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🚨 Interim Financial Accountant | 4-Month Contract 🚨 📍 Bath (Hybrid) 📅 September-December 2026 ⏰ Interviews next week
I'm currently recruiting for an Interim Financial Accountant to join a large, complex organisation during a critical year-end and audit period. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong accountant who enjoys rolling their sleeves up and working within a busy financial accounts environment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the preparation of annual statutory financial statements
- Managing and coordinating external audit requests and audit deliverables
- Reviewing and implementing accounting policies, with a focus on FRS102, lease accounting and revenue recognition
- Supporting financial controls, balance sheet reconciliations and year-end activities
- Working closely with the Financial Accounts Team Leader to ensure a successful year-end reporting cycle
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We're keen to speak with candidates who have:
- Recent statutory reporting experience within a large or complex organisation
- Strong technical financial accounting knowledge
- Experience supporting external audit processes
- Excellent Excel skills and strong attention to detail
- Experience preparing reconciliations, working papers and technical accounting papers
- A proactive, hands-on approach and the ability to operate independently when required
This role has been created to provide additional support during a particularly busy reporting and audit period and would suit an experienced Financial Accountant, Finance Manager, Financial Reporting Accountant or Audit-trained qualified accountant looking for their next interim assignment.
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📩 If you're available this month, or know someone who might be interested, please get in touch with Charles Maidment from the Hays Bath & Bristol contract team for a confidential discussion.
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