Junior Finance Business Partner

Sewell Wallis is delighted to be working on a fantastic new opportunity for an immediately available candidate to join a Sheffield-based organisation looking for a Junior Finance Business Partner to join their team on an initial temporary basis. There is potential scope for this to become permanent however, the initial term will see the successful candidate assisting the Finance Business Partner and Senior Finance Business Partner through a busy period in a dynamic role.

As part of the Finance Business Partner Team, this role is key to providing a Finance Business Partner service to the organisation's budget holders.

What will you be doing?

• Liaison with the Procurement Team and department credit card holders to ensure that expenditure made through credit cards is accurately recorded.
• Posting of monthly journals to allocate credit card expenditure to departmental budgets.
• Responsible for preparing and posting monthly journals using data provided by other departments.
• Responsible for issuing month-end finance reports to budget holders.
• Provide support with quarterly re-forecast and annual budgeting process.
• Supporting the Finance Business Partner & Senior Finance Business Partner with coding and budget queries.
• Responsibility for ensuring that procedure notes are reviewed in line with activities and updates provided on at least an annual basis and in line with any process changes agreed.
• Maintain effective communication with Finance colleagues, and colleagues throughout the organisation to ensure an excellent and consistent Finance service provision.

What skills are we looking for?

• Commenced/intending to commence study towards a Professional accountancy qualification (ACCA/ CIMA)
• Technically proficient, with experience in a management accounting role, competent with double-entry
• Strong interpersonal skills: able to explain financial information in a manner which is clear to non-financial managers.
• Ability to challenge and influence budget holders

What's on offer?

The following benefits are available to permanent members of staff.

• Hybrid working.
• Study Support
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years)
• Christmas close down
• Excellent pension scheme, contributions up to 17.7%

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.