Accountant II

Job Description

The job: Senior Associate Accountant (Part-Qualified)

We have an excellent opportunity for an ambitious part qualified Accountant to join our team based in Paisley. This is an exciting opportunity to work in an expanding Centre Of Excellence in an organisation considered a global leader in its field which offers great career development and opportunities.
The centre provides financial controllership in the region for two of the Thermo Fisher Scientific groups - Life Sciences Solutions and Special Diagnostics. We are responsible for a large number of entities reporting a total of $2 Billion of revenue per year. This role will be responsible for our SDG Manufacturing business in France & Germany.

What will you do?

• Ensuring the timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of monthly close activities
• Evaluating entries for completeness and accuracy
• Reviewing general ledger activity, researching and correcting account discrepancies
• Performing balance sheet account reconciliations, including general ledger accounts and sub ledger accounts
• Management reporting to Corporate through Hyperion
• Supporting the preparation of Statutory Accounts where required
• Preparing and submitting of government and other agency returns, including but not limited to Tax returns and government statistics returns
• Ensuring compliance with Corporate Accounting policies, procedures and controls (Sarbanes-Oxley Act)

Who we are looking for:

• Highly motivated and detail oriented individual with excellent communication, computer and organisational skills.
• Experience of month end reporting, statutory accounts, management accounting, balance sheet reconciliations & VAT returns
• Previous experience in a large scale organisation would be beneficial
• Excellent attention to detail as accuracy is required in performing all aspects of the role
• Working knowledge of ERPs (E1 or SAP) (Desired but not essential)
• High level of proactivity to drive continuous improvement

What's in it for you:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover and Private Healthcare as standard
• Options to work flexibly (This will be discussed at interview)
• Study support for professional qualifications.

About us:

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

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