Financial Accountant

**New Role due to Team Expansion**

At Life Scientific, we reverse-engineer off-patent crop protection products and deliver them to market with the same quality, safety and performance as the original. Our Finance team plays a central role in enabling this growth, supporting an increasingly complex, multi-country, multi-entity operation as we expand globally.

We are now hiring a Financial Accountant to join our high-performing Finance function. This is a newly created role offering broad exposure, strong mentorship, and the opportunity to shape processes in a scaling environment. We are open to candidates from 1–5 years PQE.

Before diving into the detail of technical skills, we place strong value on how you think, how you communicate, and how you would operate in a multi-country finance setup. Logical structuring, clarity of thought, and the ability to convey complex information simply will be essential.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the preparation of monthly and quarterly management reporting packs, ensuring accuracy, clarity and timeliness.
• Take ownership of general ledger integrity across multiple entities (accruals, deferrals, intercompany, reclasses).
• Support senior budget holders with insight and analysis to influence decision-making.
• Own key elements of statutory audit preparation and liaise with external auditors.
• Manage tax compliance activities (VAT, Intrastat and related filings).
• Support the forward-looking side of Finance with budgeting and forecasting.
• Partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, R&D and Commercial to ensure financial insight is embedded into business activities.
• Contribute to process improvement and automation as we continue to scale.
• Provide support and guidance to junior finance colleagues.

What You Bring

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent).
• 1–5 years’ PQE, ideally but not essentially, audit training from a prominent practice due to the grounding it provides.
• Experience in group consolidation within a multi-entity, multi-currency organisation.
• Exposure to manufacturing or stock management environments is a strong advantage.
• Strong technical understanding of accounting standards (IFRS / FRS 102).
• Ability to deliver high-quality output under tight timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear, confident communication skills - particularly in explaining finance to non-finance colleagues.
• A problem-solving mindset with curiosity, drive, and a willingness to go beyond “traditional accounting”.
• ERP/reporting tool experience is welcome but not required - strong accountants learn systems quickly.

Why Life Scientific?

• A growing international business with modern systems, flat structure and fast decision-making.
• High visibility role with exposure across senior leadership.
• Hands-on experience across technical, operational and commercial Finance.
• Opportunity to contribute to a company doing genuinely innovative work in the crop protection industry.