Company Accountant

Salary/Rate:+ company car + pension
Job type:Perm
Location:Bakewell, Derbyshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is happy to be recruiting again for an organisation based in Bakewell, Derbyshire, which is on the lookout for a Company Accountant to join their group.

The Accountant role is based in a company with ample opportunity to develop, evidenced by the fact that this role is available due to internal promotion. This role is an opportunity suited to someone looking to join a long-standing, well-established company in a role that will allow you to gain exposure to all business areas, combining internal audit and accounting with the view to growing your experience and gaining more responsibility throughout your career with them.

A brilliant, varied industry with no monotony in your day-to-day and lots of opportunity to get stuck in.

What will you be doing?

Company Accountant duties include:

  • Management accounting
  • Payroll
  • Pension Scheme
  • VAT
  • Corporation tax
  • Assisting with statutory accounts preparation
  • Systems development and support
  • Supporting 5 divisional accounting centres
  • Compliance
  • Regulatory reporting

Internal Auditor duties include:

  • This part of the role will involve carrying out audits in accordance with the company audit manual in key risk areas and other areas, as required.
  • Once trained, the successful candidate will be required to complete fieldwork and collate findings via reports, which will be discussed with and distributed to senior management.

What skills will you need?

  • The Accountant will be a newly qualified ACA or ACCA candidate
  • The candidate will have a background in motor retail
  • A confident communicator
  • Ideally, a background in Audit (desirable)
  • Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables)

What's on offer?

  • Company car
  • 12% pension contribution
  • Opportunity to develop with lots of potential to progress
  • Opportunity for a first move into industry

Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Hannah Sharp.

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.

Job ref: HS/6129Post Date: 07.08.25

Meet Our Recruiter

Hannah Sharp

Hannah Sharp

Associate Director | Part-Qualified and Newly Qualified Finance

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