Interim Accountant
Posted 7 days ago by TipTopJob
£45,000 Per year
Outside
Onsite
Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim Accountant role is a 6-month fixed-term contract based in Lincoln, focusing on managing financial processes and ensuring compliance with tax regulations. The position requires collaboration with various departments to enhance financial efficiency and accountability. The ideal candidate should be a part-qualified or qualified accountant, available on short notice. This office-based role is crucial for supporting the management team in identifying and addressing process weaknesses.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the month-end and year-end closing processes
- Manage general ledger and deliver accurate and timely financial statements
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations
- Develop and implement capital expenditure controls to monitor and manage capital projects effectively
- Prepare corporate tax returns, working with the group tax team to analyse, review and finalise
- Ensure compliance with tax regulations and manage tax filings and audits
- Responsible for cash reconciliations, cashflow, and interest payments
- Partner with departments on central cost areas, providing financial insights and support to drive cost efficiency and strategic decision-making
- Support the management team in identifying weaknesses in processes and help identify process control gaps
- Ensure timely closure of actions by the business and develop means to create and drive accountability around controls
- Work closely with cross-functional departments to continuously review the current risk and control matrices for the business
Key Skills:
- Part-qualified/Qualified Accountant or qualified by experience
- Strong understanding of financial processes and compliance
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in financial reporting and tax compliance
- Proficiency in financial software and tools
Salary (Rate): £45,000 yearly
City: Lincoln
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Interim Accountant (6 months FTC)
Location: Lincoln
Salary: A GBP 45,000 per annum or A GBP 300 day rate
Benjamin Edwards are recruiting for an Interim Accountant for a 6:month contract at an established business that strives to be an industry leader. This role is office:based.
The role of Interim Accountant
- Manage the month:end and year:end closing processes
- Manage general ledger and deliver accurate and timely financial statements
- Responsible for performing balance sheet reconciliations
- Develop and implement capital expenditure controls to monitor and manage capital projects effectively
- Responsible for preparing corporate tax returns, working with group tax team to analyse, review and finalise
- Ensure compliance with tax regulations and manage tax filings and audits
- Responsible for cash reconciliations, cashflow, interest payments
- Partner with departments on central cost areas, providing financial insights and support to drive cost efficiency and strategic decision:making
- Support the management team when identifying weaknesses in processes and help identify process control gaps which are fit for purpose
- Ensure that actions are closed down in a timely manner by the business and developing means to create and drive accountability around controls
- Work closely with cross functional departments to continuously review the current risk and control matrices for the business to ensure appropriate and up to date
The ideal candidate for the role of Interim Accountant
- Part:qualified/Qualified Accountant or qualified by experience
- Available on short notice
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Benjamin Edwards, please do not hesitate.