Interim Finance Manager

Interim Finance Manager - North London
£300 - £350 per day

Our client is a market leading and undeniably dynamic organisation going through a period of sustained growth. They are looking for an Immediately Available and technically strong Accountant to join their team an initial temporary basis for a few months with great potential for the role to be extended or go permanent for the right candidate.

Key duties
- Manage the period and year end timetables
- Balance sheet as a whole, including ensuring that accurate reconciliations are maintained and reviewed on a monthly or quarterly basis as applicable
- Provide meaningful commentary on the balance sheet and cashflow statement with specific responsibility for stock accounting, payroll related control accounts, fixed asset accounting and consolidation adjustments
- Lead the statutory audit process by acting as the key contact with the auditors, owning the audit timeline and coordinating the business to ensure all deadlines are adhered to
- Production of statutory accounts for all entities
- Manage the VAT return submission process
- Actively manage the preparation of the Group's UK and Oversea branch Corporation tax returns/payments
- Continually seek ways to improve financial processes
- Ownership of the Group accounting policies, acting as the business "go-to" person for guidance on procedures that adhere to UK GAAP
- Ad-hoc support to Financial Controller as required

The successful candidate will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified and immediately available. You will have strong knowledge of UK GAAP financial reporting principals and the ability to motivate a team of 2. You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with non-finance personnel at all levels of the business.

Vitae Financial Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.