Financial Accountant - £350 - £420 A Day

Job Description Immediate Start. Own the Numbers. Keep the Close on Track. \ N Are you a hands-on Financial Accountant who can land in a business, pick up the accounting cycle quickly and run a clean month-end without a long run-up? \ N Are you availablenow, or within a couple of weeks? \ N Aldenham Estate needs an experienced pair of hands to take ownership of operational accounting across a varied, multi-entity family-owned business for the next two to three months. It's a practical brief: monthly close, reconciliations, VAT, payroll administration, banking controls and cash flow. \ N Full qualification isn't essential . If you're part-qualified or qualified by experience and you've done this work properly before, we want to hear from you. \ N Experience within property, estates, rural businesses or another family-owned organisation would be useful, but isn't a requirement. \ N The Role at a Glance \ N Financial Accountant — Interim \ N Aldenham Estate | Elstree, Hertfordshire \ N Predominantly onsite withflex \ N c.£350 per day outside IR35 / £400 – £420 per day inside IR35 (Pro Rata) \ N 2-3 month contract | Immediate or short-notice start \ N Part or Full-Time \n Reporting to: Head of Finance \ N Direct Reports: Bookkeeper / Finance Administration Support as appropriate \ N Your Background /Skills: Financial Accounting, Month-End, Management Accounts, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, VAT, Payroll, Cash Flow, Financial Controls, Multi-Entity Accounting, Finance Systems, Excel. ACA, ACCA, CIMA — qualified, part-qualified or QBE. \ N About Aldenham Estate \ N Aldenham Estate is a diversified family-owned estate based in Elstree, Hertfordshire, with activities spanning residential and commercial property, London Elstree Aerodrome, Home Farm Glamping, farming and environmental land management. \ N Operating through a number of companies, partnerships and trusts, the Estate is currently strengthening its financial systems, reporting and controls. \ N The Assignment \ N We need a hands-on, technically strong Financial Accountant to provide operational stability and robust financial control. \ N Reporting to the Head ofFinance, you'll own the monthly close, reconciliations, VAT, payroll administration, banking controls, cash-flow preparation and finance systems across multiple entities. \ N You'll bridge the internal bookkeeping function and external accountants, ensuring financial information is accurate and complete, while supporting the replacement of Sage 50, integration with Re-Leased and the documentation of clear, consistent finance procedures. \ N About You \ N You're a practical, hands-on accountant who enjoys doing rather than reviewing — and you're used to arriving somewhere new and getting productive inside a week. \ N You like getting beneaththe numbers: making sure balance sheets reconcile, controls work and financial information can be trusted. Curious and pragmatic, you're comfortable with multi-entity complexity, investigating issues and finding workable solutions when things don't fit neatly into a standard box. \ N You'll be confident taking ownership within a small finance team, balancing competing deadlines and working independently while building good relationships with finance colleagues, operational teams and external advisers. \ N You'll likely bring \ N - Strong technical accounting capability — ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience. \ N - Solid financial accounting, month-end and balance sheet reconciliation experience. \ N - Experience preparing management accounts and supporting year-end schedules. \ N - A good understanding offinancial controls, banking processes, VAT and payroll administration. \ N - Excellent Excel skills and confidence picking up unfamiliar accounting systems quickly. \ N - The ability to manageyour own priorities and deadlines in a hands-on environment. \ N - Availability to startimmediately or at short notice. \ N Experience of multi-entity accounting would be particularly valuable. Previous interim or contract work, and knowledge of Sage 50, Re-Leased, partial exemption VAT or finance systems implementation, would also be beneficial. \ N What Success Looks Like \ N - Accurate, on-time monthly close across all entities from your first cycle. \ N - Fully reconciled balance sheets supported by appropriate schedules every month. \ N - Accurate and timely VATreturns. \ N - Reliable short-term cash flow visibility for the Head of Finance and Directors. \ N - Accurate monthly payroll administration and reconciliation. \ N - Clear, documented finance procedures that remain useful after you've gone. \ N - Solid groundwork laidfor the finance system replacement and Re-Leased integration. \ N - Reduced key-person dependency across critical finance processes. \ N Why Take This Contract? \ N Plenty of interim work isone ledger, one trading company, one very long month. This isn't that. \ N You'll be across property, aviation, hospitality, farming and sustainable land management inside a single organisation, with genuine ownership of the accounting cycle rather than a narrow slice of it — and a Head of Finance who wants the function left in better shape, not just held steady. \ N - Genuine ownership of the accounting cycle from day one. \ N - Exposure to a varied,multi-entity family-owned organisation. \ N - Direct working relationship with the Head of Finance, Directors and operational teams. \ N - Involvement in finance system replacement and process improvement. \ N - Elstree base with onsite parking and good access from north London and Herts. \ N Apply Now \ N If you're an experiencedFinancial Accountant available at short notice and looking for a varied, hands-on interim role where you'll own the accounting and controls across a genuinely unusual business, we'd love to hear from you . \ N Application notice... Wetake your privacy seriously. 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