver superior science-driven discovery alliances with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies

Responsibilities Will Include

• Processing of local and foreign payments
• Allocation of cash receipts and payments against sales and purchase ledgers, including month end reconciliations and revaluations of these accounts
• Processing and controlling of fixed asset accounting and the month end reconciliations of these accounts
• Monitoring and controlling month end accruals and prepayments and ensuring complete reconciliation processes are in place
• Examine and track intercompany recharges
• Review and post credit card and travel transactions
• Prepare VAT return
• Journal entry postings
• Review and post intercompany recharges
• Assist with year end statutory financial statements
• Assist with R&D tax credits calculations and submission of claim
• Prepare month end balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with cashflow forecasting
• Adhere to SOX controls compliance

Company Benefits

• Pension on completion of (but not subject to) your 3-month probationary period. Contributions 6% for employees (salary sacrifice) and 6% for the employer. The employee can opt to increase their contribution, and the employer will match the increase up to a maximum of 7.5%.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional length of service days awarded on the 1 year anniversary, up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Private health insurance with BUPA for the employees and their partner/family under the company scheme.
• Private dental cover, after 3 months of service.
• Life assurance at four times your annual base salary.
• Well being support 24/7 and counselling services.
• Permanent health insurance provides 75% of the base salary after the qualifying period.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Refer a friend scheme, recognition awards and many more!

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.