External Reporting Accountant

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.; Paisley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading scientific organization in Paisley is seeking a motivated individual to join their External Reporting Team. This role involves preparing statutory financial statements, managing audits, and ensuring tax compliance. Suitable candidates will have a professional qualification, strong communication and stakeholder management skills, and be detail-oriented. Familiarity with tools such as MS Excel and ERPs is desired. This position offers exciting career development opportunities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in statutory reporting and management accounting.
• Ability to work under time constraints and multitask effectively.
• Prior exposure to tax returns and year-end reporting is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of statutory financial statements for European legal entities.
• Coordinate and manage external audits and ensure timely reporting.
• Prepare year-end board packs and report financial performance.

Skills

Professional qualification

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder management skills

Detail-oriented

Motivated

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

ERPs (E1, SAP etc.)

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Position Summary:

Thermo Fisher Scientific have an excellent opportunity for an individual to join the External Reporting Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in an expanding Global Business Service Centre which offers great career development and opportunities. The successful candidate will be a key team member working alongside a colleague to ensure accurate reporting.

What will you do?

• Preparation of statutory financial statements for a number of European legal entities.
• Coordinate and manage external statutory and tax audits reported through the Centre of Excellence team, ensuring adherence to the external reporting timetable.
• Responsible for resolving technical accounting matters.
• Complete/coordinate local statistical reporting requirements set by authorities.
• Preparation of year end board packs and report financial performance to stakeholders.
• Monitor tax compliance calendar and liaise with third party advisers to ensure that all returns, tax filings and payments are submitted timely.
• Work with the wider team on PPI (process improvements).
• Working cross functionally with the other finance and non-finance teams based both on site and remotely.

Who we are looking for:

• Professional qualification
• An individual with a passion, commitment and desire to succeed. Highly motivated and detail oriented with excellent communication, stakeholder management skills, computer and organisational skills.
• Demonstrates the highest level of integrity, trust and strong compliance orientation.
• Experience of statutory reporting, management accounting and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prior exposure to tax returns & year end reporting would be advantageous.

Previous experience in a large-scale organisation would be beneficial.

Ability to prioritise and follow through in a fast-paced, multitask environment and to work well under time constraints.

Proficient user of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Working knowledge of ERPs (E1, SAP etc.) (Desired but not essential)