Financial Accountant

Sewell Wallis are working with a fast-growing, innovative company based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, in their search for a Financial Accountant.

This Financial Accountant role will report to the Financial Controller, with the primary focus geared towards hands on involvement with all aspects of management accounting and financial reporting. This opportunity is geared towards a technically strong candidate, preferably fully ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified and would suit a first mover from practice or someone with equivalent industry experience.

What will you be doing?

• Assist with full month end close process, including management accounts, inventory valuations, balance sheet reconciliations and all other reporting, ensuring completion within strict group reporting deadlines
• Regularly review finance systems and processes, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance efficiency and data accuracy
• Assist with preparation and reporting of budgets & forecasts
• HMRC Reporting, including submission of VAT reporting
• Support with various internal and external audit requirements
• Regular reviews and reporting of AR & AP ledger balances
• Oversee the accuracy and integrity of the accounting ledgers
• Support delivery of departmental business plan
• Provide adequate cover to the Financial Controller as necessary

What skills will you need?

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified (Part Qualified candidates will also be considered)
• Able to work on your own initiative, independently and collaboratively
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with finance and non-finance managers
• Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivots)

What's on offer?

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Quarterly Bonus scheme
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Flexible Working Hours
• Private Medical Insurance
• Onsite Parking
• Health and wellbeing programme

Send us your CV below or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.