Senior Accountant
| Posting date: | 14 August 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 September 2025 |
| Location: | Concord, Massachusetts, 01742 |
| Company: | Oxford Instruments |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4104-43589966 |
Summary
At Oxford Instruments, we push the boundaries of what’s possible, helping our customers achieve the breakthroughs that change our world. Whether it’s developing technology for a greener economy, designing devices that enhance digital connectivity, or creating next generation medicines and healthcare technology, we address the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Everything we make is exceptional, and each product and solution gives greater insight, clarity and accuracy. At Oxford Instruments, we don’t wait for change to happen. We enable it.
Primary purpose: Support financial operations of company, including full responsibility for Balance Sheet and P&L for multiple business units, by applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports.
Key responsibilities:
- Full responsibility for Balance Sheet and P&L for multiple business units including:
- Perform reconciliation of Balance Sheet accounts in connection with the monthly close
- Review P&L, explaining trends and variances and making accrual entries as necessary
- Assist in completing the monthly reporting packages
- Answer accounting and financial questions by research and interpretation of data
- Prepare Journal entries and reconciliations
- Weekly report submissions
- Administer Company Credit Cards
- Perform Concur Travel and Expense accounting point of contact duties
- Prepare, analyze, and interpret financial information for non-financial management.
- Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions
- Analyze financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position
- Maintain detailed support ledgers and documentation, such as fixed asset registers, and reconciliations to ledger balances.
- Prepare work papers and schedules in support of External Audit requirements as needed
- Other duties as required
Indicative performance measures:
- Accuracy and timeliness of monthly reconciliations
- Quality of Relationships with internal Business Partners and Cross Functional Team Members
- Adhere to strict deadlines for month-end close and weekly reporting
- Implement task/process efficiency and drive continuous improvement
Key capabilities:Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance and 5+ years’ experience in a related role or combination of education and experience required
- Experience with bank reconciliations
- Experience with Accounts Payable
- MS Office – Excel experience Intermediate or Expert level required (including pivot tables and v-lookups)Professional
- Excellent organizational skills, detail orientation, and ability to prioritize required
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment required
- Excellent written and oral communication skills required
- Experience providing a customer focused, high quality service in an accounting environment
- Demonstrates the ability to manage workload in an organized manner and carry out tasks accurately Technological
- High level of competency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with Infor SyteLine a plus
Primary purpose: Support financial operations of company, including full responsibility for Balance Sheet and P&L for multiple business units, by applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports.
Key responsibilities:
- Full responsibility for Balance Sheet and P&L for multiple business units including:
- Perform reconciliation of Balance Sheet accounts in connection with the monthly close
- Review P&L, explaining trends and variances and making accrual entries as necessary
- Assist in completing the monthly reporting packages
- Answer accounting and financial questions by research and interpretation of data
- Prepare Journal entries and reconciliations
- Weekly report submissions
- Administer Company Credit Cards
- Perform Concur Travel and Expense accounting point of contact duties
- Prepare, analyze, and interpret financial information for non-financial management.
- Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions
- Analyze financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position
- Maintain detailed support ledgers and documentation, such as fixed asset registers, and reconciliations to ledger balances.
- Prepare work papers and schedules in support of External Audit requirements as needed
- Other duties as required
Indicative performance measures:
- Accuracy and timeliness of monthly reconciliations
- Quality of Relationships with internal Business Partners and Cross Functional Team Members
- Adhere to strict deadlines for month-end close and weekly reporting
- Implement task/process efficiency and drive continuous improvement
Key capabilities:Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance and 5+ years’ experience in a related role or combination of education and experience required
- Experience with bank reconciliations
- Experience with Accounts Payable
- MS Office – Excel experience Intermediate or Expert level required (including pivot tables and v-lookups)Professional
- Excellent organizational skills, detail orientation, and ability to prioritize required
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment required
- Excellent written and oral communication skills required
- Experience providing a customer focused, high quality service in an accounting environment
- Demonstrates the ability to manage workload in an organized manner and carry out tasks accurately Technological
- High level of competency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with Infor SyteLine a plus