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Lucid Group

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201 - 500 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

Healthcare • Consulting • Marketing

Lucid Group is a global strategic communications and consulting agency specializing in the life sciences and healthcare sectors. With roughly 500–600 specialists across multiple locations, the firm delivers strategy consulting, scientific and medical communications, and commercial communications to pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations, supporting clinical development, medical affairs, asset commercialization, and stakeholder engagement. Lucid emphasizes data- and science-driven approaches to shape clinical standards, build consensus guidelines, and drive market growth for its clients.

📋 Description

• Ensure robust financial control, compliance, and efficiency across the entire group • Oversee critical functions – including group audit, tax compliance, statutory reporting, consolidations, and financial integrations – to maintain the integrity of financial operations • Champion process improvements and technology implementation, driving innovation and continuous improvement • Safeguard the group’s financial health and reporting accuracy while fostering a culture of operational excellence • Direct and support the management accounts team, ensuring robust processes, team coordination, and development • Oversee month-end and year-end closing activities across the group, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met • Maintain responsibility for the accuracy of the general ledger, reconciliations, and internal reporting packs • Lead the monthly management accounts review process, preparing key insights and actions for the Group FD and Executive team • Lead the annual group audit process and act as key liaison with external auditors • Maintain and strengthen the internal control framework across all business units • Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations and statutory reporting requirements • Oversee UK and US corporate tax compliance • Coordinate with tax advisors and manage relationships with tax authorities • Ensure all legal entities meet their tax obligations on time • Support the monthly and annual group consolidation process • Prepare and oversee statutory accounts preparation for legal entities • Maintain transfer pricing documentation and ensure arm’s length intercompany transactions • Oversee timely submission of statutory accounts, tax filings, and regulatory returns • Monitor changes in global accounting and tax legislation and update policies accordingly • Support the integration of acquired businesses into the finance function • Align accounting policies and reporting processes across newly acquired entities • Drive continuous improvement of finance processes, controls, and reporting • Lead initiatives to enhance efficiency, such as financial close acceleration • Champion technology and AI tools for automation and smarter workflows • Partner with FP&A and Commercial Finance on planning and analysis • Support and guide regional and global finance teams through change • Provide senior-level financial insight and deputise for the Group FD as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with a minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience • Experience leading audits and group consolidations across global, multi-entity and multi-currency environments • Strong knowledge of UK and US tax compliance as well as IFRS, FRS 102, and US GAAP • Experience in private equity-backed businesses, ideally in the Consulting sector • Demonstrated success leading finance transformation or systems change initiatives • Proficient with financial systems with experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central desirable • Advanced to expert Microsoft Excel skills • Strong leadership and team management background • Effective communicator and collaborator across functions and regions

🏖️ Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme • Contributory pension with Lucid contribution up to 5% of basic salary (enrolment after 3 months of employment) • Cycle to work scheme • 25 working days holiday, 1 Celebration Day of your choice, 4 Christmas closure days plus 8 Bank Holidays per annum (pro-rata for part-time) • Flexible holiday buy and sell scheme • Family friendly policies • Private family health and dental cover, including Employee Assistance Programme and a comprehensive employee rewards scheme • 4x basic salary life assurance cover • Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan (Level 1 company cover) • Season Ticket Loans • Regular incentive schemes aligned to individual and team performance