Reconciliations Accountant - short term contract in Basildon - Robert Half

Robert Half are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Reconciliations Accountant to support a finance clean-up project in Basildon. This is a 4-week temporary assignment with the potential to extend.

The successful candidate will play a key role in resolving historical accounting discrepancies, with a strong emphasis on intercompany reconciliations and bringing structure to previously unreconciled accounts.

• Perform detailed reconciliations across multiple ledger accounts

• Investigate and clear unreconciled balances

• Focus heavily on intercompany mismatches and discrepancies

• Review historic postings and correct errors

• Support month-end tidy-up activities

• Document findings and provide supporting reconciliation schedules

• Drive accuracy and integrity across financial records

• Demonstrable experience in account reconciliation & ledger clean-up

• Understanding of intercompany accounting principles

• Comfortable working with messy data and incomplete information

• Strong Excel skills and hands-on accounting systems experience

• Highly analytical with strong attention to detail

• Available for immediate start & able to commute to Basildon full-time

• Start: ASAP

• Location: Basildon (fully office-based)

• Rate: £15-£18 per hour (DOE)

• Duration: 4 weeks (extension likely depending on progress)

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