<p>Robert Half Finance &amp; Accounting are currently supporting a business based in Gloucester who are needing an Interim Assistant Accountant to join them ASAP. This will be a period of circa two months. This opportunity is office based with flexible working hours.</p><p><strong>Role - </strong>Assistant Accountant (AR &amp; Reconciliations focused)</p><p><strong>Start date: </strong>ASAP Jan 2026 </p><p><strong>Duration: </strong>Circa 2 months </p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Gloucester, office based</p><p><strong>Daily rate: </strong>Max £40 equivalent </p><p><strong>Working hours: </strong>35 across the week with flexible working hours. Start time between 8am - 10am and finish between 4pm - 6pm</p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul type="disc" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Balance sheet and bank reconciliations - Performing, investigating, identifying and resolving issues of transactions that may be missing/duplicated </li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Liaising with the wider team to resolve issues identified and sharing ideas of future prevention </li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Provide support maintaining the Accounts Receivable ledger - handling handover </li><li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;">Assisting with accounts payable tasks to assist the wider team (minimal)</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Skills/Experience needed:</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>Confident using Excel, manipulation of data (Pivots/VLOOKUPS, Index matching)</li><li>Proven experience with bank/balance sheet reconciliations</li><li>Enjoys getting "stuck in"</li><li>Has high attention to detail</li><li>Happy to assist in other areas of the wider team - Accounts receivable tasks and minimal Accounts Payable tasks</li><li>Enjoys a project based role!</li></ul><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/U3RlcGguTWFubGV5LjI1MzU2LjEwOTIzQHJoaS5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">