Accountant - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford Nanopore Technologies

    Oxford Nanopore Technologies
    Oxford Nanopore Technologies Oxford, United Kingdom

    Found in: Talent UK C2 - 1 week ago

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    Description

    Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and a commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe.

    Oxford Nanopore employs from multiple subject areas including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.

    Oxford Nanopore's sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis, in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieve short to ultra-long read lengths. Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere

    The details...

    Duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Responsible for timely posting of key month end tasks
  • Completion of balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis within the Blackline reconciliation system
  • Reviewing intercompany monthly reporting packs prepared by local accountants and posting required transactions
  • Finance business partnering with cost centre heads for monthly cost centre review to budget
  • Posting of monthly subsidiary transactions for buy/sell entities as required
  • Calculating transfer pricing for subsidiaries to support intercompany invoicing
  • Managing fixed assets accounting, including monthly reconciliation of Fixed Asset Register to support management accounting
  • Finance business partner to the operations team, ensuring capital expenditure is budgeted for, project completion is monitored and capital items are correctly capitalised
  • Providing financial analysis to support the Group Financial Reporting team including monthly cost centre reviews
  • Posting of payroll transactions for global subsidiaries, reviewing to budget and headcount reconciliations
  • Financial management of the global credit card travel scheme including reconciling expense transactions within the financial system and reporting of aged spend to business leaders
  • Responsible for liaising with Finance Business Partners to ensure that accruals and prepayments are posted as required
  • Supporting the preparation of interim accounts and annual financial statements
  • Providing support and analysis for both external and internal audit purposes including involvement in creation and updating of technical memos to support
  • Assisting in the creation and maintenance of SOPs as required across the team and assisting in continuous process improvements across the finance team
  • Working with other teams within Finance as required to improve the financial reporting data e.g. FP&A, tax, AP, AR
  • Other duties as required from time to time

    What we're looking for...

  • We would like you to be a part qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with financial reporting experience including month end reporting processes.
  • Strong MS Excel skills.
  • Good knowledge of financial systems and the ability to develop.
  • A can do attitude and a proactive approach to solving problems individually and as key member of the Finance function.
  • Excellent self & team organisation and project management skills to be able to work with colleagues across the business and provide support to team.
  • A collaborative individual who is happy to undertake a task regardless of the team hierarchy.
  • We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary. Based within beautiful, landscaped surroundings with tree-lined walks, water features and a lake, all of which make for a wonderful working environment.

    If you are looking to utilise your skills to really make a difference to humankind, then consider joining our team and apply today