Senior Financial Accountant

Vibe Recruit; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global health care and drug development organisation is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant in Sittingbourne. The role involves ownership of corporate entity accounting, statutory financial statements, and providing technical accounting support. Candidates should be ACA or ACCA qualified with experience in UK GAAP and IFRS. This long-term contract offers potential for permanent placement.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with ACA or ACCA.
• Understanding statutory accounting under UK GAAP (FRS102) and IFRS (FRS101).
• Excellent communication skills to convey technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of CFS statutory accounting tasks related to entity financial statements.
• Review of statutory accounts and issue resolution.
• Provide technical accounting support to the CFS accounting team.
• Monthly CFS Divisional performance reporting for the UK.
• Manage the Plan and LBE process for CFS UK.
• Support month-end and year-end close tasks.
• Initiation of intercompany recharges in collaboration with the Tax Manager.

Skills

Qualified Accountant – ACA or ACCA

Statutory Accounting under UK GAAP (FRS102)

Statutory Accounting under IFRS (FRS101)

Working knowledge of SAP

Excellent communication skills

Good Excel/Word skills

Previous audit experience

Education

ACA or ACCA qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Senior Financial Accountant

A global health care and drug development organisation now has an immediate need for a Financial Account/Accounting Manager.

Main Purpose

Ownership of a wide range of the corporate entities in the UK including both a large, complex, multi-divisional trading entity and a range of holding and finance entities. The role also involves wider Corporate Finance Services responsibilities for tax and accounting, for multiple UK entities.

Main Accountabilities

• Responsibility for CFS statutory accounting tasks related to entity statutory financial statements – to include audit planning, participation in audit governance meetings and managing escalations.
• Review of statutory accounts and associated issue resolution.
• Provide technical accounting support to the CFS accounting team including in the areas of share-based payment accounting, impairment assessment, revenue recognition, lease accounting and IFRS disclosure.
• Ownership of the monthly CFS Divisional performance reporting for the UK, including management of all ad hoc requests and queries from division management.
• Manage the Plan and LBE process for CFS UK and deliver the same for other departments.
• Support and involvement in other month end and year end close tasks and processes as required.
• Responsible for timely and accurate initiation of intercompany recharges in collaboration with the Tax Manager to ensure compliance and correct transfer pricing practice.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified Accountant – ACA or ACCA.
• Excellent understanding of Statutory Accounting under both UK GAAP (FRS102) and IFRS (FRS101).
• Working knowledge and understanding of SAP.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to convey technical accounting and taxation issues in straightforward language to both financial and non‑financial managers.
• Good Excel/Word skills.
• Previous audit experience.

This is a long‑term contract position (4‑5 years) with an opportunity to be transferred to a permanent staff position, should that be a preferred option.

Interested, please contact Graeme at Vibe Recruit on 07971 309403 or apply immediately!

Vibe Recruit is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.