Lead Accountant

Month-End Close & Financial Accounting

• Take ownership of the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare and post journals, accruals, prepayments, provisions and depreciation.
• Manage balance sheet reconciliations, fixed assets and intercompany accounts.
• Review the general ledger and trial balance, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
• Support statutory accounts, external audits and tax compliance requirements.

Banking, Cash & Treasury

• Manage daily bank processing and regular bank reconciliations.
• Monitor cash positions, investigate variances and highlight potential risks.
• Process payment runs in line with company controls and approval procedures.

Accounts Payable & Receivable

• Oversee the end-to-end purchase and sales ledger processes.
• Manage supplier and customer account reconciliations, resolving queries and discrepancies.
• Ensure accurate and timely invoicing, payments and revenue recording.
• Maintain strong supplier and customer data controls and relationships.
• Monitor aged debt and support the resolution of outstanding balances.

General Ledger, Reporting & Controls

• Maintain accurate financial records and ensure all reconciliations are completed on time.
• Identify and resolve accounting errors, variances and control issues.
• Produce periodic financial reports and provide analysis on key movements and variances.
• Ensure financial records are accurate, fully supported and audit-ready.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Maintain data integrity across finance systems, including Sage and Lightyear.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls and efficiencies.
• Support system implementations, automation, data cleansing and wider finance improvement projects.
• Promote consistent, scalable and effective finance processes.