Interim Accountant

3 Faces Recruitment Limited; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Hounslow, England, seeks a finance assistant to work closely with financial operations. Responsibilities include assisting with invoicing cycles, management accounting, and external audits. Candidates should possess a university degree, be a qualified accountant, and have good Excel skills. Experience in professional services is a plus. This role involves collaboration with both UK and international teams, ensuring compliance and financial integrity within the organization.

Qualifications

• A university degree is required.
• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) is essential.
• Experience in professional services with a timesheet billing model is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the invoicing cycle, from preparation to credit control.
• Provide detailed management accounting reports for senior management.
• Liaise with auditors for external audits and provide sampling material.

Skills

Good Excel skills

Management accounting

Cashflow management

Invoicing cycle assistance

Intercompany transaction management

Education

University Degree

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Sage Finance

Job description

Overview

To work closely with the interim head of finance to ensure that the financial IT systems re-implementation and related transactions are processed in a methodology that is both compliant and externally auditable for the Access Partnership group accounting for 2019 and ongoing months.

YOU WILL ASSIST IN THE FOLLOWING DUTIES

• Assisting with Invoicing cycle – preparation of invoices, approval by senior internal staff, issuance to customers (often via client portals) through to credit control
• Management Accounting – Assist in the detailed reporting for senior management and PE investors
• The External Audit – liaison with Auditors, and providing audit sampling material
• Cashflow information
• AR, AP and banking transactions, including reconciliations
• Intercompany transaction management
• Creating general journals and uploading into Sage Finance
• Tax compliance – VAT and Corporation Tax
• Liaison with Operations staff and senior Geographic/Practice leads
• Balance Sheet reconciliations, and suggesting solutions where appropriate
• Work closely with the finance team - currently UK based staff (CFO, Interim FC, Accounts assistant, Invoicing assistant and assistant accountant) and 2 overseas (US and Singapore) and some involvement with Senegal
• Gaining an understand our IT systems, and staff training if required
• Other duties as and when required

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• University Degree
• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Professional Services (particularly a timesheet billing model) – prior experience would be very beneficial
• Good Excel skills (look-up functions/sum if/pivot tables/graphical presentation of data)
• Private Equity Experience – prior experience would be preferable, but not essential