Your new company My client is a large London-based charity which offers hybrid working. Your new role My role is a Financial Accountant on a fixed-term contract basis for 12 months. Duties will include: - Take primary responsibility for a number of subsidiary entities, ensuring the preparation of financial statements and liaising with the external auditors.- Assisting with preparation of financial statements and undertaking relevant analysis.- Reviewing the year-end trial balances and analysing key variances with previous years to identify potential omissions or misstatements.- Developing and managing a regular schedule of review and reconciliation of all GL accounts, ensuring all accounts are reconciled and cleared appropriately.- Ensuring all key GL accounts are reviewed each month, including suspense, control and clearing accounts to identify discrepancies, investigating and making corrections as required.- Managing the month-end timetable, including sending out regular communications, following up on outstanding actions to ensure deadlines are met. - Ensuring all payments are processed using the most appropriate payment method, considering value and payment terms, ensuring appropriate authorisation and sufficient funds are available.- Ensuring bank accounts and bank mandates are kept up-to-date, including opening of new bank accounts and any alterations to arrangements with existing accounts.- Ensuring regular (at least monthly) bank reconciliations are prepared and overs