Senior Accountant

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Job Description

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and commercial presence in many locations across the US, APAC and Europe.

Oxford Nanopore employs from multiple subject areas including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering pioneering technologies to the market.

Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere. We offer real-time nanopore-based DNA/RNA sequencing technology: accessible, easy to use and fully scalable for any requirement.

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Group Reporting Team in delivery of timely and insightful global financial reporting. The role will also require support on new contract evaluation and revenue analysis together with being the key point of contact for all things IFRS 15 and IFRS 16 related. This is a brilliant opportunity to be a key member of the team who will provide high quality financial information to both internal and external stakeholders for reporting and business planning purposes.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Ownership of Revenue accounting (IFRS 15), including application and knowledge transfer to wider team
• Assessment and modelling of key contracts in line with IFRS 15, including new contract wins and contract modifications
• Supporting the Lease accounting process (IFRS 16), including assessing new assets at customer and maintaining schedules for existing leased assets.
• Collaborating with our business and financial systems team to aid the development of an automated revenue recognition process
• Responsibility over subsidiary transactions for "Americas", including review of monthly reporting packs prepared by local accountants for the America's entities
• Calculating transfer pricing for America's subsidiaries to support intercompany invoicing
• Cost centre reviews with business managers, including preparation and presentation of cost centre performance to senior management.
• Collaborating with other teams within and outside Finance as required to improve the financial reporting data e.g. FP&A, Tax, AP, AR, business partners
• Responsible for timely posting of key month end tasks and balance sheet reconciliations within the Blackline system.
• Supporting the preparation of interim accounts and annual report for the Group
• Support external and internal audit
• Development of the control environment for IFRS 15 and IFRS 16.
• Creation and maintenance of SOPs as required across the team
• Other duties as required from time to time.

What We're Looking For...

• We would like you to be a fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with financial reporting experience including month end reporting processes
• Strong MS Excel skills
• Good knowledge of financial systems and the ability to develop.
• A can do attitude and a proactive approach to solving problems individually and as key member of the Finance function.
• Excellent self & team organisation and project management skills to be able to work with colleagues across the business and provide support to team
• A collaborative individual who is happy to undertake a task regardless of the team hierarchy

We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary.

Based within beautiful, landscaped surroundings with tree-lined walks, water features and a lake, all of which make for a wonderful working environment.

If you are looking to utilise your skills to really make a difference to humankind, then consider joining our team and apply today!

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

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About Us

Oxford Nanopore's goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology enabling the real-time, high-performance, accessible and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 100 countries to understand the biology of humans and diseases, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and whole environments.

Oxford Nanopore was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford and now employs over 1000 employees around the world.