Eurofins Scientific is a leading international group of laboratories with over EUR 3.5 billion annual sales and nearly 40,000 employees with a network of 400 laboratories in over 40 countries. Eurofins has a network of over 30sites in the UK and the Group provides an unparalleled range of over 100,000 reliable and validated analytical methods and support services to the pharmaceutical, food, environmental and consumer product industries, and to governments. Eurofins Scientific acquired the forensic arm of LGC Group in October 2017 and Eurofins Forensic Services (EFS) was created as a discrete business within the Eurofins group. EFS employees nearly 700 staff across 6 sites in the UK and is the market leader for the provision of forensic services to the Police forces of England and Wales, as well as other commercial organisations and public sector bodies and is the largest private forensic service provider in Europe. All of our forensic analytical services are accredited to the ISO17025 international quality standard and are subject to regular review and scrutiny by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). Salary: Competitive Location: Heathrow site (near Feltham) Contract: Permanent / Full-time (Hybrid) Hours: 37.5 per week Closing date: 31st January 2025 Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities - Support Business Unit Managers around the country in the financial control of their areas, reviewing and explaining analysis of results and proposing improvements. - Assist in the development of financial controls and support the Business Unit Managers in understanding and implementing those controls. - Management accounts production in particular the revenue reporting including reconciliation of all sales - Strong involvement in the day to day work of the Accounts Receivable department assisting both the AR team and the Account Managers. - Assist in the development of product-level cost and profitability analysis. - Work with the Finance Manager and Head of Finance to develop regular KPI and profit reporting and analysis for use by key stakeholders across the business. - Assist the Head of Finance with ad hoc duties and projects. Required Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills - Qualified accountant with minimum 2 years PQE or strong QBE - Commercially aware - Highly numerate and analytical with excellent attention to detail - Advanced excel skills including pivot tables, VLook up etc - Used to dealing with and interpreting large volumes of data - Ability to liaise with people at all levels across the organisation - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to work in a dynamic and fast moving environment. Preferred Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills - Experience of change management - Systems and process implementation Behaviours - Team player with a proactive and flexible attitude - Experienced at self-managing and self-motivating. Company Benefits In return for your hard work and loyal service, we will offer you genuine career and salary progression through our Career Pathways programme, a competitive salary, and a selection of employee benefits via our flexible benefits menu which includes cycle to work, give as you earn, volunteering days,buy and sell holiday. In addition, we also offer the following: - Life Assurance (3 times annual salary) - Scottish Widows Company Pension Plan - 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to a maximum of 30 days) - Employee length of service awards and yearly recognition schemes, celebrating work anniversaries here at EFS. - Employee tech scheme - Discount vouchers and flexi reward points on our employee wellness hub - Everyone who joins EFS will have access to Perkbox allowing you to save money all year round on a wide range of perks such as supermarket savings, days out or your daily coffee - Learning and study support - Employee Assistance Programme - Health Cash Plan membership - Enhanced company sick, maternity and paternity pay scheme - Refer a friend scheme - Subscription to mental health support and wellbeing - (Free on-site car parking) Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, applicants should note that security clearance is required for this role. To gain security clearance you must have five years continuous residency in the UK. Criminal convictions may prevent you from gaining security clearance. All successful applicants will be required to undertake drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment. To apply, please visit https: //www.eurofins.co.uk/careers/current-vacancies/