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Company Accountant - Qualified CIMA, ACA, ACCA
Salary range: £44,000-£48,000 (Depending on experience).
Location: Corsham Science Park
At Cellular Agriculture Ltd, we're on a mission to transform how the world produces protein. Our groundbreaking technology in cultivated meat is designed to make sustainable, ethical, and affordable protein alternatives not only possible-but mainstream. We're tackling some of the most urgent global challenges: food security, climate change, and the sustainability of our agricultural systems.
We're a passionate team of scientists, engineers, and innovators who believe in a better way forward-where next-generation technologies meet real-world impact. If you're inspired by bold ideas, driven by purpose, and excited to be part of a team shaping the future of food, we'd love to hear from you. Together, we are building the tools and systems that will make cultivated meat a viable, sustainable food source for communities around the globe.
We are also deeply committed to inclusion and equity. We believe that diverse perspectives drive better decisions and stronger innovation. We're cultivating a workplace culture where every team member feels valued, heard, and empowered to contribute to our shared success. Everyone here has a voice-and we use it to build a better future.
What this role entails:
- You must be willing to work 5 days a week on site with the research and development team in Corsham Wiltshire (there is no hybrid working with this role).
- This is a generalist role that will expose you to many different aspects of accounting.
- The team will deliver the complete finance function for the whole business, responsible for: financial compliance, providing accounting information,and contributing to the scale up of the company.
- You will be responsible for delivering on a general set of finance topics including but not limited to:
- Transactional/financial operations - inputting invoices on the system, organising payment runs and ensuring the operational team spend within budget.
- Management accounting - preparing management accounts to help run the business, variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and building business cases.
- Financial accounting - preparing statutory accounts and assisting in filing them at companies house.
- Tax reporting - submitting VAT returns, assisting in submitting corporation tax returns (CT600s) and learning about and applying for R&D tax credits.
Objectives:
- Identify opportunities for cost savings.
- Report back on the company's financial performance.
- Support the senior finance manager in running the finance function.
- Use AI and software to improve financial process'.
- Help the innovation manager win grants by providing compelling financials and business cases.
Selection criteria:
1) Experience
This role requires a qualified accountant with previous experience in accounts preparation and other financial disciplines.
2) Delivering for an organisation
This role requires you to show that you are capable of delivering success as part of your day to day working.
3) Team working
It is essential that you can work in a small team and be flexible, this will enable the finance function to meet the business's needs.
4) Ability to learn
Due to the size of the company and flexibility requirements of working in a start up you will need to be able to learn new topics.
You may be a generalist accountant with all the roles and responsibilities then please apply.
You may be a financial accountant who understands external financial statements but who wants to learn more about management accounting and finance business partnering, please apply.
You may be a management accountant who understands finance business partnering but who wants to learn more about external finance business partnering and tax, please apply.
You may be a financial operations expert / manager who is good with transactional finance, but now wants to do management accounting and learn about tax, please apply.
5) Expertise
Essential:
- Qualified Accountant ACA, CIMA or ACCA
- Desire to work in startup/scale up
- Experience with Microsoft excel
- Ability to be flexible and a generalist
- Organised self-starter
- Willing to input invoices onto the system (or build an AI that does it for you).
Desirable:
- Interest in biological technology / groundbreaking sciences.
- Group accountant experience.
- Experience with Xero accounting software is advantageous.
- Experience with Futrili, Airwallex, Approval Max, Fathom.
- Experience with coding is advantageous.
- Desire to use AI to improve financial process' and reporting.
The Benefits:
In addition to working in a world class facility based in the Corsham science park near Bath within a supportive and inclusive team, you will receive a highly competitive base salary, share options in a growing biotech enterprise, competitive holiday allowance and a fantastic benefits package including pension, Bupa medical cover and life assurance. You will have access to world-class training, development, and networking with organisations across cellular agriculture, and food systems.
Closing date: 20th July
Stage 1 online interviews: 24th July
Onsite interviews: 31st July
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