Head of Accounting

4 months ago

Abingdon, United Kingdom Aptuit Full time

_**An exciting brand-new opportunity has arisen to join the financial team as Head of Accounting for the UK. We are looking for someone with experience in accounting and a strong leader who can manage a team to achieve defined deliverables against specific timelines and is technically accomplished accountant with proven ability to optimise business processes. If that’s you, then this could be the opportunity for you**_

**Role**:Head of Accounting - Finance, permanent

**Report to**:SVP for Accounting Operations with a dotted line to the Head of Finance for the UK.

**Hours**: Full time, Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week

**Salary**: starting from £80,000 pa, dependent on experience and qualifications, plus an excellent benefits package, and annual bonuses.

**Location**: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxford OX14 4SA, UK.

**Our Company**

This role offers the flexibility of hybrid or office-based with the main location in the UK in Abingdon. National travel to the Alderley Park site and some infrequent international travel is also expected.

**Role and Responsibilities for our Head of Accounting (UK)**

You will be responsible for the accounting of the UK entities within the Evotec Group - Evotec (UK) Limited, Cyprotex Limited, Cyprotex Discovery Limited, Aptuit (Oxford) Limited, Aptuit (Potters Bar) Limited. The UK group operates from two locations: Milton Park in Oxfordshire and Alderley Park in Alderley Edge.
- Leadership - lead, supervise, develop, manage, and support accounting team.
- Managing all day-to-day accounting operations - General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory Accounting, and Revenue Recognition.
- Ensuring local closing for all UK entities is performed monthly and on time.
- Reporting meets compliant standards with statutory law and financial regulations.
- Working closely with Group Accounting in the Headquarters to ensure they are fully aware of technical matters such that group able to provide guidance on relevant matters.
- Documenting business processes and ensuring SOX compliance.
- Streamlining, improving, and optimising business processes.
- Coordinating the management of cash flow, debt, and debt collection.
- Overseeing the audit process and liaising with external personnel where required.
- Support the business with the financial strategy and decision-making processes.
- Ensuring completion of UK VAT returns on a timely basis.
- Preparing UK Corporation tax computations and liaising with our external tax advisors.
- Reviewing R&D tax calculations and working with operations to gather relevant information.

**Skills & Competencies (essential)**
- Leadership skills essential: clear communicator, effective motivator with experience of managing a team.
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
- Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills, with a business process mindset, seeking to continually optimise processes.
- Knowledge of SOX compliance under US regulations would be highly beneficial.
- Knowledge of UK tax system - understanding of R&D relates tax regulations would be beneficial.
- Independently minded and critical - capable of analysing numbers critically and drawing out relevant conclusions.
- Accurate, reliable and highly organised. Strong interpersonal negotiation and inter-cultural communications skills and a team player.
- A strong, collaborative, and balanced personality.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight timelines and to act on own initiative when required.
- Proven project leadership and line management within UK environment is essential for this role.

**Education, Qualifications and Experience**
- Qualified Accountant with at least three years post qualification experience.
- Proven track record in managing a finance team of more than 10 individuals.
- Familiar with working in an international environment.

**Desirable but not essential**
- experience of working within industry

**What we can offer you in return**

We offer a competitive salary and a fantastic benefits package and annual bonuses, plus, expenses covered where travelling is required.
- 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 of service.
- Life assurance at four times your annual base salary.
- Wellbeing support 24/7 and counselling services.
- Permanent health insurance provides 75% of the base salary after the qualifying period.
- Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme. This is a discretionary benefit.
- Excellent career progression opportunities within the company; we have excellent training and support and continuing professional development opportunities.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Refer a friend scheme, team and annual events, recognition awar

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