Cost Accountant

Cost Accountant | Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Hybrid, across Oxfordshire sites.

We’re looking for two Cost Accountants to join our growing Finance team at Oxford Nanopore Technologies.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting our manufacturing and production operations within a fast‑paced, global biotech organisation that is transforming genomics.

As a Cost Accountant, you’ll support the Finance Business Partner – Production team, working at the intersection of finance, manufacturing, and supply chain.

You’ll take ownership of key areas across inventory, cost analysis, and reporting, helping to ensure accuracy, insight, and continuous improvement in a complex production environment.

• Managing inventory and production balance sheet reconciliations
• Supporting Finance Business Partners with regular and ad‑hoc analysis
• Preparing month‑end reports, including cost centre reporting, accruals, and prepayments
• Reviewing and supporting inventory movements, journals, and workflows
• Partnering with operations to review purchase orders and stock movements
• Supporting stock counts and standard cost reviews to improve accuracy
• Reconciling data with third‑party logistics providers
• Assisting with year‑end accounts and audit queries
• Driving process improvements and identifying efficiencies across finance operations

• Part or newly qualified ACCA / CIMA, or QBE
• Around 2+ years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience working with large, complex datasets in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset

• Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or complex production environments
• Familiarity with systems such as D365 or Tableau
• Experience with variance analysis

At Oxford Nanopore, we’re on a mission to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere. Our technology is transforming research, healthcare, and beyond.

You’ll be joining a high‑growth, innovative organisation, where you’ll gain exposure to complex manufacturing operations and have the chance to make a real impact.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies:
Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore‑based sensing technology for faster, information-rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins.

The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK‑headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.