Interim Project Accountant - 12 Month fixed-term contract

Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 (depending on experience)
Location: Liverpool area
Working pattern: 4 days onsite, 1 day remote

The Opportunity

We're working with a well?established business in the Liverpool area to recruit a Project Accountant to support the Group Financial Controller during a period of finance transformation and process improvement.
This is a high?impact role focused on strengthening financial control, improving governance and compliance, and embedding best?practice processes across the finance function. It's ideal for a qualified accountant who enjoys ownership, structure, and making lasting improvements rather than BAU reporting.

The Role

As Project Accountant, you'll play a key role in improving balance sheet integrity, audit readiness, and month?end reporting quality, while driving consistency and standardisation across core finance processes.
Key areas of responsibility include:

Balance Sheet & Financial Control

• Implementing a standard balance sheet reconciliation framework
• Designing templates, review processes, and audit trails
• Producing clear monthly reporting on completion, quality, and open items

Process Documentation & Standardisation

• Documenting end?to?end finance processes
• Creating process maps, RACIs, and identifying key control points
• Building and maintaining a controlled process library with version control

Accounting Policies & Governance

• Identifying and maintaining accounting policies by entity and process
• Implementing approval and review cycles
• Embedding policies into BAU through checklists and guidance

Compliance & Reporting

• Maintaining a finance compliance register and calendar
• Supporting the SAO sign?off process and evidence requirements
• Assisting with technical accounting developments (including FRS 102 and lease accounting)
• Monitoring month?end close delivery and driving continuous improvement in reporting

Process Improvement & Systems

• Identifying opportunities for standardisation and automation
• Eliminating inefficiencies, control gaps, and manual workarounds
• Supporting early?stage finance systems improvement and requirements gathering