Temporary Assistant Accountant

We Do Group are delighted to be supporting a manufacturing business in East Sussex, recruiting a temporary Assistant Accountant to take control of the day to day processing of transactions for Head Office cost centres.

The role is focussed around accruals, prepayments, booking invoices, making payments, processing journals, intercompany transactions and will suit a hands-on doer who has ideally worked in a PLC environment previously.

Hybrid: Tues, Wed, Thurs in office. Mon & Fri from home
Duration: 2-3 months (potential extension/perm)
Rate: £300-400 per day (inside IR35 via umbrella company)

The Role

• Responsibility for the bookkeeping of PLC entity and holding company accounts, including purchase ledger, sales ledger, fixed assets, etc
• Key contact for suppliers/internal staff responsible for suppliers to ensure invoices are received and processed on a timely basis
• Key contact with Intercompany finance managers answering any ad-hoc queries
• Raise monthly intercompany charges
• Intercompany trading - review and follow up of monthly reconciliations
• Assisting in production of the PLC and holding company management accounts for review by the Group Financial Reporting Manager
• Supporting the Group Financial Reporting Manager in preparing schedules for the consolidated management accounts

Your Profile

• Hands on Assistant Accountant
• Experience ideally gained within Head Office / PLC environment
• Effective communicator - written & verbal
• Good working knowledge of MS Excel
• Available on short notice for a 2-3 month temporary assignment