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Senior Manager Technical Accounting and Projects

Posted 18 days ago

RemoteLondon, England, United KingdomSE

Job Description

The opportunity

This is a high-impact role at the centre of Group Finance, where you’ll shape how accounting is applied and understood across a global business during a 12-month contract.

Joining during a key period of transformation, you’ll play a critical part in strengthening accounting policy, improving reporting consistency, and supporting our exit readiness programme. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across the Group, bringing clarity to complex accounting areas and helping embed practical, scalable solutions.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll operate as the go-to expert for technical accounting while also leading key finance projects:

  • Provide expert guidance on complex or unusual transactions, translating IFRS into clear, practical decisions
  • Develop and embed Group accounting policies, ensuring they are understood and consistently applied across all business units
  • Lead inventory accounting standardisation, including costing methodologies and documentation
  • Partner with senior finance leaders to challenge, influence and improve reporting practices
  • Deliver transformation projects, including standardising reporting structures across the Group
  • Identify and implement improvements to processes, systems and reporting – focusing on long-term, sustainable change

Qualifications

What we're looking for

  • Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent)
  • Strong knowledge of IFRS and experience applying it in practice
  • Solid experience in group accounting (industry or practice)
  • Experience in manufacturing or inventory accounting (e.g. costing, absorption, overheads)
  • Confidence working with and influencing senior stakeholders
  • A practical, solutions-focused approach – able to turn technical complexity into clear action

Additional Information

OUR VALUES

  • PASSION
  • CURIOSITY 
  • INTEGRITY
  • BRILLIANCE
  • RESPECT

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

At LGC, we foster a culture of inclusion and collaboration. We believe that diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer and offer reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.

For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com

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Job details
Workplace
Remote
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Experience
SE

Biosearch Technologies Oligo Synthesis provides tailored oligonucleotide synthesis and advanced nucleic acid chemistry solutions that enable customers to design, develop, and scale high-performance nucleic acid products from early research through commercialisation. Our three global oligonucleotide manufacturing sites ensure nanomole to gram scale quantities with consistent quality and streamlined scalability for early-stage development through to commercialisation. By overseeing raw material production, including our best-in-class Black Hole Quencher™ (BHQ™) and proprietary fluorophores that span the full visible spectrum, we guarantee supply chain security with unmatched product support. Serving customers across the nucleic acid testing (NAT) and molecular diagnostics (MDx) markets, Biosearch Technologies Oligo Synthesis empowers scientists and diagnostics developers to bring accurate, robust, and scalable nucleic acid–based solutions to market with confidence.

Employees
531
Industry
Biotechnology
Headquarters
Hoddesdon, Herts
Company location
Unit 1-2 Trident Industrial Estate, Pindar Road, Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 0WZ, GB
Specialties
PCR Primers, Probes & Oligos and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Reagents & Instruments

Key team members

Harrison Ransom

Harrison Ransom

Samuel Arvidsson

Samuel Arvidsson

Luan Le

Luan Le

Alessandra Eleuteri

Alessandra Eleuteri

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