Posted 3 days ago
Description
The Organisation
Join a purpose-driven organisation that makes a genuine difference in the community. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to step into a well-established finance team and contribute to meaningful work, while enjoying the flexibility of a 2-month contract. This is a pivotal role responsible for managing financial operations, ensuring compliance, and driving process improvements across a complex service line.
The Role
Working closely with the Senior Leadership team, you will be responsible for supporting the month-end process, preparing reports, and ensuring accuracy across ledgers. This short-term contract offers an opportunity to contribute your skills in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while gaining valuable exposure to senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare month-end financial reports and reconciliations
- Undertake variance analysis against budgets and forecasts
- Review and analyse divisional P&L results
- Compile working papers and assist with ad hoc reporting for executives
- Maintain accurate records across general ledger accounts
About You
- Manage and perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations across multiple entities, ensuring accounts are accurate, complete and fully supported.
- Take a hands-on role in month-end and year-end reporting, including journals, accruals, prepayments, provisions and balance sheet adjustments.
- Oversee bank, intercompany, general ledger, payroll, debtor and creditor reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and clearing outstanding items.
- Review and analyse balance sheet movements and aged reconciling items, identifying errors and implementing appropriate corrective actions.
- Prepare and maintain detailed reconciliation schedules and supporting working papers for internal reporting and external audit requirements.
- Work closely with operational and finance teams to resolve complex accounting and reconciliation issues across multiple entities.
- Support the preparation of monthly management accounts, financial statements and variance analysis, providing clear commentary on key movements.
- Ensure accurate accounting for accruals, provisions, fixed assets, revenue and other technical accounting areas relevant to a large, multi-entity environment.
- Assist with year-end audit, statutory reporting and compliance requirements, including responding to auditor queries and providing supporting documentation.
- Review existing processes and controls, identifying opportunities to improve reconciliation accuracy, financial controls and month-end efficiency.
- Provide technical guidance to the wider finance team while remaining hands-on with the preparation, review and resolution of day-to-day accounting matters.
What'son offer.
- On site parking
- Southside location
- Potential to extend or go permanent depending on business needs.
- Competitive hourly rate
- Immediate start
- Industry leader.
