Interim Project Accountant

Are you a Finance Officer or Assistant Accountant looking for something different? Do you want to be part of a project that is making significant improvements to the finance function?

Robertson Bell have partnered with a University in London to recruit an Interim Project Accountant for a one-year fixed term contract. The organisation is looking for a highly skilled and detail orientated person to help document their finance processes, whilst also offering skills at a transactional level. This role is a pivotal part of a large-scale financial improvement project, which includes frequent liaising with the Deputy Director of Finance and the main responsibilities include:

• Working alongside the finance team to document financial processes.
• Creating manuals for how current finance processes are carried out.
• Presenting findings to the Assistant Director of Finance and making recommendations for improvements.
• Working alongside the Assistant Director of Finance to implement the new and improved ways of working in finance.
• Additional transactional level duties during busier times.

This is a genuine career enhancing position that will allow the successful candidate to make real change within the organisation. The organisation is a prestigious university, held in high regard within the sector. They are a London based and offer a hybrid working pattern of three days in the office and two days working from home.

The right person will:

• Desire and have an aptitude to make improvements.
• Embrace and relish change.
• Have a track record of delivering high qualities of transactional level duties
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Easily explain complex processes to those that may not fully understand said processes.

Due to the nature uniqueness of the role, we are expecting to attract a lot of interest so please apply as soon as possible to be considered.