Interim Senior System Accountant (Education)

North West London
Monday–Friday, 8:00am–4:00pm | Fully Onsite
Daily Rate
3 month contract

We are seeking an experienced Interim Senior System Accountant to join a finance team in North West London. This role will be starting immediately, for a 3 month contract paid on a daily rate.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional with education experience to provide hands-on support during a busy period of audit, budgeting and financial planning.

About the role:

Working closely with the Interim CFO, Finance Manager and System Accountant, you will play a key role in supporting the central finance function and ensuring financial processes remain accurate and well managed.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and responding to audit queries

• Supporting budget preparation and re-forecasting

• Assisting with IRIS postings and month-end processes

• Reviewing month-end activity and financial information

• Providing clear financial commentary, including write-downs

• Supporting analysis and reporting using Excel

• Working collaboratively with the wider finance team

• Providing practical, hands-on finance support across the organisation

About you:

• Experienced within an education finance environment

• Confident managing audit requirements and supporting budgeting processes

• Strong in Excel, with good analytical and reporting skills

• Experienced with IRIS and ideally IMP Planner

• Practical, proactive and able to take a can-do approach

• Comfortable operating at a Senior level

• Able to work effectively as part of a close-knit, collaborative finance team

Experience with PS Financials or another comparable budgeting system will also be considered, provided you can quickly learn and work with IRIS and IMP Planner.

If you have education/academy finance experience and are available for an immediate interim assignment, we would love to hear from you. Please reach out to Abbey Miller from Panoramic Associates and click apply!