Interim Project Accountant: Remediation & Controls

Industry & Commerce; Reading; On-site; GBP 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Industry & Commerce is seeking an experienced Interim Project Accountant to join a growing finance function on a key remediation and stabilisation assignment. The role is hands-on, requires stepping into a fast-paced environment, and aims to bring structure to processes and a robust way of working.

You will work across a broad range of accounting activities, focusing on financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations, cashbook and bank reconciliations, intercompany and wider finance

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or be QBE with equivalent experience.
• Strong technical accounting fundamentals and a solid understanding of double-entry.
• Strong experience across reconciliations, financial accounting and month-end processes.

Responsibilities

• Review and reconcile financial statements across multiple entities.
• Support statutory and year-end reporting processes and work closely with auditors.
• Prepare, review and maintain detailed balance sheet reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve historic unreconciled balances and discrepancies.
• Rebuild and maintain cashbook and bank reconciliation processes.
• Identify and resolve issues across the wider ledger, including missing information, duplication and misallocated transactions.
• Perform intercompany reconciliations across a multi-entity environment.
• Investigate intercompany mismatches and ensure balances are appropriately aligned.
• Support the development and implementation of improved finance processes and controls.
• Assist with ad hoc accounting and finance projects as priorities change.
• Produce clear, audit-ready documentation and ensure processes are sufficiently documented for handover to the permanent team.
• Work collaboratively with the wider finance team, providing support and guidance where required.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Double-entry accounting

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or QBE

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Industry & Commerce is seeking an experienced Interim Project Accountant to join a growing finance function on a key remediation and stabilisation assignment. The role is hands-on, requires stepping into a fast-paced environment, and aims to bring structure to processes and a robust way of working.

You will work across a broad range of accounting activities, focusing on financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations, cashbook and bank reconciliations, intercompany and wider finance