REED are recruiting an experienced and highly competent Financial Accountant to provide hands on delivery with particular focus on year end reporting, management accounts, operational finance support and finance process improvements. 

Please see details below 

Job Title: Management Accountant / Financial Accountant 

Contract Type: Temporary agency engagement

Duration: 4 months initially then to be reviewed 

Reporting To: Group Finance Director (Group FD)

Start Date: ASAP Once all REED Screening Compliance checks have been completed (including DBS Check and I learn training) 

Salary – Day Rate: £260 per day 

Main place of work: Sherborne, Dorset (Some home working maybe an option) 

A. Management / Statutory Accounts (Subsidiaries Focus)

Key activities

• Prepare month-end/year-end management accounts packs for subsidiaries (P&L, balance sheet, cashflow where required) including commentary on variances and key movements.
• Produce statutory accounts working papers for subsidiaries:
  
  • Lead schedules (fixed assets, debtors/creditors, accruals/prepayments, payroll liabilities, deferred income, leases if applicable).
  • Reconciliation packs supporting trial balances to underlying records.
• Post required journals (e.g., accruals, prepayments, deferred income, depreciation, intercompany, VAT adjustments) with clear narratives.
• Raise invoices and create payment proposals to ensure timely execution of operations
• Liaise with Group finance lead and auditors/advisers to respond to queries and provide supporting documentation.
• Identify and correct historic posting issues (misallocations, duplicates, missing accruals/prepayments, timing errors) and propose/post corrective journals.
• For the parent entity, perform bank reconciliation at least weekly.
• Ensure consistency with Group accounting policies and disclosure requirements 

Deliverables

• Parent entity bank reconciliation, at least weekly.
• Completed management accounts for subsidiaries for the agreed periods.
• Statutory accounts file/working paper pack per subsidiary, ready for review/sign-off.
• Reconciled balance sheet pack by entity, with supporting evidence and outstanding items list.
• Audit/queries log with status and actions taken.