178 accountant jobs found

We are looking for an experienced Accountant to join a busy finance team. * £500.00 per day (Umbrella) * 37 Hours per Week * 3+ Month Contract * Start ASAP Key Responsibilities: * Lead balance sheet reconciliations and ensure audit-ready financial records. * Deliver technical accounting in line with CIPFA standards. * Manage reserves, cashflow, banking and treasury reporting. * Complete VAT returns, government submissions and regulatory reporting. * Oversee income recognition and grant accounting. * Line manage an Accounts Assistant. * Maintain and improve financial systems, including Xero. Requirements: Essential: * CCAB-qualified Accountant or AAT-qualified Accounting Technician (or equivalent). * Strong technical accounting and financial reporting experience. * Excellent knowledge of financial controls, treasury and statutory reporting. Apply today if you're an experienced Accountant available to start ASAP

Assistant Accountant - 6 month contract Location: Huntingdon (On-site) Salary: £32k - £38k + Benefits (Depending on Experience) We are delighted to be partnering with a well-established and growing manufacturing organisation to recruit an Assistant Accountant. This is an excellent opportunity to join an innovative business operating across multiple high-performance industries, offering real scope to develop and make an impact, with potential for a permanent role after the initial contract period. Reporting into the Senior Management Accountant, you will play a key role in supporting the finance function and contributing to continuous improvement across financial processes. Key Responsibilities Maintain daily and monthly cashflow forecasts Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts, including: Trial Balance Profit & Loss Balance Sheet Variance analysis with commentary Reconcile control accounts Post accruals, prepayments, and other journals (including...

Your new role An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified accountant to join a major financial services organisation undergoing a significant finance and technology transformation programme. Working at the intersection of Finance, Technology and Operations, you will play a key role in shaping future state finance processes, ensuring accounting treatments, financial data flows and ledger structures align with business requirements and regulatory expectations. You will act as a finance subject-matter expert throughout the transformation life cycle, supporting accounting design, validating financial outputs, reviewing accounting logic and helping to ensure the successful implementation of a new core banking platform. This role offers exposure to a broad range of banking products and senior stakeholder engagement across multiple functions. What you'll need to succeed Strong experience within banking or financial services finance functions. Knowledge of lending, treasury,...

A high-growth, globally expanding Hampshire SME is looking for an Interim Financial Accountant to join its growing finance team. This is a well-established business with a strong brand and reputation in its market, now scaling internationally, and the finance function is being built out to keep pace with it. Reporting to the Financial Controller and CFO, this is not a gap-fill. It is a defined body of improvement and systems work to be delivered ahead of the year-end audit, with a clear before and after on everything you touch. The assignment is several months in length and carries genuine potential to become permanent for the right person. What will the Financial Accountant role involve? Full review and cleanse of the Fixed Asset Register, from validating existence and reclassification through to reassessing useful lives, depreciation and impairment Implementing and optimising the Fixed Asset module within Dynamics 365 Business Central – asset cards, depreciation books and...

Management Accountant (Qualified or QBE) - Manufacturing Hybrid Working | Immediate Start | Maternity Cover with Long-Term Potential We're looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join a well-established manufacturing business on an initial maternity cover contract. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is either fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience (QBE), with the opportunity for the role to become a longer-term position. The Role You'll play a key role in supporting the finance function, providing accurate management information and partnering with operational teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Key Responsibilities: Preparation of monthly management accounts Stock accounting and reconciliation Cost accounting and analysis Supporting product costing and Bills of Materials (BOMs) Variance analysis and reporting Business partnering with operational and manufacturing teams Supporting budgeting and...

We are urgently seeking a Management Accountant to immediately step into a hands-on position, where you will take control of overdue monthly reporting. This 3 month temporary position (potential to be extended) requires an experienced individual who can step in quickly, take ownership of the situation, and bring reporting up to date. The successful candidate will be comfortable joining mid-cycle, working with minimal supervision, and delivering results from day one. Initial responsibilities include: Responsible for monthly management accounts preparation Address the current backlog and restore accurate, consistent month-end reporting  Deliver accurate, timely financial information under pressure Support key areas including stock, materials, and manufacturing costingsYou will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), ideally at newly qualified level or with up to one year’s post-qualified experience. The successful candidate will demonstrate a proven ability to step into a...

