Interim Accountant

3 Faces Recruitment Limited; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, 3 Faces Recruitment Limited, seeks a qualified finance assistant to work alongside the interim head of finance. This role involves managing A/R, A/P transactions, supporting auditing processes, and ensuring compliance with tax regulations. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant degree and possess at least 5 years of post-qualified experience in a financial environment.

Qualifications

• 5 years post qualification experience required.
• Experience in Professional Services beneficial.
• Private Equity Experience preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist with invoicing cycle, management accounting, and external audit.
• Tax compliance, balance sheet reconciliations, and cashflow management.
• Work closely with the finance team and liaise with auditors.

Skills

Excel skills

Education

University Degree

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Sage Finance

Job description

Company Description

Job Description

JOB 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)

• 5 years post qualification experience

• 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