Year End Accountant x2

Year End Accountant x2

Posted 2 weeks ago by 1748501107

£60,000 Per year
Undetermined
Remote
Remote Working

Summary: The role of Year-End Accountant involves managing financial reporting responsibilities for a charity focused on housing and community services. This position is critical for ensuring compliance with audit and statutory obligations while supporting a finance transformation project. Candidates should be fully qualified accountants with strong technical skills and a proactive approach to data management. The role is offered on a six-month fixed-term contract basis.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Prepare and reconcile lead schedules to the trial balance
  • Own and update statutory reporting documents in collaboration with internal teams
  • Support the audit process, responding to queries and ensuring accurate financial submissions
  • Assist with journal posting, AP/AR processes and financial data integrity
  • Contribute to core finance projects, particularly around process improvement and system upgrades
  • Build strong relationships with non-financial stakeholders across housing and service teams

Key Skills:

  • Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) – essential
  • Strong experience in audit prep, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting
  • Comfortable working in a busy, hands-on finance team under tight deadlines
  • Excellent Excel skills (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH) and confidence working with financial systems
  • A collaborative and resilient personality – ready to step into a team that’s under pressure and help drive change
  • Exposure to housing, charity, or education sectors is desirable but not essential
  • Process improvement mindset – eager to question inefficiencies and suggest better ways of working

Salary (Rate): £60,000 per year

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Are you a fully qualified accountant with strong technical experience in year-end and audit?
Do you have a methodical approach to data and a passion for driving improvements?
Keen to work in a meaningful organisation making a tangible difference?

We’re partnering with a well-established charity supporting housing and community services to find two confident and proactive Year-End Accountants, both on six month fixed term contracts. This is a key role with high visibility, helping to deliver high-quality financial reporting and support a major finance transformation project. It’s ideally suited to someone who has recently qualified in practice or comes with strong housing or third-sector experience.

About the Role

You’ll be taking ownership of financial reporting responsibilities, ensuring reconciliations, lead schedules, and audit deliverables are completed to a high standard. The work is hands-on, detailed, and essential to helping the wider organisation meet audit and statutory obligations.

Key responsibilities:

  • Prepare and reconcile lead schedules to the trial balance

  • Own and update statutory reporting documents in collaboration with internal teams

  • Support the audit process, responding to queries and ensuring accurate financial submissions

  • Assist with journal posting, AP/AR processes and financial data integrity

  • Contribute to core finance projects, particularly around process improvement and system upgrades

  • Build strong relationships with non-financial stakeholders across housing and service teams

What You’ll Bring

  • Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) – essential

  • Strong experience in audit prep, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting

  • Comfortable working in a busy, hands-on finance team under tight deadlines

  • Excellent Excel skills (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH) and confidence working with financial systems

  • A collaborative and resilient personality – ready to step into a team that’s under pressure and help drive change

  • Exposure to housing, charity, or education sectors is desirable but not essential

  • Process improvement mindset – eager to question inefficiencies and suggest better ways of working


Apply now if you're ready to bring rigour, energy, and a sharp financial eye to a mission-driven organisation—all from the comfort of your home.