London Borough of Haringey Principal Accountant - Interims Duration: 36 weeks (9 Months) Hours per week: 36 PAYE: £317.86 per day Limited/Umbrella: £436.83 per day Location: Station Road, London, Greater London, N22 7TY, United Kingdom Hybrid working, 2 days in the office Job description To assist the Chief Accountant and Deputy Chief Accountant with on the annual production of the Statement of Accounts. To support the Deputy Chief Accountant with day-to-day activities within the Chief Accountant's team, including design and implementation of processes and procedures for other staff to follow. To maintain the integrity of the underpinning chart of accounts, balances and transactions to facilitate all aspects of statutory and management reporting. To provide technical accounting advice to Council staff to ensure that best practice and relevant accounting standards and guidance is adhered to. To deputise for the Deputy Chief Accountant as may be reasonably required from...

CMA Financial Recruitment is supporting a Portsmouth based education organisation with the recruitment of a Management Accountant for an initial six-month period. This opportunity has arisen due to internal changes and an increase in workload. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced accounting professional to use their management accounting expertise within a meaningful and purpose-led sector. You will join a friendly and supportive finance team, contributing to an organisation committed to delivering educational excellence. The role offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package and the flexibility of hybrid working. What will the Management Accountant role involve? Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reports, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across multiple campuses Analysing financial data to provide actionable insights, assisting with forecasting and budget updates that align with strategic objectives...

Interim Management Accountant – Scunthorpe - £38,787 Are you an experienced Management Accountant available at short notice and looking for your next interim opportunity? We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established, purpose-led organisation that delivers services across the region through a group of specialist commercial businesses who are seeking a confident Management Accountant to join their team on a minimum 2 month basis. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative finance team where you'll play a key role in supporting commercial operations and ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting. What's on Offer?   30 days holiday+ BH Fantastic hybrid and flexible working options Immediate opportunity with an established and respected organisation Varied role offering exposure across multiple commercial entities The Role:   Working closely with the Commercial Accountant, you'll take responsibility for producing monthly management accounts across...

Accountant - 3 month FTC We're working with a well-established and growing organisation looking to appoint an experienced Accountant on a three-month fixed-term contract. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys month-end accounting, management reporting and working within a collaborative finance team. This is a varied role where you'll take ownership of key financial processes while supporting the wider finance function during a busy period. Key responsibilities will include: Managing month-end processes Preparing monthly management accounts, including Profit & Loss and Trial Balance Completing balance sheet reconciliations Preparing accruals and prepayments Revenue recognition Posting journals Maintaining the fixed asset register Completing account reconciliations and resolving discrepancies Processing subcontractor reconciliations and recharges Responding to finance-related customer queries Supporting the Finance Manager and wider team with...

Partnership Accountant - 18 month FTC - professional services – Northampton / hybrid c£100,000 pa Our client, a successful and growing professional services organisation, are seeking a Partnership Accountant to join them on an 18 month Fixed Term Contract. This role will be responsible for the management of all Partner financial arrangements across the firm. As the Partnership Accountant your key responsibilities include; * Partner Accounts Management * Partner Tax Support * Ensuring all processes are adhered to in line with regulatory requirements * Stakeholder Management * Financial Reporting and Analysis * Prepare and analyse monthly management information, including variances against budget and forecast Advanced Excel skills are essential along with financial modelling capability. You will have needed to have worked in a similar role previously and have understanding of Partner accounting. In return our client offers a friendly and supportive working environment,...

The Team & Focus of the Role At Fisher German our people and clients are at the heart of what we do. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading Commercial Client Accounting team in a role where the focus will be the financial management of a portfolio of clients and the properties held within the portfolios. This role will include responsibility for specific ledger balances and associated financial transactions, reporting the financial data directly to the client with commentary and supporting documentation. The role will also involve liaison with external clients and internal clients such as asset managers and property managers. This is role is offered as a full-time (37.5 hours), 15-month fixed term contract, based at our office in Birmingham. We also operate a hybrid working policy. In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in: * A discretionary bonus scheme * A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days...

Sewell Wallis are working with a fantastic Sheffield-based client of ours that we're proud to have partnered with on multiple occasions. They're a private equity-backed, rapidly growing South Yorkshire Tech business going through an exciting period of transformation and are looking for an Interim Management Accountant to join them for an initial 4-month contract. This would be a great opportunity for someone looking to gain experience working in a fast paced PE environment, someone looking to expand their management accounting skillset or simply someone looking to get their foot in the door for a hugely successful business where permanent opportunities are constantly arising. What will you be doing? The business is investing heavily in upgrading its finance systems and embedding AI-driven processes across the organisation, so they need a either latter stages part qualified or recently qualified accountant to help support the finance team during this transition. Supporting...

My client is a fast-growing retail service provider based in the Cheadle area. They are seeking a 9-month fixed-term position providing maternity cover within the Finance and Operations department. The Management Accountant will take hands-on ownership of the monthly management accounts process and the finance activities required to produce accurate, timely and well-controlled financial information. The role also owns routine customer invoicing and proformas, customer payment receipting and allocation, and the administration and financial control of stock ordering and deliveries. Working closely with the Head of Finance and Operations, the postholder will support agreed system and process changes and make practical suggestions where opportunities are identified. This role is looking for someone who is able to start immediately. Duties of the role will include; * Prepare complete monthly management accounts and supporting schedules to the agreed timetable * Complete...

