Interim Senior Accountant - Contractor

Vira Health

3d•Remote

About The Position

Vira Health is a women's healthcare technology company providing virtual clinical care, educational resources, and support across fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, parenting, perimenopause, menopause, and family health. It partners with employers and health plans to improve health outcomes and make evidence-based women's healthcare accessible worldwide. The Senior Accountant will run Vira Health's day-to-day finance function while the Head of Finance is on maternity leave. The role is the main point of contact for finance and is responsible for accurate books, timely supplier and payroll payments, and clear monthly financial reporting to the leadership team. The accountant will work independently, with support from external accountants and the Senior Leadership team when needed. This is a UK-based remote contractor engagement for up to two days per week, with days to be agreed and availability needed for month-end, payroll, and VAT deadlines. The engagement is expected to last six months, with the possibility of extension. The start date is December 2026, including a handover period with the Head of Finance. A competitive day rate and flexible scheduling are offered.

Requirements

Based in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Proven experience running day-to-day finance, ideally as a senior bookkeeper, assistant accountant, or finance manager.
Strong Xero skills, including bank reconciliations, multi-currency, and month-end close.
Confidence with UK tax, including VAT returns and PAYE payroll.
Advanced Excel skills.
Comfortable using AI tools, specifically Claude, in daily work and keen to use them to work faster.
Accurate and organised, able to work independently to deadlines, and able to explain financial figures clearly to non-finance colleagues.

Nice To Haves

AAT, ACCA, ACA, or CIMA qualified or part-qualified.
Experience in a startup or scale-up, ideally with multi-entity groups including US subsidiaries.

Responsibilities

Code and post transactions accurately and on time in Xero.
Reconcile bank accounts, cards, and payment platforms across all entities and currencies.
Maintain prepayments, accruals, fixed assets, and intercompany balances, and meet month-end close deadlines.
Raise customer and partner invoices in line with contract terms and check them against agreed pricing and usage data.
Maintain Excel supporting files to accompany invoices.
Allocate cash receipts, chase overdue invoices, and report on debtors and cash collection.
Process supplier bills, run payment batches, and respond to supplier queries.
Review and approve employee expense claims against policy, and reconcile Pleo company cards, including account coding and VAT codes.
Run monthly UK payroll through the payroll provider, including starters, leavers, changes, pensions, and benefits.
Submit payments to the payroll provider on time.
Prepare and submit VAT returns through Xero, including reverse-charge and overseas-sales treatment, and calculate partial claims.
Identify and flag VAT issues early and raise unusual matters.
Provide information to external accountants for year-end accounts and corporation tax.
Prepare monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow, with clear variance commentary against budget where needed.
Consolidate multi-currency figures into group accounts.
Update the cash flow forecast and highlight cash risks to the leadership team.
Respond to finance queries and data requests from colleagues, customers, partners, and suppliers, including requests for supplier forms, VAT certificates, and bank letters.
Work with external accountants to prepare year-end accounts and tax returns.