Principal Accountant
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Job Description
We are currently recruiting for an experienced and highly motivated Principal Accountant to join our team based in either Abingdon Oxfordshire or Alderley Park UK.
Role: Principal Accountant
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive salary plus excellent company benefits
Location: Abingdon Oxfordshire or Alderley Park UK
Evotec is a leader in the discovery and development of novel small molecule with operational sites in Europe and the US. The Company has built substantial drug discovery expertise and an industrialised platform that can drive new innovative small molecule compounds into the clinic. In addition Evotec has built a deep internal knowledge base in the treatment of diseases related to neuroscience pain oncology inflammation and metabolic diseases. Leveraging these skills and expertise the Company intends to develop bestinclass differentiated therapeutics and deliver superior sciencedriven discovery alliances with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
About the Role
This role is a key component of the Evotec UK General Ledger Finance team with a broad variety of responsibilities within the Finance function covering the accounting for three UK legal entities.
This role reports directly to Head of General Ledger UK.
General
The role requires a technically strong qualified accountant with proven ability to manage a small team to achieve defined deliverables against specific timelines.
The role is responsible for the accounting and controlling of the Evotec Groups UK finances in an efficient manner and to deliver management reports to the Evotec Group in an independent way.
The role will split time between accounting for the more complex transactions of the UK Group operations and managing the Finance team to ensure that the accounts are complete and accurate at each period end. The role will also need to support the Controlling Team in the preparation of profit and cash forecasts budgets and analysis both regular and of an adhoc nature.
Your key responsibilities:
- Responsible for financial accounting for the Groups UK operations
- Manage month end and year end closing
- Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures
- Responsible for managing the external audit process with the auditors with the aim of ensuring a clean audit report
- Prepare corporation tax computations and R&D tax credit claims and calculations
- Ensure VAT compliance
- Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls in compliance with SOX
- Manage oversight of SOX controls compliance
- Analyse and communicate the meaning of financial information and be prepared to challenge the status quo
- Monthly/quarterly/annual balance sheet analysis input into P&L reviews cash projections and manage working capital requirements
- Customer contract accounting to ensure that revenue recognition is performed appropriately and in line with reporting standards
- Responsible for the UK financial statements for four UK legal entities produced under IFRS
- Mentor/develop junior team members and develop the abilities and inputs of the General Ledger team
- Correspond with colleagues at head office in Hamburg
- Calculate compare and review the more efficient finance options for the company
- Provide support to the business to help assess the financial implications of initiatives or proposals
- Provide adhoc reports as requested to Group accounting and Group controlling in Hamburg
- Conform with and abide by all regulatory guidance and internal policies & procedures
- Document policies procedures and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility
- Contribute to department and organisation special projects as required
- Continuously strive to develop personal role in the organisation to maximise benefit brought to the Finance function in general
Your ideal skills and experience:
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of accounting principles and practices (IFRS)
- Excellent verbal written communication and interpersonal skills to build relationship and trust with Senior Management
- Knowledge of the UK tax system understanding of R&D related tax regulations would be beneficial
- Independently minded and critical capable of analysing numbers critically and drawing out relevant conclusions
- Accurate reliable highlyorganised selfmotivated. Service minded and problemsolving oriented. Strong interpersonal negotiation and intercultural communication skills and a team player. This role requires someone who can juggle multiple tasks in an organised and effective way
- Strong collaborative and balanced personality
- Strong level of skills with MS PowerPoint MS Excel and MS Outlook
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team and take on new tasks
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight timelines and to act on own initiative
- Ability to motivate manage and develop a team
- Ability to work effectively with staff in different departments and locations
- Ability to organise initiatives/projects and present actions and outcomes to staff at all levels of the organisation
Education and Experience:
- Qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA)
- Prior experience of SAP preferred
- Proven record as a leader of a small team in a busy environment is a must
Company Benefits
- Company Pension Scheme on completion of your 3month probationary period. Contributions start at 6 employee and employer Evotec will match up to 7.5.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional length of service days awarded on the anniversary up to a maximum of 30 days
- Private health insurance with BUPA for the employees and their partner/family under the company scheme
- Private dental cover after 3 months service
- Life assurance at four times your annual base salary
- Wellbeing support 24/7 and counselling services
- Permanent health insurance providing 75 of base salary after the qualifying period
- Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme. This is a discretionary benefit
- We have an excellent training and support and continuing professional development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Refer a friend scheme team and annual events recognition awards and many more!
FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversit Evotec tudie comptences gales toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.
ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy Evotec considers with equal competences all applications including people with disabilities.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
