Interim Year-End Accountant

Altum Consulting; Greater London; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

London office access

Job summary

Altum Consulting is seeking an Interim Charity Year-End Accountant to support a well-established international charity during a busy year-end period. You will oversee month-end and year-end accounting processes, donor reporting and financial controls across international operations.

The role involves coordinating a UK team and overseas offices, providing technical guidance and supporting audits. Flexible remote working with a London office option; 3–4 months, starting in early December.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with extensive charity experience and SORP knowledge.
• Proven donor reporting and year-end accounting experience.
• Experience supporting audits in a complex charity environment.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to analyse financial data.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills; able to coordinate multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Oversee month-end and year-end accounting for international operations.
• Prepare donor financial reporting and ensure financial controls are robust.
• Coordinate UK and overseas finance teams to meet deadlines.
• Support year-end audit processes with schedules and auditor queries.
• Provide technical guidance on accounting practices across the organisation.
• Identify improvements to processes and controls as needed.

Skills

Charity accounting

Donor reporting

Year-end accounting

Audit support

Excel

Stakeholder coordination

Grant management

Technical accounting guidance

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA professional qualification

Tools

Agresso

Job description

Interim Charity Year-End Accountant | £#removed#pd | International Charity | 3-4 Months | Remote/UK

This Interim Charity Year-End Accountant position is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established international charity during a busy year-end period. Working closely with the senior finance team, this role will focus on overseeing month-end and year-end accounting processes, supporting donor financial reporting and ensuring strong financial controls across the organisation's international operations. The role will involve coordinating work across a team of accountants in the UK and various overseas offices, providing technical guidance and ensuring financial reporting and audit requirements are delivered accurately and efficiently. This would suit an experienced charity finance professional who is confident working in a complex international environment and can hit the ground running.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee month-end and year-end accounting processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across international operations.
• Support the year-end audit process, preparing supporting schedules, gathering transactional information and responding to auditor queries.
• Provide technical guidance and support to finance colleagues surrounding donor financial reporting, ensuring compliance with relevant requirements.
• Coordinate workloads and deliverables across UK-based accountants and overseas finance teams, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls, identifying and resolving discrepancies or areas of concern.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to provide financial advice, resolve queries and ensure consistent accounting practices across the organisation.
• Support improvements to existing accounting processes, reporting and financial controls where required.

Person Specification

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience, with substantial relevant accounting experience.
• Strong technical understanding of Charity SORP and experience applying this within a charity finance environment is essential, candidates without charity experience unfortunately won't be considered.
• Previous experience of donor financial reporting, with the ability to provide technical guidance and support to other accountants.
• Experience supporting year-end accounting processes and external audits within a complex organisation.
• Strong Excel skills, with the ability to analyse and interpret financial information.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and manage competing deadlines.
• Previous experience of grant management and working within an international charity or INGO would be highly advantageous.
• Experience using Agresso would be beneficial but is not essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a respected international charity and play a key role in supporting its finance function through a critical year-end period. The organisation offers a remote working arrangement, with the option to come into their London office with flexibility for candidates based across the UK. The role is initially for 3-4 months, starting in early December, and candidates should be available at short notice.