Hireovo · Accounting
Accountant
Manchester, United Kingdom · FULL TIME
About the role
Mid-level Accountant talent pool in Manchester, focused on month-end work that is repeatable.
Employer assignments use this pool when they need a Accountant in Manchester, United Kingdom, who is accountable for month-end work that is repeatable. The useful week is spent following the close checklist, flagging late items, and not plugging a difference, with mistakes corrected in the open rather than buried.
Responsibilities
- Review the close checklist for a task with no status and correct it before anyone else relies on it.
- Keep a single current accrual sheet, and archive the older copy once you have dealt with an accrual with no basis.
- Ask the close lead to challenge the variance note, especially around a movement with no sentence.
- Write the assumption behind the late-item log in two or three plain sentences, and mention an invoice that missed cutoff.
- Compare this week's flux comment with the previous one and explain a comment that only says 'timing'.
- Stop and rework the sign-off if you find a section closed with an unexplained difference.
Requirements
- Roughly 3 to 6 years of completing month-end accounting tasks that matches this accountant profile, or a shorter record with the same kind of finished work.
- Practical skill with the close checklist and the ledger in accountant work, not a certificate alone.
- Able to explain when a difference must stay open to a colleague who was not in the room.
- Careful with plugging a number to force a tie; this is checked in review of accountant work.
- For the accountant brief in Manchester, use the working language of that assignment in United Kingdom.
Nice to have
- Close checklists is useful on accountant assignments in Manchester, and it is not required.
- People who have already done accrual support can start this accountant brief with less coaching.
- Flux comments is a plus for accountant work based in Manchester.
Skills
ledger reconciliation, journals, Excel, month-end close, accruals, accounting systems, audit support, written explanations
Working conditions
This accountant listing in Manchester is hybrid: some days at the assignment's premises in Manchester, and some days from home, on a split the employer sets. The usual week is Monday to Friday. The work is desk-based and busier at month-end. Some assignments are hybrid.
Location
The hiring base for this accountant listing is Manchester, United Kingdom. English is the working language for this Manchester brief.
Qualified people are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
This is a talent-pool listing. Your profile will be reviewed and matched to employer openings that fit; submitting an application does not guarantee an interview or placement.
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