Job description
We are proud to be working with one of our best clients in Sheffield, supporting them to recruit a Financial Accountant into their team. This business has seen tremendous growth over recent years and is set to continue growing through acquisition, forecasting a 50% uplift on turnover in the next 5 years. We're therefore looking for a results driven, ambitious, technically strong Accountant to take on this varied role.This is a phenomenal opportunity for a qualified accountant looking to make their first move into industry from practice. The successful candidate will work closely with all of the senior stakeholders of the business and therefore requires someone who has built up exceptional senior client relationship management skills.
The company are large, national business with the central finance function based in Sheffield. They are however offering, amongst an extensive benefits package, permanent hybrid working. You can work from home regularly and your office location can be either Sheffield, Manchester or Leeds so long as you are happy to travel to Sheffield when required for meetings.
They are hugely flexible so your hours can be worked around personal commitments. They essentially put trust in their employees to do their job and in return they have an extremely successful, happy and committed team who all work inclusively to achieve their end goal of becoming the most successful business in their field.
What You'll Be Doing
* Assisting the Head of Financial Control with members information in the financial accounts.
* Assisting with the budgeting and forecasting of partner related balances.
* Liaising with external accountants on tax related issues.
* Overseeing the calculation of interest, bonus and dividends for current and departed Directors.
* Being responsible for maintenance and reconciliation of accounting records for Director tax, capital and current accounts on a monthly basis.
* Liaising with banking teams over payments of Director transactions.
* Maintaining the Director profit shares model for each financial year.
* Managing the annual process of submission of Director tax returns. Preparing, reviewing and submitting simple personal tax returns.
* Maintaining records of workflow and ensuring adherence to appropriate policies around engagement letters.
What We're Looking For
* ACA, ACCA or CTA qualified with relevant post qualification experience.
* Senior stakeholder management skills.
* Strong attention to detail and a focus on delivering results.
* Advanced spreadsheets skills (Excel), ability to use and develop complex models.
* Ability to work to tight deadlines.
For more information please contact Faith Collins.
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.
