Senior Year-End Accountant

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charitable organisation seeks a Senior Year-End Accountant for a 6-month contract. This hybrid role involves leading a team to complete year-end processes, liaising with external auditors and ensuring financial compliance. Strong accounting skills and Charity SORP knowledge are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of technical finance.
• Experience in a charity environment.
• Excellent communication skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation of group statutory accounts.
• Oversee reconciliation of large volumes of data.
• Complete VAT and Gift-Aid returns.

Skills

Technical finance understanding

Improving processes

Communication skills

Education

Part-qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA/CIPFA)

Charity SORP knowledge

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Senior Year-End Accountant | 6 month Contract |£350-380pd (Inside IR35)| Charitable Organisation | Hybrid

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a very well-known charitable organisation to work through its complex year-end process. The Year-End Accountant position will be on a 6-month contract, and will be leading a team by working towards completing the complex year-end and working as the main point of contact for the external auditors. This will also overseeing a couple of staff working towards the same goal.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead in the preparation of all group statutory accounts including working with partial exemption/restricted funds in line with Charity SORP.
• Oversee the reconciliation of large volumes of data.
• Developing reporting to work efficiently and succinctly.
• Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled
• Liaising effectively with other team members to ensure transactional processing is carried out accurately
• Complete VAT and Gift-Aid returns

Person Specification

• Ideally part-qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA/CIPFA)
• Ideally have some experience of working in a charity with Charity SORP knowledge
• Strong understanding of technical finance
• Experience of improving processes to increase productivity and efficiency
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders

This role will be a hybrid working opportunity with 2 days in their Central London office. Ideally, they would like someone to start in the first week of August so ideally someone who is immediately available (or available for then)

The client is looking to move fairly quickly regarding interviews and ideally looking for a successful candidate to join as soon as possible. Please apply now.