Job description
Group Financial Accountant - York - £45,000 - £50,000 - Hybrid workingSewell Wallis are delighted to be working with a UK market leader in their field, and this is a great opportunity for a qualified accountant to join a growing business that they will be able to grow their own career with.
They are looking to move quickly on this role so for more information please contact me directly or click on the link to apply.
Key tasks and responsibilities
Reporting to the Group Finance Manager, the role will suit a recently qualified accountant with strong technical and analytical skills. Key responsibilities for this role include:
* Preparation and maintenance of head office company accounts, including:
* Ensuring financial transactions comply with relevant accounting standards.
* Making recommendations for accounting treatment of new types of transaction and highlight anomalies in existing postings.
* Ensuring reconciliations and other controls and processes for ensuring the day-to-day integrity of the cash book and general ledger are documented, performed and effective.
* Overseeing the general ledgers for all head office companies, including completeness and accuracy of monthly postings.
* Preparation of the plc monthly VAT return for review by the Group Tax Manager.
* Producing head office monthly management accounts and accompanying cost analysis and commentary for review by the Group Finance Manager, in line with the Group's reporting timetable.
Assisting the Group Finance Manager in the preparation of the Group's management and statutory reporting including:
* Consolidated IFRS monthly management accounts (including covenant reporting) and monthly analysis of the Group's results.
* Quarterly forecasting.
* Annual budget.
* Half year and annual published IFRS statutory financial statements.
Preparation and analysis of weekly Group cash forecasting based on submissions from subsidiary finance teams.
Providing support to the Group Finance Manager and the wider Group business unit finance teams to ensure implementation and improvement of the Group's financial processes and procedures required to support the development of the business.
Playing an important role in a variety of future Group-level projects. These have historically included rights issues, debt re-financing and corporation simplification projects.
Preparation of statutory accounts for some UK subsidiary companies.
Monitoring and evaluating financial information systems and suggesting improvements where needed.
Alongside the Group Finance team, help to develop the career of the Group Finance Assistant Accountant as they progress through their accounting qualifications.
Knowledge & experience
The role requires the ability to work to tight deadlines and deal with pressure, good organisational skills, and the ability to interact with all levels of the business with credibility and friendly professionalism. It would be ideally suited to a recently qualified accountant either in practice, looking for their first move into industry, or a PQ accountant already with industry experience, with a good level of commercial acumen and a wiliness to further develop their skills. In order to be successful in this role, candidates should possess the following skills and experience:
Educated to degree level and a newly qualified ACA/ACCA or CIMA.
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft packages, especially Excel.
Access Dimensions and Focalpoint experience, preferred but not essential.
Excellent, clear and concise written and oral communication skills are important.
For more information please contact Danny Potter or click on the link to apply.
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.
