Group Financial Accountant

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Abcam, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Progress happens together

At Abcam, we believe the scientific community goes further, faster when we go there together.  That’s why we work with life scientists to provide biological reagents and solutions that enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Our talented team of over 1,400 colleagues worldwide is our greatest asset. By applying our expertise and pushing boundaries, together we strive to better serve our customers, strengthen our impact across our industry, and ultimately our positive impact on society.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Group Financial Accountant is responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely  reporting of our financial results.  The team are responsible for the Group’s financial reporting, the coordination and running of the month and quarter end timetables for submission of results to the parent company, the monthly consolidation of results, certain areas of accounting that are centralized for the group, namely leases, and providing the technical expertise to the wider finance team.

This position reports to the Finance Manager – Group Finance and is part of the Finance team located in Cambridge and will be an on-site role.  This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, in a growing global business that operates under a SOX environment and is transitioning to reporting under a multi-GAAP framework (US GAAP and IFRS), in multi currencies.  Working with a range of stakeholders, both internal and external, in a number of different countries, this is a dynamic role and an opportunity for a finance professional to make an immediate impact.  The role is part of a 3-4 person team and is suited for a newly qualified accountant who is looking to make their first move into industry.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Perform key activities relating to the month-end consolidation and close, and be responsible for the accuracy of key balance sheet items across the group by working with the wider finance team to drive the month-end process and ensure tasks are completed to a high quality and on time;
• Prepare monthly files for journal postings and submission of journals for internal approval, ensuring supporting files are SOX compliant
• Prepare the submission of monthly and quarterly reporting packages to the parent company;
• Produce financial reporting disclosures for subsidiary financial statements;
• Prepare for external audits and internal reviews by working closely with our auditors and ensuring that deliverables are prepared accurately and within set deadlines;
• Be responsible for the preparation of key controls; ensuring that these are operating effectively; and
• Have close interactions with a variety of internal and external stakeholders including entity finance teams, Finance Business Partners, Tax and Treasury, and internal and external audit.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Having a professional qualification (ACA, CA, ACCA or equivalent) and experience working within or auditing large, listed multinational businesses, with strong technical accounting skills and knowledge of IFRS;
• Strong organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to prioritise tasks for multiple stakeholders set to deadlines
• Self-starter and intellectually curious, with a capacity to work in a high growth, fast-paced environment whilst being a team player;
• Strong excel skills including the ability to reconcile and summarise large volumes of data

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience of Oracle and consolidation systems (HFM / FCCS)
• Experience of US GAAP accounting and standards

Abcam, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.