Group Accountant

Skills Alliance; London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company is seeking a Group Accountant for a 6-month contract in London. Responsibilities include preparation of financial statements, ensuring compliance with SOX, and liaising with auditors. The role requires ACA qualification, strong technical accounting skills, and experience in public company finance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of financial reporting and controls experience.
• Public company experience in corporate accounting or reporting.
• Strong technical accounting skills (IFRS).

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing monthly and quarterly accruals and prepayments.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Direct liaison with external auditors.

Skills

Financial reporting

Technical accounting

Research abilities

Education

ACA Qualified

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Skills Alliance

Recruitment Consultant at Skills Alliance

*Group Accountant - White City, London / Hybrid – 6-month Contract*

Are you an experienced Group Accountant interested in joining our biotech client that is leading the way in developing innovative CAR-T cell therapies for cancer treatment?

We're hiring for a fast growing bio-pharmaceutical company at an exciting stage of development and would like to appoint a Group Accountant responsible for assisting in preparing various monthly and quarterly accruals and prepayments and related journal entries across group companies.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation and analysis of information form ERP systems related to corporate tax (including UK R&D tax credits) collaborating with external tax advisors as required.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support completion of monthly and quarterly SOX controls
• Assist in preparation of the quarterly financial consolidation in D365
• Assist in the preparation of disclosures related to the 10-K, 10-Q filings and the UK Annual Reports.
• Direct liaison with external auditors through the quarterly and year end close process ensuring any audit queries are managed and resolved in an effective and timely manner.

Experience

• 3+ years of experience of financial reporting and controls experience with proven technical accounting ability and current institute membership with up to date CPD.
• Public company experience in a corporate accounting or reporting role with exposure to financial audits and internal control risk assessments.
• Strong technical accounting skills (IFRS) and research abilities.
• Hands on experience of internal financial controls (ideally including SOX experience).

Qualifications

• ACA Qualified.
• Experience with Microsoft Office programs and intermediate Excel skills.

If you're interested and would like to find out more, apply, reach out on LinkedIn or send your CV to [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research

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