Finance Associate
Salary: £30,000-£33,000
Location: On-site, Corsham Science Park

Cellular Agriculture Ltd produces technology that aims to make cultivated meat a widely available, sustainable, ethical, affordable protein alternative.

We are passionate about food security with an enthusiasm for next-generation solutions, innovative technologies, sustainability, and the future of food and agriculture, and are looking for like-minded people to join our growing team.

The company integrates activities across a Research and Development Department responsible for innovating, an Engineering Department that delivers scaled iterations of bioreactors and bioprocess, and the Operations Department responsible for ensuring the company runs smoothly. These Departments work seamlessly together towards delivering technology that allows a sustainable alternative protein to diversify food stuffs for food security across the world.

We are committed to being an inclusive workplace. We strongly believe in the benefits a diverse team brings, and having and equitable culture in which all our people can thrive, with everyone being able to influence our day-to-day working for the better and encouraging growth.

What this role entails:
- You will work closely with the Senior Finance Manager as a small team.
- The team will deliver the complete finance function for the whole business.
- You will be exposed a general set of finance topics including but not limited to:
1) payment process'
2) preparing management accounts to help run the business,
3) ensuring the company is compliant with taxes,
4) financial modelling for exits, investor fundraising and company budgeting

Objectives:
- Passing the ACA ICAEW exams
- Identify opportunities for cost savings
- Report back on the company's financial performance
- Support the finance manager in running the finance function

Selection criteria:
Experience:
- Most likely you will have an undergraduate or masters degree in accounting and finance, or you will have some other demonstratable desire to become an ICAEW chartered.

Delivering for an organisation:
- You will have examples either through work experience, or university group working to demonstrate that you have contributed towards a group project or delivering a piece of work to a deadline.

Team working
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively within a small team, you will be sharing responsibilities and expected to coauthor and collaborate on many diverse work pieces

Expertise:
Essential:
- You will have a desire to develop expertise within the accounting and finance field, it is critical that you wish to learn across a broad range of financial topics. This role will expose you to UK Corporation Tax, VAT, Payroll taxes, Payment Management, Internal Audit, Statutory Accounts, Management Accounting, Financial Modelling, Investment fundraising and soft skills such as influencing, communicating and presenting data.

Preferable:

- Experience using Xero as an accounting ledger

- Some coding experience (Python in Excel or Power query M formula language

The Benefits
In addition to working in a world class facility based in the Bath region with a supporting 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.

You must have permission to live and work in the UK.

Closing date: 29th September
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete an excel based financial modelling/forecasting task to be completed by 7th October
Candidates successful at this stage will be invited on site to give a presentation and have an in person interview on 15th October.