virahealth - Interim Senior Accountant - Contractor

• BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTING • Code and post transactions in Xero accurately and on time • Reconcile bank accounts, cards and payment platforms across all entities and currencies • Maintain prepayments, accruals, fixed assets and intercompany balances, and hit the month-end close deadlines • SALES INVOICING AND CREDIT CONTROL • Raise customer and partner invoices in line with contract terms, and check them against agreed pricing and usage data. Maintain supporting files in excel to be sent with invoices. • Allocate cash receipts, chase overdue invoices and report on debtors and cash collection • SUPPLIER PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES • Process supplier bills, run payment batches and answer supplier queries • Review and approve employee expense claims against policy, and reconcile company cards (Pleo) including account coding and VAT codes. • Run monthly UK payroll through our payroll provider, including starters, leavers, changes, pensions and benefits • Submit payment to the payroll provider on time. • VAT AND TAX COMPLIANCE • Prepare and submit VAT returns through Xero, including reverse charge and overseas sales treatment. Comfortable calculating partial claims • Spot and flag VAT issues early, and raise anything unusual • Provide information to our external accountants for year-end accounts and corporation tax • MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS AND REPORTING • Prepare monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet and cash flow) with clear variance commentary against budget if needed. • Consolidate multi-currency into group accounts • Update the cash flow forecast and highlight cash risks to the leadership team • AD HOC AND WIDER FINANCE SUPPORT • Respond to finance queries and data requests from colleagues, customers, partners and suppliers (for example supplier forms, VAT certificates and bank letters) • Work with external accounts to prepare year end accounts and tax returns