Interim Accountant

IPS Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Ips Group is seeking an Interim Accountant for a 6-month contract in Leeds, hybrid role requiring 2 days in the office.

You will lead reconciliations, manage relationships with an outsourced finance provider, and own the month-end process including banking activities and journal postings. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant who can escalate issues, create solutions, and drive improvements in controls and reporting.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong technical accounting.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and resolve issues.
• Proactive, self-starting and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile bank accounts and establish robust ongoing reconciliation process.
• Manage transaction processing with outsourced providers, including journals and monthly bank reconciliations.
• Produce monthly reporting documentation.
• Partner with outsourced suppliers to identify and implement improvements.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations.
• Identify enhancements to accounting processes and strengthen controls.

Skills

Technical accounting

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Discrepancy investigation

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

A leading financial services organisation is seeking an Interim Accountant on a 6 month contract. We are looking for a senior finance professional who can investigate potential issues with financial information provided by a finance outsourcing company, take ownership of reconciliations, controls, and banking activities. It will suit a qualified accountant who can escalat[??] issues and create solutions.

This is a hybrid working role in Leeds centre requiring 2 days in the office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reconciliation of bank accounts and establish a robust ongoing reconciliation process.
• Manage transaction processing with the outsourced finance providers, including analysis of monthly accounts pack data, posting of journals, monthly bank reconciliations, and resolution of discrepancies.
• Produce monthly reporting documentation.
• Partner with the outsourced suppliers to identify and implement improvements across accounting and banking operations.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations.
• Identify and implement enhancements to the accounting processes, focusing on strengthening controls and improving efficiency.

The Ideal Candidate:

• A proactive, self-starting accountant with strong technical accounting.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, change-oriented environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies independently.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and drive process improvements.