Vertex Associates - Accountancy and Finance Recruitment
Year-End Accountant
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Year-End Accountant
Vertex Associates are proud to be partnering with a FMCG business in hiring a Year-End Accountant on a 1 month temporary basis.
This role is 5 days in the office based in Hertfordshire.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Complete high-volume balance sheet and account reconciliations, ensuring financial records are accurate and fully supported
- Reconcile bank accounts, payment platforms, merchant service providers, and other key financial accounts
- Review and reconcile sub-ledgers, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, and inter-company balances against the general ledger
- Perform detailed analysis of fixed assets, lease accounts, and other balance sheet positions
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies, variances, missing transactions, and reconciliation issues
- Work closely with finance and operational teams to identify and correct the root causes of accounting differences
- Prepare and post journal entries to accurately resolve outstanding reconciliation items
- Produce reconciliation schedules, supporting documentation, and audit-ready work papers
- Monitor aged reconciling items and escalate unresolved issues where appropriate
- Support the year-end close process by ensuring reconciliations are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines
- Strengthen financial controls by identifying risks, unusual transactions, and potential process weaknesses
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives, including automation and enhancement of reconciliation procedures
- Assist in creating and maintaining finance process documentation and best practice guidelines
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Desired skills:
- Previous accounting experience with a strong focus on balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls
- Strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping, general ledger accounting, and accruals
- Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, data analysis, and large-volume data manipulation.
- Proven ability to investigate and resolve financial discrepancies with a methodical approach
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and reconcile complex financial data
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Effective communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple departments
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet strict month-end and year-end deadlines
- Continuous improvement mindset with an interest in identifying efficiencies and process enhancements
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Vertex Associates Limited acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Vertex Associates is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: vertexassociates.co.uk/privacy-policy/
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