Interim Assistant Accountant

This is an initial 3-6 months role with the strong chance of it going permenant. 

General Purpose

To provide day-to-day operational and administrative support to the Finance Manager while assisting with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions. This role will help ensure efficient financial processing, with a particular focus on meeting month-end deadlines, delivering accurate month-end reporting, and maintaining effective communication across the finance team and wider business.

The successful candidate will have strong all-round accounting knowledge, excellent organisational skills, and prior experience working under pressure.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Month-End & Reporting

• Assist with month-end close processes to strict deadlines.
• Prepare journals, accruals and prepayments.

• Ensure all month-end schedules are completed accurately and on time.
• Assist with Fixed Asset Register to account for monthly additions, disposals, etc.  
• Assist with the preparation of month end sales reports, including discounts 
• Inventory valuation control, including ensuring completeness of costing 

Finance Operations

• Support credit control activities and overdue debt collections to ensure they remain within tolerance.
• Assist with sales invoicing, and customer account maintenance.
• Reconcile customer accounts and allocate incoming payments.
• Investigate customer queries and payment discrepancies.
• Assist with purchase ledger processing and supplier invoice posting.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve invoice queries.
• Ensure invoices are processed accurately and within deadlines.

• Assisting with preparation of payment runs 

• Calculating recharges to international offices and invoicing for these 

• Assist with quarterly VAT returns, audits and statutory reporting deadlines for UK entities.

• Help improve finance processes and internal controls.
• Work closely with the Finance Manager and wider finance team to meet business deadlines.

Skills and Experience Required

• Minimum of 3+ years in a similar role.
• Proving experience working to tight deadlines.
• Experience preparing month-end reports, journals and reconciliations.
• Good understanding of AP and AR processes.
• Strong Excel skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Able to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment.
• AAT qualified or studying.