Financial Accountant
About the Role
Sewell Wallis are partnering with a global organisation based in Leeds, West Yorkshire to recruit an ACA/ACCA-qualified Financial Accountant with a Big 4 background.
The ideal candidate will bring 2+ years of industry experience, with a solid grounding in month-end management reporting and statutory accounting. Previous experience within a global or group environment would be advantageous, though not essential.
This is a broad and progressive Financial Accountant role offering the opportunity to develop your career, mentor others, and play a key part in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the Finance function.
What will you be doing?
- Managing timely month- and year-end balance-sheet activities, ensuring accuracy across key accounts.
- Delivering clear monthly reporting, interpreting variances, and highlighting risks or improvement opportunities.
- Leading periodic balance-sheet revaluations and producing well-supported, accurate adjustments.
- Maintaining fixed-asset registers across multiple entities.
- Supporting the preparation of statutory accounts and acting as a point of contact for external auditors.
- Reconciling data with overseas ledgers, resolving discrepancies, and enhancing reporting integrity.
- Improving intercompany processes and maintaining an accurate intercompany matrix.
What skills are we looking for?
- Big 4 training background
- ACA/ACCA-qualified accountant
- 2+ years of industry experience, ideally within the services sector
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Strong reconciliation abilities and exceptional attention to detail
What's on offer?
- £60,000 salary
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Significant development opportunities, including project involvement
- Central Leeds location with excellent transport links
- Comprehensive large-company benefits
Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil 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.
