Overview
Financial Accountant Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at Stanton House
Title: Financial Accountant
Company: Stanton House
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Interim Financial Accountant
Contract Type: Interim (minimum 2 months)
Location: London (3 days onsite)
Start Date: Immediate
Day Rate: £350–£400 per day (outside IR35)
A Private Equity–backed fintech business with c.£6m revenue is seeking an immediately available Financial Accountant to support its finance function during a critical period of operational stabilisation and turnaround.
The business is currently working through a period of significant finance turnaround the organisation is now focused on stabilising Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and bank reconciliation processes as a priority.
Reporting directly into the CFO, this role will provide essential hands-on support to restore control, accuracy, and consistency across day-to-day finance operations. The wider finance team is currently focused on management accounts production, FP&A build-out, and implementation of a new ERP system, creating a clear requirement for dedicated operational finance support.
This is a highly execution-focused role in a fast-moving and constrained environment. The successful candidate will be expected to quickly identify and resolve issues across AP/AR and reconciliations, support remediation activity, and help re-establish robust financial processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of core operational finance activities including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and bank reconciliations.
- Investigate and resolve reconciliation issues across bank and balance sheet accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial records.
- Monitor and support supplier payment processes, ensuring payment runs are accurate, controlled, and appropriately prioritised.
- Support cash collection activity, working closely with AR to reduce overdue balances and improve cash flow visibility.
- Diagnose breakdowns within AP/AR processes and support implementation of practical remediation actions.
- Assist in clearing backlog transactions following recent system access restoration.
- Ensure accurate and timely posting of financial transactions across operational finance processes.
- Support strengthening of basic financial controls across AP, AR, and reconciliations.
- Provide hands-on support to maintain continuity of finance operations during a period of system and organisational transition.
Candidate Profile
- Strong experience in bank and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Hands-on experience within Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable functions.
- Proven ability to identify and resolve operational finance issues, including supplier and payment discrepancies.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-pressure, and lightly structured environments.
- Strong attention to detail with a delivery-focused mindset.
- Able to work independently and prioritise effectively.
- Immediately available and able to commit to an onsite-heavy working pattern (3 days per week in London).
- No notice period candidates preferred (one week or less will not be considered).
Due to the urgent and confidential nature of this requirement, only immediately available candidates can be considered, and feedback may not be provided to all unsuccessful applicants.
