Contract Financial Reporting Accountant – Banking Month-End

Additional Resources; Greater London; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive day rate

Short-term contract opportunity

Exposure to banking environment

UAT project experience

Core banking systems exposure

Job summary

Additional Resources is seeking a Financial Reporting Accountant to join the finance and regulatory reporting team in a leading foreign bank. You will support accurate financial reporting, month-end close, and audit requirements while participating in a core banking UAT project.

The role is a fixed-term contract (3 months) with a daily rate of £450–£550 and benefits, offering exposure to complex financial reporting processes within a banking environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience of month-end processes and financial close.
• Practical experience with reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and accounting adjustments.
• Experience producing daily, weekly and/or monthly financial reports.
• Strong financial analysis and variance investigation experience.
• Previous UAT or systems testing experience, ideally within finance or core banking systems.
• Experience supporting both internal and external audits.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Banking or financial services experience would be highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with the timely completion of month-end financial close
• Preparing and reviewing reconciliations, accruals and prepayments
• Processing depreciation and other required accounting adjustments
• Producing daily financial accounts and reports
• Supporting weekly financial reporting
• Reviewing financial performance, movements and variances
• Investigating discrepancies and resolving financial reporting issues
• Taking part in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for a core banking system project
• Checking financial reports, accounting entries and system-generated outputs
• Supporting the Financial Control function during testing and implementation
• Producing financial information, schedules and supporting documentation for auditors

Skills

Month-end close

Reconciliations

Accruals

Prepayments

Financial analysis

Variance analysis

Excel

UAT testing

Audit support

Tools

Core banking system

Job description

Additional Resources is seeking a Financial Reporting Accountant to join the finance and regulatory reporting team in a leading foreign bank. You will support accurate financial reporting, month-end close, and audit requirements while participating in a core banking UAT project.

The role is a fixed-term contract (3 months) with a daily rate of £450–£550 and benefits, offering exposure to complex financial reporting processes within a banking environment.