Interim Project Accountant

An experienced Interim Project Accountant is required to support a Financial Controller on a critical finance improvement project.

This assignment will focus on reviewing and reconciling balance sheet accounts, ensuring the general ledger aligns to supporting sub-ledgers, and resolving historical discrepancies. The successful candidate will play a key role in strengthening financial controls, improving reporting accuracy and implementing sustainable reconciliation processes.

This is an ideal opportunity for a hands-on accountant who enjoys investigating issues, solving complex problems and delivering meaningful change within a finance function.Key responsibilities;

• Review and reconcile all key balance sheet accounts.
• Ensure the general ledger accurately reconciles to supporting sub-ledgers.
• Investigate and resolve historical unreconciled balances and accounting discrepancies.
• Analyse and correct mis-postings, duplicate transactions and coding errors.
• Review bank, debtor, creditor, fixed asset and intercompany reconciliations.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities.
• Identify control weaknesses and implement robust reconciliation processes.
• Create clear documentation, procedures and audit trails.
• Work closely with finance stakeholders to improve reporting accuracy and controls.
• Deliver recommendations that provide long-term improvements to the finance function.