Financial Accountant

Title:                    Financial Accountant (Qualified, 1-3 years PQE)

Job Type:            Full-time

Tenure:               Fixed-term contract (14 months)

Location:            London, UK (or remote)

About us:

We invite you to come grow with us.

Research Partnership (part of Inizio Advisory) is one of the world's largest pharma market research and consulting agencies with over 250 researchers, consultants, project managers and support staff. Our teams are located across the globe, in Europe (London, Lyon), North America (New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco) and Asia (India, Singapore).

As individuals with diverse backgrounds, as a team with shared values, as professionals ready to reimagine health and life sciences—you can grow with us at a place that:

• Makes a difference to human health
• Shares values and celebrates progress
• Puts people at the centre of everything

About the role:

We are hiring this Financial Accountant position as an initial 14-month fixed-term contract as maternity cover. We are looking to appoint the position in March 2025. This is a varied role as part of a 9-person Finance team operating within a market research agency, reporting into the Financial Controller.

Overall Responsibilities:

Financial Control:

• Assisting with month end close, review of balance sheet accounts
• Preparing & analysing sales provisions
• Accounting for month-end overhead accruals and prepayments
• Intercompany accounting – monthly intercompany recharges and reconciliation
• Payroll accounting – payroll journal and reconciliation
• Preparation of month-end accounts pack for submission to the group’s accounting system
• Providing support with year-end audit

Skills:

• Strong excel & data analysis
• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA or overseas equivalent) with 1-3 years PQE
• Attention to detail
• Quick learner
• Strong self-organisation needed to meet tight deadline requirements
• Ability to step back, think and prioritise

Ideal profile:

• You are proactive, dedicated and enthusiastic, with a ‘can do’ attitude and approach
• You demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, as well as strengths in organisation and prioritisation
• You are a collaborative team player who works well with colleagues
• You communicate ideas and issues in an effective, straightforward fashion
• You are highly motivated and want to seize opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

Life at Research Partnership:

We love what we do and continuously strive for innovation and creativity. We believe everyone should continuously be learning and provide:

• A comprehensive training and development programme for all staff, from entry level apprentice to senior management
• A relaxed and friendly working environment, including hybrid and flexible working
• Social events - including a summer day out and end-of-year party, along with regular social events after office hours
• Fundraising and charity events – we support Forever Angels, a children's charity whose aim is to care for abandoned babies in Tanzania, Africa, as well as the local charity, Fulham Good Neighbours and as part of Inizio we participate in other charity initiatives

Benefits package

• Company pension contributions of 5% available from your first day (salary sacrifice)
• 25 days paid annual holiday, plus public holidays
• Additional birthday day off
• Private health insurance
• Life Assurance plan
• Group Income Protection

About Inizio Advisory:

Research Partnership is part of Inizio Advisory, a trusted advisor for health and life science companies that turns science into strategy, supporting execution at every stage of the product and patient journey from early commercialization to launch and beyond. Offering market research and insights; strategy; people and transformation consulting; and commercial benchmarking delivered through sector specific connected solutions and intelligence, Inizio Advisory helps create long-term value for clients and their patients.

Further information:

This is a full-time role, available either on a hybrid pattern (2 days per week in the office) at our fantastic London office in Putney Bridge, or on a fully remote working basis if preferred.

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