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Interim Financial Accountant - Project

  • Location: London
  • Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted over 1 year ago

  • Sector: finance
  • Type: hybrid
  • Contact: Edward Cardona
  • Contact Email: edward.cardona@handle.co.uk
  • Duration: 18 months
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 02 September 2023
  • Job Ref: BBBH107330

Handle are currently working with a market leading global media brand, who are looking for a Financial Accountant to help them with an ongoing global project. This is a huge project which involves lots of analysis, data manipulation, business partnering, accounting and reporting. This is a 12-18 month fixed term contract, working as part of a busy project team.

My client is looking for a technically strong qualified Accountant, who is very analytically minded and a confident business partner.

Key responsibilities include -

  • Advise various stakeholders on financial accountability and confirm legal entity and company data points
  • Produce statutory trial balances
  • Assist with analysis and clarification of the finance and tax data points
  • Act as a business partner to various teams including IT, Legal and Tax
  • Ensure that the process is documented to a high standard as required by audit
  • Help identify improvement opportunities to enable process efficiencies

Candidate requirements -

  • Qualified accountant with strong technical finance knowledge (local GAAPs, IFRS etc)
  • Experience of working for a large global blue-chip business
  • Excellent relationship management skills, and be able to work with finance and non-finance individuals
  • Manage multiple projects and work to tight deadlines
  • Be a self-starter and work using your own initiative

Handle Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.