Fed Finance is a dedicated recruitment firm which specialises in Accounting & Corporate Finance roles. My name is Baptiste YLONEN and my client, a Pharmaceutical firm, is looking for a Statutory Accoutant, for a fixed-term contract (9-months). They're looking for someone with a strong background in UK statutory accounting : - work with multiple business partners to collect, aggregate and prepare the accounts - being the key contact with external auditors - deal with year end tax provisioning, deferred taxes, Patent Box and R&D claims - manage transfer pricing - reviewing of the final documents. - Accounting qualification : ACCA, ACA or CIMA - Experience in preparing statutory accounts, ideally under IFRS and consolidated accounts - Strong technical accounting knowledge - Experience of Group audit - Previous experience of providing Business Partnering support - Strong Excel knowledge - UK tax knowledge would be an advantage