Interim Accountant

Sewell Wallis is partnering with a global professional services business in the heart of Leeds to find an Interim Accountant on a 6 - 12 month contract. You'll be involved with both accounting duties and industry specific finance functions, alongside getting stuck into project work around process improvement. This is a really exciting opportunity to make your mark on internal processes and drive culture in a well-performing global company.

This West Yorkshire business encourages a forward thinking way of working, with collaboration at the heart of everything! You'll be joining a team of professionals who enjoy their work and provide a key function within the business. They are looking for a like-minded individual to develop into this role and make it their own.

What will you be doing?

• Reporting to the Finance Manager, the primary purpose of the role is to provide accounting services across a range of responsibilities, delivering technical guidance and analysis, appropriate to relevant accounting standards/ legal requirements, in a timely and reliable manner.
• Take ownership for aspects of financial reporting and balance sheet controls, taking 'end to end' responsibility for certain Month/Year end activities
• Creating process improvements, suggesting changes to enhance the control environment and improve decision making insight
• For example, the provision of reliable quarterly management accounts for a range of units
• Compilation of annual TB and financial statements for certain units within the UK-based group, and elsewhere, ready for both the Finance Manager's review and subsequent external audit, ensuring accuracy and complete analysis.
• Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, often unguided, for the relevant units, as well as other key accounts, including distributions and payroll costs.
• Development, implementation and maintenance of new model for regular reconciliation of EMEA intercompany balances; complete resolution of reconciling items to ensure they are cleared in a timely manner and to ensure that processes/controls are adapted/implemented to prevent recurrence where feasible.
• Own accuracy of, and prepare, VAT reporting for various units
• Provision of data to external statutory auditors during their audits, ensuring this meets expected standards, in addition to being able to guide them through the analysis and hold submission of key content needed for auditors.
• Preparation and delivery of various regular reports to internal stakeholders.
• Preparation/input of various monthly journals for the month-end routine.
• Calculation and billing of certain shared overhead costs to fellow group entities.
• Ensure that banking procedures are secure and controlled and that any gaps in controls are addressed.
• Hold responsibility for banking authorisation and ensure that payments are protected and any missing components are addressed.
• Provide a critical approach to all transactions and recommend improvements. Identify errors/potential errors.

What skills are we looking for?

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA Accountant. (By exception, where alternative, valuable experience exists, then part qualified may also be considered.)
• Significant experience creating new processes and leading through change to delivery, often without guidance
• Clear and concise communication skills, both verbal and written
• Significant experience in similar accounting roles.
• Solid, demonstrable skill in the technical aspects of accounting procedure
• Ambitious / Pro-active - delivers the expected result and offers suggestions for improvement
• Strong team player, able to build strong relationships with team members and business stakeholders; Sense of fun, energy and team building.
• Strong analytical skills

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary of £55,000 - £60,000
• 25 days annual leave with bank holidays off
• Hybrid working and flexible start/finish
• Social events
• Health Insurance
• Modern, purpose built offices with parking nearby
• Easy to commute on the train, 10 minute walk from Leeds station!

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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.