Job Description

Astrea Bioseparations Ltd is a global bioseparations company specializing in the research, development and manufacture of advanced bioseparation products including chromatography adsorbents and columns. A wholly owned subsidiary of Gamma Biosciences, Astrea Bioseparations has R&D laboratories in Cambridge, UK and manufacturing facilities on the Isle of Man, British Isles and Stoughton, Massachusetts, making the company one of the largest volume affinity adsorbent manufacturers in the world.

Astrea Bioseparations is honored to support the biopharmaceutical industry with products and services that help bring lifesaving and improving medicines to market. Regardless of process scale, we are ready to build Purity by Design into each process to ensure quality and speed to market.

The company is now entering an exciting period of growth as we work towards enabling our customers to bring advanced therapies to market using state-of-the-art-purification nanofiber-based technology.

Primary Function and Purpose

Astrea is looking for a technically strong accountant with some commercial acumen and exposure, who truly wants to make a difference and impact in a high growth environment offering an exceptional opportunity to help grow expand their career.

We are looking for a strong person who has drive and a \xe2\x80\x98make it happen\xe2\x80\x99 mentality. The candidate must be capable of juggling multiple priorities and working cross functionally and across geographical boundaries. They must also not be scared of hard work and will relish having the ability to see changes they have initiated come to life \xe2\x80\x93 in short, they want to make a difference and help propel their career forward.

Principle Responsibilities:

The principal Group Reporting & Controls Accountant tasks will be all aspects of the group accounting, consolidation, reporting and analysis. In this position you will provide valuable data insights & trends to aid fact-based decision making as well as build a controls-based approach throughout the business.

The role will include but will not be limited to the following activities:

• Preparing the monthly Group consolidation in line with IFRS reporting standards
• Maintaining financial Power BI reports which have a wide audience across the business and are used within the monthly reporting
• Coordinating and creating the Business Review Pack that is presented to the Senior Management Team in Astrea and its parent company on a monthly basis; following up on questions from this
• Reviewing and implementing process improvements to reinforce a robust environment for financial practices
• Preparation of technical accounting papers
• Creating reports which identify results, trends and forecasts; using these data insights to drive better fact based actions
• Support the business with the financial strategy and decision-making process
• Active part in the audit and statutory accounts preparation process

• Candidate will ideally be ACA qualified with some post qualification experience (but other qualifications will be considered). Will consider candidates looking for their first move from practice
• Ideally some experience of or exposure to performing international group consolidations. They must be strong technically with good knowledge of IFRS

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Pro-active, takes the initiative and sees things through; tenacious
• A \xe2\x80\x98can do\xe2\x80\x99, make it happen attitude
• Resilient, able to juggle multiple priorities
• Good influencer within a team environment
• Good analytical and problem solving skills, with a high attention to detail
• Strong written skills; able to write concisely and with impact

Astrea Bioseparations