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 (phone number removed) or apply immediately!

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