Join us at EIT: At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we’re on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionaryscientists, technologists, engineers, researchers, educators and innovatorsto tackle humanity’s greatest challenges in four transformative areas:
- Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology
- Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
- Climate Change & Managing CO₂
- Artificial Intelligence & Robotics This is ambitious work
- work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you’ll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas from lab to society. Explore more at www.eit.org. Your Role: EIT Oxford is seeking a highly skilled and detail oriented Financial Accountant to support the Financial Controller in ensuring the financial integrity of the organisation. The Financial Accountant will play a key role in the preparation of financial statements, statutory reporting, reconciliations, and financial controls, ensuring compliance with UK financial regulations and best practices. Your

Responsibilities:
- Assist in the preparation of statutory financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with UK accounting standards.
- Support the annual statutory audit process, including preparation of audit files, analysis, and responding to auditor queries.
- Support property valuations, impairment assessments and related accounting adjustments, including preparation of supporting schedules and reconciliations.
- Prepare and submit monthly CIS returns, ensuring accurate reporting, reconciliation and compliance with statutory deadlines.




- Prepare VAT returns for assigned entities, including reconciliation of VAT control accounts, review of supporting transactions and investigation of discrepancies, for review and approval prior to submission.
- Maintain accounting records for investment properties, PPE, capital expenditure and associated lease arrangements in accordance with FRS 102.
- Review financial information received from external property managers, ensuring completeness, accuracy and appropriate accounting treatment.
- Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items and preparing commentary where necessary.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
- Support Group financial reporting requirements and ensure data accuracy.
- Support the Financial Controller in implementing and monitoring financial controls and risk management procedures.
- Work to deadlines to ensure timely month end and year-end financial close processes, proactively communicating any delays and ensuring financial data integrity is maintained.
- Process and reconcile corporate allocations, transfer pricing adjustments, R&D; recharges, and tax provisions.
- Support financial accounting and reporting across multiple group entities, ensuring accuracy, consistency and compliance with relevant accounting standards
- Assist and maintain the risk register,



updating identified risks regularly and communicating new and growing risks to relevant management.
- Maintain procedural documentation covering all tasks.
- Work closely with the accounts payable and accounts receivable teams to ensure assist with financial transaction processing.
- Assist in cash flow management, ensuring accurate forecasting and timely remittance of funds.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
- Assist in financial system improvements, including ERP enhancements (Oracle Fusion preferred) and reporting automation.
- Collaborate with other departments, to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and financial reporting accuracy.
- Support ad hoc financial projects and analysis as required by the Financial Controller and Finance Director. Essential Skills, Qualifications &

Experience:
- Part-qualified or finalist accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with strong knowledge of UK accounting standards and financial regulations.
- Strong excel and analytical skills.
- Experience in financial reporting, statutory accounts preparation, and audit processes.
- Strong technical accounting skills and experience in balance sheet and income statement reconciliations.
- Experience in transaction processing and maintaining financial controls within a complex organisation.
- Proficiency in ERP systems (Oracle Fusion preferred) and robust Microsoft Excel skills.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret financial data and provide clear insights.
- Excellent communication and interpe

📌 Financial Accountant (Cape Breton Island)
🏢 Ellison Institute of Technology
📍 Cape Breton Island