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Role: Senior Accountant (Group Finance)

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

The Business:

Techcomp Europe Group holds an exciting portfolio of rapidly growing technology businesses that operate globally. Our brands include Edinburgh Instruments, Scion, Froilabo, Precisa and Isotopx. As a result of our continued investment in R&D, based in our Headquarter office in Livingston, Scotland, Techcomp has an exciting product pipeline to add to its existing portfolio and create fantastic opportunities for global market development through our global network of businesses and sales channels. As the Group grows, the Group Finance function is continually expanding and looking to recruit a Senior Accountant to join our Livingston Headquarters and who will control 2 SME companies accounts: Precisa Real Estate and Precisa Operation.

The Role:

This role is for a senior accountant who is always looking for way to work more efficiently and can guide junior accountants in their tasks. The successful applicant must have excellent accountancy standard and takes pride of controlling accurately the financial position of the companies under their responsibility. They will provide each month fully reconciled and trusted figures to their stakeholders, the financial controller and CEO. This person will continuously look for ways to improve and simplify our information and practices in finance.

The role has an excellent exposure to senior management and with good prospects for future career development in a growing business. The person will provide the reporting of 2 companies located in Switzerland; therefore, the applicant must be a German speaker. The position will be supported by local Swiss external experts and by clerks under their management.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Controlling prepared payments.
• Preparing cash flow forecast.
• Managing the month end closure:
  • Controlling posting made within the company to control their consistency by following a month end routine (in house training provided).
  • Controlling bank reconciliation
  • Maintaining and reconciling balance sheet and general ledger accounts.
• HR related tasks to be managed with the help of a local expert: time control, hiring contracts, payroll & headcount reports.
• Preparing federal, state, local, and special tax returns with the help of a local expert.
• Assisting with annual audit preparations.
• Assisting in customer debt collection when necessary.
• Performing other accounting duties and supporting junior staff as required or assigned.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• CIMA qualifications preferred.
• Systems and ERP experience preferred: Epicor experience would be an advantage but non-essential – in house training provided.
• Strong financial analysis skills.
• Strong organizational and ability to report on time.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Ability to train and manage staff.
• Ability to work with little to no supervision.
• Fluent German required.
• A willingness to travel as required.
• Ability to work out of business hours as required.

Why Us?

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, subsidised gym membership, cycle to work, electric car and employee discount scheme.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Role:  Raman Development Engineer

Location: Livingston, UK

Type: Permanent

Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe.

We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide.

Edinburgh Instruments are looking to recruit a Raman Development Engineer to join our Livingston Headquarters.

What You’ll Be Doing?

The Raman Development Engineer supports the Project Manager and conducts development tasks for new Raman products, bespoke customer requests and sustainability and product improvements. Responsibilities also include supporting the Project Manager in the generation and maintenance of technical documentation. The Raman Development Engineer works in a team with mechanical, optical, electrical and software engineers and will communicate to other teams such as marketing, applications, sales, operations, and production, as required. The ability to present ideas and information accurately in a clear and concise manner is important.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Aid new product developments in Raman spectroscopy.
• Support bespoke development projects in accordance with directions set by the Project Manager.
• Support sustainability and product improvement developments in accordance with directions set by the Project Manager.
• Conduct development tasks, alignment, optimisation, and validation of instruments. This will include using standard instrumentation, adapting systems to enable customer applications, and providing input and direction for proposed product improvements, including new software features.
• Work closely with the Project Manager to share knowledge and ensure projects remain on track.
• Support other teams, such as Production, Operations, Applications, Sales and Marketing, if required.
• Create and maintain technical documentation such as manuals and specification data sheets
• Assist with technical papers, data sheets, application notes, devising experimental lab work to produce technical documentation.
• Assist with the approval and communication of new products and product changes, to take account of the impacts on stakeholders (internal and external).
• Any other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time by your line manager.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Master’s degree or higher in relevant scientific discipline and experience of spectroscopy instrumentation.

We’d Also Love to See

• Knowledge and experience of Product Design methodologies.
• Experience of advanced spectroscopy techniques.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, software and optical engineers.

Why Us?

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays, subsidised gym membership, cycle to work and employee discount scheme.

As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Role: Optical Product Engineer (Operations)

Location: Livingston

Type: Permanent

Reports To: Product Manager – Operations

Have you recently graduated with a degree in physics or electrical engineering and have a good understanding of optics? Do you have previous research experience using optical spectroscopy techniques? Or perhaps experience at a component level, for example building an optical system in a lab? Are you confident, enthusiastic and enjoy customer interaction and international travel?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to these questions, then this could be the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting into the Product Manager – Operations, this role covers the most important facets of our customer-facing agenda. Coupled with rigorous in-house final-testing of our custom spectrometer products to ensure they meet the demanding specifications.

As a member of the Service & Operations Team, the successful candidate will be enthused to act as an ambassador for our company, and conduct installation, training and service support visits to our customer-base. They will also provide technical support, customer feedback and give views on development strategy relating to our growing product range.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Conduct final test, product installation, training and servicing work for fluorescence spectrometer products at our customer location.
• Undertake the repair and servicing of our fluorescence spectrometer products.
• Responsible for final-stage testing of spectrometer products within production area.
• Involved in the continuing development/improvement of luminescence spectrometers and custom designed analytical instrumentation.

What You’ll Need to Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in a physics or Electrical Engineering with a good knowledge of optics. A higher degree such as an MSc/PhD in Chemistry, Material Science, Physics would be a distinct advantage.
• Previous research experience using optical spectroscopy techniques such as photoluminescence or Raman spectroscopy/microscopy is a benefit.
• Experience of these spectroscopy techniques at a component level, such as building an optical system in a lab, would be a particular advantage.
• A willingness to travel. This role requires a level of extended international travel which may be up to 14 nights at any one time. The travel expectations are around 7 nights per month (after the initial training period of 6 months).
• Takes ownership of customer problems and issues and work to resolve them.
• Capability to provide simple solutions to technical problems and based on customer requirements.
• Enthusiasm, confidence and professionalism with excellent communication and interpersonal skills is an important part of this role.
• Responsiveness and focus, combined with attention to detail are essential.
• Self-motivated, able to work under pressure, with the ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines with proven analytical and numerical skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision as well as part of a larger team.
• Excellent technical writing and presentation skills.

Why Us?

Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is an international market leader in high-end, high-value scientific instrumentation. Part of the Hong Kong headquartered global Techcomp Instrument Group, we operate within the Techcomp Europe (TEU) division, which consists of a group of scientific instrument manufacturing businesses with production sites across six countries in Europe and with a comprehensive commercial network with sales offices and distribution partners across the globe.

We are immensely proud of our heritage; for 50 years we have been supplying customers at leading-edge research institutes, academic and industrial facilities around the world. Our products combine customisation, user-friendliness, and high performance, and are experiencing higher-than-ever demand worldwide.

This a great opportunity to join an established and growing global business. In return we offer excellent financial rewards and career development prospects. You will work 37.5 flexible working pattern, that allows an early finish on a Friday. After an initial qualifying period and subject to the Company’s terms and conditions of employment, Edinburgh Instruments offers a comprehensive range of benefits including performance-related bonus scheme, death in service, permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, pension scheme, paid holidays and subsidised gym membership.

As an equal opportunities employer, Edinburgh Instruments is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.