Job description
We are currently working with a professional services group, a £300m t/o business with a national presence with their immediate appointment of an interim Accountant on a fixed term contract of 12 months initially. This role is working outside of the core finance team, working directly for one of the business units in a role focused on budgets, forecasts and planning, complex analysis, commentary and business partnering with the senior management team.Duties will include;
-providing regular performance reporting, ensuring the financial controls are adequate for the business unit
-Holding responsibility for budgets, forecasting and planning, along with financial controls and regulatory compliance
-Producing and developing both weekly and monthly reports, with insightful commentary, showing current financial performance
-Interpret KPIs to improve divisional profitability.
-Lead and manage the key financial processes by maintaining schedules, ensuring Finance systems are updated accordingly.
-Provide support and guidance to the Group Financial Accounting teams during the balance sheet reviews for key areas of financial transactions
To be successful in this role;
-You will be a qualified Accountant CIMA, ACCA or ACA
-Have strong financial planning and analysis experience with excellent data manipulation and presentation skills
-Advanced Excel - including VBA
-Solid knowledge of UKGAAP and financial controls
-Demonstrable experience influencing stakeholders
Sewell Wallis acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. As part of our recruitment process, we will retain your CV for a period of one year to enable us to consider you for future roles. After this period your CV will be deleted.