Your new company We are seeking an experienced Assistant Management Accountant to join our finance team in Chorley. This is initially a 6-month temporary contract, with the potential to become a permanentThe successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the day-to-day financial operations of the business while assisting with the production of accurate and timely management accounts. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and organised finance professional with at least five years' experience in a similar role. Your new role Perform daily banking transactions and complete accurate bank reconciliations. Maintain and update the daily cash flow forecast. Prepare and process weekly and monthly supplier payment runs. Manage and reconcile the company petty cash. Administer company credit cards, including monitoring balances, reconciling expenditure, and ensuring appropriate credit limits are maintained. Raise and process customer sales invoices accurately and...

Your new companyHays are delighted to be supporting a well-established and growing manufacturing business based in Taunton with the recruitment of a Management Accountant. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful SME operating within a specialist sector. The business has a strong reputation in its market and continues to invest in both its people and processes. Working within a close-knit finance team, you will gain broad exposure across the finance function and play a key role in supporting operational and commercial decision-making. Your new role This is a hands-on Management Accountant position that will initially commence on a temporary basis with a view to becoming permanent. Working closely with the Finance Manager, your responsibilities will include: Preparation of monthly management accounts Posting journals, accruals and prepayments Maintaining balance sheet reconciliations Producing sales, margin and cost analysis reports Preparing financial reports and...

Project Accountant Airbus Helicopters | Oxford | Hybrid Working Pay Rate: £33.10 per hour PAYE / £44.28 per hour Umbrella Contract: 12 Months (with potential extension) Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 17:00 Security Requirements: DBS clearance required. Current SC clearance highly desirable. Location: Oxford, with a minimum of 3 days per week on site and flexibility required around key month-end activities. Join Airbus Helicopters UK Airbus Helicopters is the world's leading helicopter manufacturer, and its Oxford site is the UK's principal hub for civil helicopter operations. We are looking for an experienced Project Accountant to join our Finance team, supporting critical defence programmes while partnering closely with operational and commercial teams. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a collaborative environment where your expertise will directly influence project performance, strategic decision-making and future business growth....

Senior Technical Accountant Location: London Pay Rate: £436.83 per day (Umbrella) Contract: Agency/Temporary Hours: Full-time We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Accountant to join a local authority finance team in London. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled finance professional with strong technical accounting experience to support statutory reporting, financial compliance and the delivery of high-quality financial services. The Role You will support the Chief Accountant and Deputy Chief Accountant with the preparation of the annual Statement of Accounts, while leading on key technical areas including Collection Fund accounting, VAT, Balance Sheet management, revenue accounting and statutory returns. You will provide expert technical accounting advice, support audit requirements and ensure financial processes remain robust, accurate and compliant with legislation, accounting standards and CIPFA guidance. Key Responsibilities * Support the preparation...

£33.10 per hour PAYE / £44.28 per hour Umbrella A Project Accountant is required to provide Financial reporting on defence projects and support to future bid campaigns for a leading defence client. The main responsibilities of the post holder will be: - Offers: Liaise with the Senior Management Team to validate the financial integrity of offers before sending to customer. - Develop work breakdown structures to generate project plans, work packages and schedules for future contract proposals. - Forecast: Assist in the preparation of operating plans and forecast updates to the annual budget. Also reporting deviations to budget. - Ensure all finance data is accurate ensuring costs are allocated correctly and hours bookings are up to date across the programme. - Risk management - Contracts reviews: Prepare Group contract reviews and monthly “Estimate at Completion” (EACs) updates. Ensure labour and sub-contractor costs are correctly booked. - Support month end...

Project Accountant Location: Oxford - Hybrid, 3 days onsite minimum requirement Contract: 12 months, strong likelihood of extension - Mon - Fri / 08:30 - 17:00 / 37.5 hrs per week. Rate: £44.28 Inside IR35 Umbrella Security clearance level required: DBS required, current SC preferred Key points Ideally fully qualified CIMA - but would entertain part qualified with experience. Hybrid working - but there will need to be flexibility - no set days - they will need to be in the office for month end which is per calendar month, therefore key days of the week move. We are looking for a self starter - current accountant is moving within the organisation so handover support available, but need a get up and go attitude. Ability to business partner and work closely with commercial department in particular. Needs to challenge the business regarding cost to complete data. Close relationship with MOD and connection with SSRO reporting - therefore current SC will be preferable. The...