Accountant - Long term assignment
14 days ago
Woking
Accountant job in London Your new company A fast‑paced FMCG business based in London’s West End, seeking an experienced Interim Accountant to support our finance function on an ongoing interim basis. This role will play a key part in ensuring robust financial control across Record to Report (RTR), Order to Cash (OTC), and Purchase to Pay (PTP) processes. The successful candidate will be hands-on, commercially aware, and comfortable operating in a dynamic environment. Your new role RTR – Record to Reporting & Compliance • Lead the month-end close process for selected areas of the P&L and Balance Sheet, • Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, and prepayments, • Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts, ensuring timely resolution of discrepancies, • Own the preparation of statutory financial statements and internal group reporting, • Liaise with HR and process payroll journals, ensuring accurate coding and classification, • Coordinate with external auditors for year-end and interim audit processes, • Ensure accurate and timely submission of tax returns, ONS surveys, and regulatory filings, • Review quarterly VAT returns and maintain/reconcile Excise and Customs Duty submissions, ensuring compliance with HMRC requirements, • Oversee credit control activities and aged debt monitoring, supported by an Assistant Accountant, • Assess creditworthiness of new customers, including credit checks and liaison with credit insurers, • Oversee the setup of new customer accounts and establish appropriate credit limits, • Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies or disputes in collaboration with Sales, Commercial FP&A, and Customer Service teams, • Initiate external collections activity when required, in line with company policy, • Monitor and enforce sales orders on hold for overdue customer accounts, • Create purchase orders (Capex and Services) and process goods receipts, ensuring invoice accuracy, • Support other business units with purchase order processing via the Coupa platform, including user training where necessary, • Oversee the weekly payment run in coordination with the Assistant Accountant, • Oversee and support outsourced teams responsible for purchase invoice processing, • Resolve discrepancies between purchase orders, receipts, and invoices, • Liaise with suppliers to resolve payment queries and delays, maintaining strong vendor relationships, • Oversee supplier reconciliations and aged payables reviews, • Oversee employee expense claims and corporate credit card reconciliations, • Request and oversee the setup of new vendor accounts in line with company policiesWhat you'll need to succeed, • Part-qualified of finalist Accountant (ACCA / CIMA or equivalent), • Proven experience in FMCG or a fast-paced, transactional environment, • Strong working knowledge of RTR, OTC, and PTP processes, • Hands-on, proactive, and comfortable operating in an interim capacity, • Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities, • Confident stakeholder manager with excellent communication skills What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. 4769056
