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Associate Accountant


Job Location:

Cambridge - UK

Yearly Salary: GBP 32800 - 44400
Posted: 29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description Summary

The Associate Accountant role administers financial accounting activities by recording transactions reconciling accounts and preparing standard schedules with supervision. It ensures compliance with accounting standards and internal controls to maintain accuracy of financial records.

This role is for fixed term period up to one year and based onsite at the STEMCELL facility located in Cambridge United Kingdom.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Records journal entries and financial transactions in compliance with accounting policies and standards.
  • Performs reconciliations of assigned accounts including bank balance sheet and subledger accounts.
  • Prepares standard reports and schedules to support internal reviews and management reporting.
  • Responds to inquiries by providing supporting documentation for financial transactions.
  • Ensures accounting documentation is accurate complete and compliant with internal controls.

Knowledge and Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Accounting Finance or related field
  • Knowledge of financial transaction recording standards and general ledger structures.
  • Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP preferred) and Google Suite for reporting and reconciliation.
  • Basic excel skills (i.e. vlookup).
  • Understanding of basic tax cash and compliance requirements in accounting.
  • Awareness of balance sheet and income statement fundamentals.

STEMCELL Technologies is a privately owned Vancouver-based biotechnology company that helps power leading-edge life science research around the world. Driven by our love of science and passion for quality we are a company of Scientists Helping Scientistsstanding by our customers to provide the outstanding products technical support and training they need to advance their research. Scientists performing stem cell immunology cancer regenerative medicine and cellular therapy research are among those who rely on our cell culture media cell separation products instruments accessory products and services. Through our many regional offices as well as our distribution centers in Vancouver Seattle Grenoble and Singapore we deliver our innovative specialized products to more than 100 countries. With over 1800 employees globally most with scientific or engineering degrees STEMCELL is proud to be the largest biotechnology employer inCanada.

This is an opportunity to work with highly motivated colleagues in a science-oriented creative and dynamic environment. We offer a competitive salary excellent benefits and meaningful career development opportunities.

STEMCELL is well recognized for exceptional leadership and business practices. We are one of Canadas Best Managed Companies and operate an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system to measure and reduce our environmental impact.

As an equal opportunity employer STEMCELL is dedicated to ensuring that every employee feels safe valued and respected for who they are. We know that scientific progress and innovation occur when diverse creative minds come together and we are committed to nurturing a culture of inclusivity and belonging. STEMCELL enforces a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination. Selection decisions are solely based on job-related factors.

The annual salary for this job ranges from:

32800.00 - 44400.00

STEMCELL determines an individuals pay within the range based on multiple factors including experience education job-related skills and equity within the team or organization. For jobs that are eligible for sales incentives the range noted above is inclusive of target incentives; actual incentives are based on individual performance results in accordance with company addition to base salary STEMCELL offers a comprehensive total rewards package that may include health benefits retirement savings and more (depending on region).

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Required Experience:

IC


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STEMCELL Technologies develops cell culture media, cell separation systems, instruments and other reagents for use in life sciences research.

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