Senior Financial Accountant (interim)

Senior Financial Accountant (interim)

Posted 6 days ago by We Do Group

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£80 Per hour
Inside
Onsite
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
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Summary: The Senior Financial Accountant role is an interim position within an established software business located in Stratford-upon-Avon, requiring 2-3 days of on-site work each week. The successful candidate will be responsible for revenue and cost of sale accounting, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and improving reporting processes during a period of transformation. This role is ideal for a qualified accountant with strong revenue recognition experience and a detail-oriented approach to financial management.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Review contracts and bookings to ensure accurate revenue and billing profiles
  • Prepare and post monthly revenue and COS journals
  • Own revenue and COS month-end close tasks
  • Reconcile deferred and accrued income, cost to fulfil, prepayments, and accruals
  • Support improvements to revenue recognition and COS processes
  • Analyse revenue performance and provide commentary on variances
  • Collaborate with Sales, Projects, and other Finance teams to validate inputs
  • Ensure compliance with accounting standards (FRS 102, IFRS 15)
  • Provide audit support for revenue and COS areas
  • Identify areas to automate or streamline revenue/COS processes
  • Help integrate acquired entities into group revenue reporting

Key Skills:

  • Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA, CIMA)
  • Effective communicator – written & verbal
  • Good working knowledge of MS Excel
  • Extensive experience of revenue recognition & cost of sale accounting
  • Thorough, organised, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment

Salary (Rate): £600.00 daily

City: Stratford-Upon-Avon

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Finance

Detailed Description From Employer:

SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT – SOFTWARE
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON – 2–3 DAYS ONSITE (TUES–THURS) – 3 MONTHS – ESTABLISHED SOFTWARE BUSINESS
£500–£600 per day (inside IR35)
Are you a qualified accountant with strong revenue recognition experience? Do you thrive on tightening controls, improving reporting, and making sense of complex contracts? We Do Group are looking for an interim Senior Financial Accountant to support a busy finance team during a period of change and transformation. You’ll be hands-on with all aspects of revenue and cost of sale accounting, helping embed best practice and improve how the team uses its systems (Salesforce & NetSuite) This is a great fit for someone who enjoys the detail - getting stuck into reconciliations, interrogating contract data, and ensuring revenue is recognised cleanly and consistently.
WISH LIST
Strong technical grounding in revenue and cost of sale accounting (FRS 102 / IFRS 15)
Proven ability to handle complex contracts and revenue models
Confident working across ERP and CRM systems in a deadline-driven team
THE ROLE

  • Review contracts and bookings to ensure accurate revenue and billing profiles
  • Prepare and post monthly revenue and COS journals
  • Own revenue and COS month-end close tasks
  • Reconcile deferred and accrued income, cost to fulfil, prepayments, and accruals
  • Support improvements to revenue recognition and COS processes
  • Analyse revenue performance and provide commentary on variances
  • Collaborate with Sales, Projects, and other Finance teams to validate inputs
  • Ensure compliance with accounting standards (FRS 102, IFRS 15)
  • Provide audit support for revenue and COS areas
  • Identify areas to automate or streamline revenue/COS processes
  • Help integrate acquired entities into group revenue reporting
YOUR PROFILE
Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA, CIMA)
Effective communicator – written & verbal
Good working knowledge of MS Excel
Extensive experience of revenue recognition & cost of sale accounting
Thorough, organised, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment
SALARY & BENEFITS
£500–£600 per day (inside IR35)
2–3 days onsite in Stratford-upon-Avon (Tues–Thurs)
3 month initial contract
Opportunity to shape reporting processes in a well-established software company

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