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Financial Accountant

Uniphar
Gillingham
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Job Description The role :
Assistant Management Accountant: reporting to the Finance General Ledger Lead, will be responsible for the finance function of 5 entities within the Clinical & Commercial Pharma Division of the Uniphar Group; Uniphar Commercial UK, Uniphar People UK, Uniphar Pharma BV, Uniphar Pharma Nordics and Uniphar Commercial E4H. This position is responsible for ensuring an accurate and timely submission of all month-end tasks to support the business.
Responsibilities
Approval of payments in line with group policy, including payroll bank files.
Balance sheet reconciliations across four entities in three geographies.
European subsidiaries: responsible for full P&L and BS, liaising with local accountants re: payroll and tax and posting relevant entries.
Providing insight and variance analysis on monthly P&L submissions for multiple entities.
Raising intercompany recharges and reconciling intercompany balances month on month.
Assisting senior staff with audit requirements Internal and external.
Assisting operations and commercial staff with ad hoc analysis as required.
Accruals & Prepayments
Monthly review calls with HR, payroll, and project managers as finance partner.
Any further duties that may be assigned to you.
Education Part qualified/Studying (AAT, ACCA, ACA)
Location: Hybrid
2 times a week, Bedfordshire Office- 3 Waterloo Farm Courtyard, Stotfold Road, Arlesey, Bedfordshire, SG15 6XP T
Essential Experience
Accruals
Prepayments
Accrued & Deferred Revenue
Project accounting
Multiple Entities & P&Ls
Desirable Experience
Internal & External Audit
VAT
CSO business experience
Driving & Car : Essential
Uniphar Background
Uniphar Group is a rapidly expanding diversified healthcare services business with a global footprint and a proud heritage in Ireland. Since Uniphar became a publicly listed company in 2019, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continue to strengthen Uniphars international reach. With a workforce of more than 3,000 spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and medtech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines and treatments around the world.
Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the worlds best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Uniphar Supply Chain & Retail, Uniphar Medtech and Uniphar Pharma
Uniphar Pharma
Pharma is a global division operating across US, Europe, APAC and MENA, bringing a range of pharma services to manufacturers across the product life cycle. We leverage this platform to provide unlicensed medicines, or medicines that are otherwise difficult to source. In addition, we commercialise launch and established brands to HCPs on behalf of pharmaceutical clients across the globe. The core to this division is providing equitable access to medicines globally.
Culture at Uniphar
From our leadership team and across all of our divisions, Uniphar lives and breathes four key culture pillars:
1.We have a People First approach, we do the right thing and take a stand for our people.
2.We foster a strong Entrepreneurial Spirit where Adaptability, Commitment & Resilience is embodied in our way of working.
3.We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people.
4. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.
How wed like to work together
As we are a global team, there is flexibility to be based in one of Uniphars offices or work from home. There may be a need for face to face meetings in other locations, as needed. There may also some flexibility required in order to interact with colleagues or clients in their time zones (i.e. its not a 9 to 5 type of job). In return, you will be joining an environment that understands how inter-twined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it through our Hybrid Working philosophy.
Please note that Uniphar is an equal-opportunity employer; we do not discriminate and welcome all responses.#unipharjobs

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