Senior Financial Accountant
- Recruiter
- Michael Page
- Location
- Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Salary
- £50000 - £55000 per annum
- Posted
- 30 Nov 2022
- Closes
- 07 Dec 2022
- Ref
- JN -112022-5851276
- Contact
- Nick Harris
- Job role
- Financial accountant
- Sector
- Pharmaceutical / medical
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Experience level
- Qualified accountant

This role is a key position with progression prospects in this international Pharmaceutical business, reporting into the SSC in Ireland.
Client Details
My client is a large and well known brand in the Pharmaceutical space, this section is based in Abingdon and reports into a shared service centre in Ireland.
Description
The new Senior Financial Accountant will be:
- Ownership of the preparation of Monthly Financial Reports, Annual Financial Statements and any other internal or external reports required
- Preparation, analysis and posting of journals / balance sheet reconciliations at month end
- Calculation, posting and analysis of monthly accruals and prepayments Review and reconciliation of inter-company accounts, involving communication with other business locations worldwide
- Provide cost information to management and other departments as required Leading the year-end process with external audit staff and review procedures and local statutory audits as required
- Ensure adherence of processes to company's policies and procedures
- Drive process improvement reviews across current finance structure
Profile
The successful Senior Financial Accountant will have:
- Accounting qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
- Third Level Degree or equivalent Relevant experience - preferably with Shared Service Centre and multinational corporation background
- Oracle or other major ERP Systems experience is desirable essential
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and tight deadlines in an always changing environment
- Able to work alone to understand and summarise financial data
- Strong computer skills especially MS Office (Advanced Excel)
- Be an effective team player
Job Offer
On offer for the Senior Financial Accountant is a salary of £50,000 - £55,000 along with:
- Hybrid working
- 5% match pension
- Healthcare and wellbeing support
- 25 days holiday - can buy and sell up to 5 days
- Private medical