Interim Senior Systems Accountant (Education)

Panoramic Associates; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Panoramic Associates in North West London is seeking an Interim Senior System Accountant to join the education finance team on a 3-month, fully onsite assignment.

The role supports audit queries, budgeting and forecast planning, IRIS postings and month-end processes, with strong Excel skills and experience in education finance. Immediate start preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in education finance environments is required.
• Confident in managing audit requirements and budgeting processes.
• Strong Excel skills with analytical and reporting capabilities.
• Experience with IRIS and IMP Planner is desirable.
• Proactive, senior-level, and collaborative within a finance team.

Responsibilities

• Managing and responding to audit queries.
• Supporting budget preparation and re-forecasting.
• Assisting with IRIS postings and month-end processes.
• Reviewing month-end activity and financial information.
• Providing clear financial commentary including write-downs.
• Supporting analysis and reporting using Excel.
• Working collaboratively with the wider finance team.
• Providing practical, hands-on finance support across the organisation.

Skills

Audit coordination

Budgeting

IRIS

IMP Planner

Excel advanced

Financial reporting

Education

Education finance experience

Tools

IRIS

IMP Planner

PS Financials

Job description

Interim Senior System Accountant (Education)

North West London

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm | Fully Onsite

Daily Rate

3 month contract

We are seeking an experienced Interim Senior System Accountant to join a finance team in North West London. This role will be starting immediately, for a 3 month contract paid on a daily rate.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional with education experience to provide hands-on support during a busy period of audit, budgeting and financial planning.

About the role:

Working closely with the Interim CFO, Finance Manager and System Accountant, you will play a key role in supporting the central finance function and ensuring financial processes remain accurate and well managed.

• Managing and responding to audit queries
• Supporting budget preparation and re-forecasting
• Assisting with IRIS postings and month-end processes
• Reviewing month-end activity and financial information
• Providing clear financial commentary, including write-downs
• Supporting analysis and reporting using Excel
• Working collaboratively with the wider finance team
• Providing practical, hands-on finance support across the organisation

About you:

• Experienced within an education finance environment
• Confident managing audit requirements and supporting budgeting processes
• Strong in Excel, with good analytical and reporting skills
• Experienced with IRIS and ideally IMP Planner
• Practical, proactive and able to take a can-do approach
• Comfortable operating at a Senior level
• Able to work effectively as part of a close-knit, collaborative finance team
• Experience with PS Financials or another comparable budgeting system will also be considered, provided you can quickly learn and work with IRIS and IMP Planner

If you have education/academy finance experience and are available for an immediate interim assignment, we would love to hear from you.