Senior Accountant
Location: Bathgate
Position summary; Monday – Thursday 09.00 – 17.00, Friday; 09.00 – 16.30
Catalent Pharma Solutions is seeking a driven, forward‑thinking Senior Accountant to join the Finance team at our Bathgate Clinical Supply Services site. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified or part‑qualified accountant who thrives in a fast‑paced, multinational environment—ideally with exposure to US‑headquartered organisations—and enjoys tackling challenges with a solutions‑focused mindset.
The Senior Accountant will ensure the Bathgate site operates within a strong financial control framework, supported by effective management processes and procedures. You will lead improvements across end‑to‑end financial processes, controls, systems, and reporting, driving operational excellence within the finance function and across the wider business.
The Role:
- Prepare, analyse, and review all transactions impacting the Site P&L, including month‑end accruals and prepayments
- Complete Balance Sheet reconciliations
- Manage manufacturing accounting, including Work‑In‑Progress (WIP) and costing
- Produce management reporting and budget comparisons, including sales analysis, departmental base cost, and headcount reporting
- Oversee and report on Accounts Payable
- Perform bank reconciliations
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual corporate reporting packages in line with US headquarters requirements
- Partner with the SSC on AP preparation
- Support internal and external audit activities
- Report on functional spend and departmental expenditure
- Provide cover for team members during peak periods or holidays (e.g., cost rolls)
- Contribute to ad hoc projects as needed
The Candidate:
- Part‑qualified or qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent), or qualified by experience
- Experience in costing and management accounting, ideally within manufacturing, FMCG, or pharmaceutical environments
- Strong understanding of UK VAT legislation
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP systems (e.g., JDE) is an advantage
- Excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines
Why You Should Join Catalent:
- Competitive Salary – Reflecting your experience and skills.
- Bonus & Benefits – Includes a site performance bonus, a pension scheme matching up to 7.5% and life assurance. Enjoy BUPA private medical insurance, a generous holiday entitlement that increases with tenure, and the option to trade leave.
- Career Development – Access high-quality training, mentoring, and cross-functional opportunities within Catalent’s global network. Benefit from a subscription to LinkedIn Learning, providing access to 10,000+ online courses.
- Health & Wellbeing – Includes an employee assistance programme, on-site canteen facilities, and an active safety and “Patient First” culture. Join Employee Resource Groups that foster a diverse and inclusive workplace. Plus, participate in charitable activities.
- Excellent Location – Just a few minutes’ drive from J3A of the M8, with free on-site parking.
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any characteristic protected by local law.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to [email protected]. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.
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