Financial Accountant
Location: Swindon, United Kingdom
Role Summary: Onsite role, Monday – Friday 37.5 p/w.
Our Swindon facility is home to our Zydis® fast-dissolving tablet development and manufacturing operation, alongside a CMC pharmaceutical analytical services unit offering ASAP stability studies.
We are currently recruiting for a Financial Accountant to join our Swindon site. This role is responsible for external reporting, statutory compliance, and maintaining a strong financial control environment across multiple UK entities.
Working closely with the Financial Controller, wider finance team, and external advisors, you will gain valuable exposure to audit, statutory accounts, tax compliance, and regulatory reporting within a multi-entity, international business. This role offers a clear pathway for progression into a senior financial reporting or controllership position.
The Role:
- External Reporting & Compliance
- Manage the annual audit process for the Swindon group
- Prepare and submit statutory accounts for three UK entities
- Oversee corporation tax compliance and prepare supporting analysis, including US reporting packs
- Manage UK banking relationships and systems (including Barclays.net)
- Support pension covenant monitoring and reporting
- Ensure company secretarial and external filing obligations are met
- Identify and implement improvements to financial reporting and tax processes
- Partner with senior stakeholders to improve cost control and drive efficiencies
- Support cash flow and working capital management
- Oversee headcount tracking and forecasting with HR
- Provide financial insights to support decision-making
- Assist with month-end close, including payroll accounting and tax reconciliations
- Manage SOX compliance, including audit and walkthrough activities
- Review and strengthen internal control environments
- Act as a technical finance lead and deputy to the Financial Controller
- Deliver ad hoc financial analysis and support as required
The Candidate
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified
- Strong statutory reporting experience
- Knowledge of UK GAAP and corporate tax
- Experience in a multi-entity or regulated environment is advantageous
- Strong Excel skills; JDE and/or OneStream experience preferred
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- Highly organised, accurate, and dependable
- Able to work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive, self-motivated, and eager to take ownership
- Ambitious with a desire to progress into a controllership role
- Competitive Salary – Based on experience and leadership responsibilities
- Bonus & Benefits – Annual performance bonus, pension scheme, life assurance, generous holiday allowance with purchased holiday options, and access to Reward Gateway discounts
- Career Development – Training, mentoring, and global mobility opportunities, plus access to over 10,000 LinkedIn Learning courses
- Health & Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme, on-site canteen, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle scheme, and a strong “Patient First” quality culture
- Excellent Location – Two minutes from J16 of the M4 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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Skills Required
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified
- Strong statutory reporting experience
- Knowledge of UK GAAP and corporate tax
- Experience in a multi-entity or regulated environment
- Strong Excel skills
- JDE and/or OneStream experience
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- Highly organised, accurate, and dependable
- Able to work to tight deadlines
- Proactive, self-motivated, and eager to take ownership
- Ambitious with a desire to progress into a controllership role
Catalent, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is commonly described as roughly 152 hours per year plus about eight paid holidays for U.S. roles. Eligibility and exact counts vary by location, but the allotment is positioned as competitive.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match (often described as dollar‑for‑dollar up to 6%) is part of the package. The match level is commonly referenced as a meaningful component of total rewards.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Medical, dental, vision, life/disability, HSA/FSA, EAP, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, commuter and dependent‑care benefits, and wellness programs are offered. Some roles indicate benefits eligibility begins on the first day for direct hires.
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Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually. For more information, visit www.catalent.com.
